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Message: [QUOTE="AlaskaSU, post: 1059802, member: 230"] We lack the exalted image that N Carolina, Duke, Kentucky and Kansas have. Never-the-less, getting a Syracuse offer boosts a players rankings, unless a player does something funky like getting thrown out of school or tearing an ACL. Would Lynden be top 100, given his stats, if not for us? As soon as we offered Hak he went top 100 despite his lack of scoring and playing at a mini-high school. It would be very difficult to prove this argument one way or the other. On the face of it, we are a relatively prestigious program. There is not a logical reason why talent raters would be aligned against us. The successful coaches are the best talent evaluators. It is the difference between playing with OPM or your own money. Decisions are best when the people making the decisions are responsible for the results. It makes sense for talking heads to be influenced by the evaluations of the coaches with the best track records. [/QUOTE]