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Message: [QUOTE="Huskyfan990411, post: 2032368, member: 1345"] Ollie took over a program that was in the middle of dealing with recruiting limitations from the APR crap and was lucky to get a group of guys that stuck together for 4 years. When given a team of experienced guys who could run his system he beat the likes of John Calipari, Billy Donovan, Tom Izzo, Fred Hoiberg, Jay Wright and Phil Martelli. Once that season was over and all our experience left we got to see what those recruiting sanctions did to the program. Without Bazz, Giffey, Daniels and even guys like Olander and Kromah we were forced to rely on guys who were/are not capable to leading a team (brimah, purvis, facey, nolan). Most of the guys left over after our national championship in 2014 should have been role players on a good team but were expected to be lead guys and look what has happened. Ollie started to fix the talent issue over the last couple years and I think this year has just been honestly bad luck. Imagine if DHam stayed and Larrier/Gilbert/Diarra all are available. Now you are looking at a roster of: Guards - JA/AG/CV/RP Forwards - Dan Hurley/TL/Kelis Fisher/JD/VJ Centers - AB/SE/MD This allows the freshman guys to come along slowly and our seniors can be the role players they need to be. Instead we are asking guys to do more than they are capable of. This has nothing to do with Ollie's coaching ability and with injuries and unexpected departures that have left us with an imperfect roster. Coaches are only as good as their players. Ever notice that all these amazing coaches won when they had arguably the best players in the game but struggle when those players are gone? [/QUOTE]

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