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Message: [QUOTE="Pudge, post: 2759010, member: 364"] I think Kevin Ollie has talent in coaching. I do not accept the notion that he lucked into a National Championship. It was NOT Shabazz coaching; Ollie did mold 8 guys into a great rotation. However, he showed he lacked fundamental core skills to run a college Program ... and Calhoun should have known. Program means, with 30 years of prep (like a Jay Wright) means you see all the pieces. You go to HS games and even AAU of 13 year olds. You are a lifer ... and have that passion. When you are coaching day to day, you push every damn day. You understand how to develop a kid over 4/5 years; as well as evaluating talent at that early age. JC was great at identifying his kind of player; there's little evidence that Ollie had that. The scheduling and interacting with the Admin. and doing the PR work to sell the Program ... and build the fanbase. Work the Media. I have opined before ... the divorce. I leave that alone. He did not follow up the NC with good decisions and solid recruiting. His last two years on-court performance was woeful. His offense? Yuck. And now that we have Danny Hurley with the same kids: WE CAN SEE. The individual attention score is in. BTW ... he can get a Assistant job in the NBA when he wants. That isn't $1m though. [/QUOTE]