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Message: [QUOTE="superjohn, post: 2078719, member: 1522"] Ollie has done a lousy job the past three seasons but it doesn't take away from what he did his first two seasons. His first year they had nothing to play for and he kept their heads in the game the entire season and we would have been a tournament team who had a chance at a win or two had the NCAA not screwed us. His second year was a bit up and down. I would have liked a better regular season but what he did in the tournament was masterful. The "if a player didn't make a play we would have lost" argument is stupid. If Bazz's injury was worse against Nova we could have lost, if DeAndre didn't go off against ISU we could have lost, etc. The fact is we won the whole thing and Ollie took down Martelli, Wright, Hoiberg, Izzo, Donovan, and Calipari. That's a who's who of coaching. The championship season Ollie had his two elite ballhandlers, the best backcourt in the tournament and a veteran team but it was not an overly talented team. Bazz is the only NBA level player and he's kind of hanging on by a thread. I worry how Ollie has looked the past three years and how he doesn't seem to adapt when he doesn't have the tailor-made lineup he wants but there should never be any pooh-poohing on what he did his first 2 years. [/QUOTE]