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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 2169369, member: 591"] The "downfall" of Rutgers began with the "fab five" recruiting class that committed in the wake of the Imus controversy in 2007. Rutgers never expected to get all of them - possibly not most of them. So what happened - one player was gone at the start of the season for being "California Cool when we are Blue Collar Workers" (Viv's words), one wowed (some) fans but had no discipline or desire to learn the game plan and transferred, one contributed at her own pace (for example, losing 30 pounds after her senior season to improve her chances in the WNBA draft - suggesting she might have contributed more if she had lost that weight while playing in college) and one that stayed only because her boyfriend was at Rutgers. Yet a coach has to follow all the tracks - things might have turned out differently if less of them had come. But you don't say know - especially to very well thought of players. [/QUOTE]