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Message: [QUOTE="Sonova, post: 2561301, member: 7513"] Isn’t the answer to 2014 somewhere in the middle? Even the anti KO crowd (which includes me) acknowledge that KO did a masterful job in the tournament that year. Was there a bit of luck? Sure, but there usually is in any Championship run. But the KO defenders or anti JC folks (as screwed up as they are) need to acknowledge that ‘14 wasn’t purely KO’s team either. Just for kicks and giggles, let’s define “Calhoun players” as (at least) those he recruited. Since so much of the conversation around here is that Ollie can’t recruit, wouldn’t you at least concede that the 2014 team had the majority of its players as JC recruits? For those who pin the blame on recruiting the right talent, Ollie was the beneficiary (despite not having Andre or Roscoe Smith). For those who think he can’t develop players, does it not make some sense that JC’s more general involvement with the program in those days as well as ‘14 being much more of an extension of the Calhoun culture (practices, players who played under him, and coaching staff) had a role? It’s mind boggling that, TODAY, in spite of a great deal of evidence to the contrary over the last 4 years, there are idiots who want to defend ‘14 from any suggestion that JC played a part. Wow. [/QUOTE]