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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 2168489, member: 7492"] [/QUOTE] Well, I agree with your premise that the "front runners" and perennial powers all have great coaching and staffs. Your qualification of who is great is something I have an issue with. Coaching is about 3 things- Recruiting, Program management, coaching-both practice and in-game. We, as fans, only see 2 of the 3 so those become glaring. Program management is coaching staff, school support for academics, media, travel, OOC, school acclimation. Texas was a dumpster fire in the last 5 years of Jody C reign and what Gail G brought. Karen righted the ship and has them back in national relevance. She has exactly mirrored Dawn's career in terms of coaching. I believe it was just this past season many were criticizing Dawn's lack of in-game skills vs.. Duke, Tenn and to a lesser extent UConn. Yet some how Dawn won a title. :rolleyes: You have to have the horses and know a little bit about scheme and adjustments to win consistently. I think Close has also done a very good job at UCLA and will continue to get better. Neighbors I think was a one trick poney. He will not be successful at Arkansas. Just look at the dearth of talent at UW now. Rueck, I like and think he can coach but where is his talent? He needs to get some. Tenn is curious in that they too have 2 of the 3, just not coaching. To say Holly had her moments (she did) and denigrate Aston and Close by not saying they had their moments also is a bit unjust. Look at Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, he was able to recruit and had been knocked as not being able to coach yet by being having talent, getting into big games, he learned to coach and eventually win a NC. The same could occur for Aston and Close just like it did for Staley. [/QUOTE]

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