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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3013980, member: 1220"] What Scott Rueck did at Oregon St when he took over in July of his first season was a tribute to coaching. 7 of the best players had left the team that was 11- 20 with a seventeen game losing streak under the previously fired coach. He had to bring in a plethora of walk on's and a volley ball player to even field a team. He still ended up with basically the same record as the previous coach his first season. His second season his only addition was an under the radar little recruited player Ali Gibson and the team improved to 20-13 and the 3rd round of the NIT. With time, as his record improved so did his recruiting. But is is notable that his first Mc Donald all American recruit will only arrive next season. He has done far more with less. That is a tribute to what can be accomplished with good coaching. It must be noted that being a good coach involves more than basketball knowledge, X&O's and game day adjustments. It also involves knowing how to build a team. Picking the right players is very important. If you pick players that fill the right roles and complement each other that is better than throwing together a bunch of Prima Donna all stars as was done by NC a some seasons ago. Picking the right players has also been Geno's strength and was as much responsible for Uconns continued success as the rest of his coaching skills. [/QUOTE]