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Message: [QUOTE="Argonaut, post: 3959320, member: 9658"] We were talking about this at my house over dinner last night (because if I have to have one more conversation about the NFL draft I might lose it...) about how much coaching is not only about being a talented coach with talented players, but how much the stars have to align with the university and community, too, to make a program really successful. I know Kim's situation is a lot different than Gail Goestenkors', but that move from Duke didn't end well for her. Looking back into history, when Sonja Hogg took over at Baylor, she didn't achieve anything close to what she did at La Tech, but she took about ten years off from coaching between the two schools. Then Kim came in directly from La Tech and they won a NC in five years. It's just so hard to speculate because there isn't a lot of history to go on. Vic just got to Texas and seems to be recruiting well so far, but he definitely didn't see the same level of success Kim did at Baylor to make it a fair comparison. Leon Barmore left La Tech not long after Kim, but was never a head coach again (though he did join her in Waco for a few years...). As soon as she gets LSU to an elite eight, her teams will be in the national title discussion until she retires. How long will that take? No idea. [/QUOTE]