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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3013604, member: 1220"] Any successful coach of a top major program would be crazy to leave it for Uconn. They would always be compared to Geno and even Geno would not be able to live up to that in todays WCBB climate. Scott Rueck is a perfect example of what I am speaking off. Why would he leave a rising program that is just beginning to attract 5 star recruits for basically a lateral move. Leaving Oregon St now for Uconn would present no advantages to him. In fact he would be facing multiple disadvantages one of which I already mentioned. The only advantage would be if he was given a ton of money. They type of out of program coaches that should be lured would be ones that would see Uconn as a step up opportunity and not just a lateral move. Now this would not necessarily exclude coaches from every major program, but just programs, like Oregon St, that already provide many of the advantages that Uconn would present to a coach. Not every really good coach is at a school that mirrors those same advantages. The type of coach that should be from a mid major or below who has already shown the chops to create a successful program in a less than ideal environment. You can not ride the Uconn name for long once Geno is out of the picture. Certainly not as long as Holly has at Tenn. The best scenario would be for them to come on as an assistant for a year or two with the promise of succeeding Geno. Unlike than were in the past, there are more good coaches now than positions open. Perhaps even the right retiring professional player. Of course if Geno just retires abruptly that goes out the window. [/QUOTE]

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