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Message: [QUOTE="Tenspro2002, post: 2039518, member: 889"] Maybe. (Cop out I know.) There's a few different ways to think about this. Q: What should a program of our history and caliber demand? A: Ranked and top 5 seed 7 years out of 10; top 10 and legitimate contender 4 years out of 10 (note that even these are below our historical performance in the 90's and 00's) Q: What is KO capable of? A: Who knows. We've emerged from the sanctions era and he's shown an ability to land 1 great recruit per year, but still hasn't gotten a stud big man and his player development record is spotty. In-game coaching has shown some flashes of brilliance, but also periods of stale and ineffective offense. Next year he will have a full team of "his guys". The 2014 team was hot in March, but underperformed in the middle of the year. 2015 was just bad throughout, no talent. Last year the team generally underperformed, got hot for about 4 games. This year the team wasn't ready to play in November, period, but has gotten better under difficult circumstances. My concern is that KO will continue to struggle to have the team firing on all cylinders in November through February. Even if we come on in March, we're still looking at low seeds (6 and below), and hoping for matchups to break the right way. The next 2-3 years will be very telling. In principle, all of KO's pieces will be there and we'll be able to evaluate whether he can uphold the expectations that this program has become accustomed to. [/QUOTE]

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