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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4671669, member: 1414"] Well this went off the rails. The demographics of these places aren't the issue. History matters. Ours has helped Hurley get guys he could not get at another local "flagship" New England University, URI. Shrewsbury knew he'd have a better chance of sustaining his success at Notre Dame. Why on earth would anybody choose Lexington Kentucky over Vanderbilt in Nashville unless that history and the support it brings was driving it. This applies to football too. It can be built, but it's hard. We know, we watched Jim Calhoun do it. What Snyder did at K-State was incredible. So yes, Shrewsbury could have tried, but most coaches won't do that. Edsall bailed on us and we are concerned that Mora will do the same. Honestly, if he's really good here, my concern is that LSU will come for him. Maybe Georgia Tech. The point, as pertains to this thread is that if you have more $, you at least have a chance to level pay those coaches and keep them. In the Big East we really have no chance to do that. [/QUOTE]