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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan
I don't think the ranking aspect of your point is as important as the players he was coaching. There are certain kids who fit well with a coach. Where a coach gets into trouble is when he/she goes out and gets the highest ranked players rather than the players who fit best to his coaching style. It may make the fan base happy on signing day, but it can be detrimental to the program's progress overall.
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I agree with this, but this pretty much agrees with what I was trying to say. Maybe I should've expanded "Gary needs to change himself as a coach" to also specifically include his recruiting, but as of now, he hasn't, he's done the same thing a few times that I've been paying attention. We do well, the top players want to come to MD, he signs them, we do poorly, he gets players that are less..."desirable" by the top schools, we do better, he gets top players...
Drives me nuts.
/tk