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Message: [QUOTE="Balker, post: 2460271, member: 6682"] Player turnover has given us a weakened roster, even with a great coach, it'll be tough to compete with teams that are much larger, stronger, and experienced. Where are we if DHam was here last year? Enoch, Jackson, and Durham are here this year? MAL? You can't build a power program with 3-4 star players if they aren't on the roster more than 2 years, and most of them aren't there for 4. For 3 years we've been coming up short on how long players need to stay for us to turn rebuilding years into deep tourney run years. Understanding why the player turnover happened over the last two years, and whether that's something that has been stopped, to me, is the most important thing to deciding the fate of the current coaching staff and whether this program can be successful again long term without major shakeups. Whatever the reason those particular players left is, doesn't matter what it was, that has to be resolved. Bad luck? Bad attitudes? Bad coaching? Lack of player development? I don't know for sure why we've bled recruits and players since winning a title, but that flow has to be a trickle. There are obvious preparedness and coaching issues, but to me, those are worth fixing if the previous issue has been resolved. We need talent. Coaching strategy and preparation are fixable, and Ollie is worth working through those issues with. If he can't create an environment where we can prevent critical player turnover year after year then that isn't fixable. [/QUOTE]

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