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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 4748462, member: 7492"] Funny that you should ask this question as I have been assessing the 76 teams and coaches in the Power 5 and BE for a post in the next few days. My thread will talk about specific coaches under scrutiny but that assessment will be using the following criteria: [LIST=1] [*]Overall record W/L at the current school [*]The conference W/L record at the school, [*]The average placing within the conference ( 2nd, 5th, 7th etc.) [*]Type of post season appearance-WNIT, NCAAT, [*]success within the tournamen [*]Records against better and similar programs [*]what trend is the program showing- improving, declining, flat. [/LIST] While many state recruiting as a nice easy item, it’s much harder to assess given the inconsistencies of projecting HS players and shear numbers of programs vying for those players (14 scholarships x 76 teams = 1,064 players), so how do you discern a #38 rank vs. #87? I am saying LSU just won with very little HS recruiting success on that roster but very high transfer success and an established HOF coach so actual coaching skills do matter. Collegiate ADs look at those conference results first as that is their direct competition and their close allies. Coaches can pad their OOC records, so that is less important than conference games. Frankly, character while on the list of criteria ADs and coaches should look at, and is a strong talking point for the public is far below winning as the criteria. I am not being a cynic with that statement, only stating the obvious. [/QUOTE]

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