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Message: [QUOTE="SCGamecock, post: 3137442, member: 6132"] Schaefer is a good coach. He’s a little preachy for me personally (he gives me the same taste in my mouth that Dabo Swinney does), but I respect him and what he’s done at State. I also highly respect Dabo, unfortunately. Schaefer has always placed a respectable State team on the floor, even when the Gamecocks were beating them routinely. It was only a matter of time before his team broke through. That breakthrough IMO was beating UConn in the Final Four. Schaefer, a good coach before, became an ELITE coach in the eyes of many after that game. You couple that win with the fact that his teams have successfully maintained their status after losing so many starters over the years, even with 1 SIGNIFICANT cog returning both times (which you explained very well) and you have the present lore of Vic Schaefer. At times the way he’s referred to here makes it feel like he’s the heir-apparent to Geno, and perhaps he is... but your point stands. Aside from beating UConn, he hasn’t done anything really that Staley hasn’t done. It just goes to show you how much weight beating UConn carries in this sport. [/QUOTE]