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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 3816650, member: 1609"] At least KO quickly saw through Kwintins’s act and never played him to the chagrin of some of the brilliant BB minds on the Boneyard. Doubtful he or even Cobb would have been asked back if KO returned as they were desperation replacement bodies on a team devastated by graduation and desertion. 10 new players were needed 3-4 in a hurry. That might be the most players we ever lost 4 on short notice including 2-3 scheduled starters. . It also coincided with a recruiting class that was full of projects and a no show ,as the year before‘s class was supposed to be the backbone for success. Even with that we were 5-0 and playing a 30 win MSU even when Gilbert went down. Given the schedule difficulty even with Gilbert heathy we don’t win many more but we don’t get blown out either. Ollie was a heck of guard coach. Pretty good game coach especially when he had experienced players When you consider his arrival coincided with Kemba best year, after a disappointing sophomore season. Bazz’s development as a great leader , RB the penultimate playground player emerged as defender extraordaire ,and serviceable PG Adams and Gilbert both had their finest moments under him. That’s quite a run However being a great guard coach doesn’t translate into head coach especially the managerial function. The Peter principal is at work unfortunately for him he was personally destroyed by his moment in the sun and that’s sad. I also agree the divorce was not a cause but an effect of bad personnel choices. The wild success and accompanying celebrity strengthen the old adage. “ The seeds of ultimate failure are sown with success” He couldn’t handle it and crashed and burned . He won’t be the first or the last who succumbed to that two edged sword. For you haters watch the pre 2014 FF Presser and see the love that team had for their coach and the love and confidence he had for them and not view these events as tragic. That’s a team given less than 10% probability to win giving you the feeling they were the favorite. I think he is the only person in the world who knew they would win.. [/QUOTE]

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