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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2616352, member: 6927"] Courtney Williams was that rare diamond in the rough that every recruiting-challenged coach dreams of landing. I'm pretty sure it was a very wise man who said that there are two kinds of coaches; those who recruit great players and those who get fired. Recruiting is the sine qua non. The other thing that is difficult about USF's position is that José is forced to shop around in the OOC for *beatable* quality opponents since the AAC has none to offer, ideally in that sweet-spot range between, say, 10 and 35. (Teams in the p5 conferences have the luxury of multiple opportunities in this range.) This year he probably did his best scheduling job ever, since teams like LSU, Oklahoma, Michigan State, and Ohio State all figured to be in or around this range. And they did play Notre Dame to within 10 on a neutral court (when ND still had Vaughn and Thompson). [/QUOTE]