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Message: [QUOTE="Paesano, post: 2130965, member: 5631"] He does get credit. If the team performs like this, or even close to it, next year, the bashing will get loud and more frequent. This has been tame. As time goes by, that championship becomes less and less relevant and the doubts about it being due to having Calhoun's players become bigger and bigger. Some people try to claim that those kids were somehow Ollie's because "he recruited them" and "he developed them". That's convenient but NO ONE knows how much of role Ollie actually played in either. I am sure he player some part and maybe even a big part. But did he make the final call on which recruits to prioritize and go after hard or did Calhoun do that? Would Ollie have gone harder after other kids if it were totally up to him? How much of a role did Calhoun play in developing those kids? How about the other coaches on the staff? It isn't like this is a new phenomenon either. Steve Fisher? Tubby Smith? Both are good coaches but neither are considered great because of their one championship earned in their first season as coaches. [/QUOTE]