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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 5292759, member: 3834"] I’m always surprised by the sensitivity to people commenting that “so and so (a coach) wins because he/she gets the best recruits.” Duh! Every coach wins in varying degrees according to the amount of talent on their roster. Sure, some coaches do more (or less) with that talent than others do but let’s face it, in the top echelons of virtually any sport, the ability to recruit top (and appropriate) talent is absolutely critical to being able to compete for a championship. I do believe that among those coaches that [B]are[/B] able to bring in top talent year after year, there some who are able to develop that talent better and/or are able to design a game plan or style of play that [B]utilizes [/B]it better. Those are the coaches that Bum Phillips referred to as being able to “take his’n and beat your’n or take your’n and beat his’n!” Obviously, I put Geno at the top of Bum’s list but he’s clearly not the only one. [B]Any[/B] coach that creates a dominant, championship winning program has that ability to some degree. Therein lies the difference imo between the truly great coaches, but [B]all[/B] of them have at least some of that ability. Now, I would say there have been five and 1/2 truly great coaches in the past 40 years. Geno, Kim, Pat, Dawn, Tara, and Muffet!:rolleyes: [B]All[/B] had what I call the “Bum” ability but some clearly had more than others. While I will not presume to rank them according to their “Take your’n or his’n” abilities (except for Geno as the clear #1) I [B]will [/B]say that my ranking would most definitely [B]not[/B] follow the number of titles won as the main criterion. [/QUOTE]

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