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Message: [QUOTE="Watchdog, post: 3703164, member: 10325"] Great points. Two things I think that matter in the big picture: Ollie lived on JC's recruits for two years, and was successful beyond most peoples' expectations, but the bottom fell out when his wife asked for the divorce and he never recovered either his focus or his motivation. Hurley's recruiting has actually risen higher, faster, than JC's because UConn still had the major name recognition JC built, he had a great reputation from his successes at Wagner and URI and he is so focused and enthusiastic, down to earth and genuine, that the recruits sense it and embrace it. It took JC several years (the keys being Chris Smith and the magical 1990 team that Henefeld tied together) to overcome the depths to which UConn had fallen in the early 80's before he started getting classes like those Hurley has already brought in. The future sure looks bright. [/QUOTE]