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Message: [QUOTE="Grbac, post: 4465685, member: 6304"] The coach definitely matters. Why else would kids go to play at places like UK, Duke, and North Carolina. Wouldn’t they want to go play in Miami or Southern California. Everything matters at the end of the day but the coach is the ultimate persuader. Alabama was ranked 2 times in 12 years before Oats got there. Virginia made the tournament 2 times in 12 years before Bennett got there. Houston was ranked 2 times in 30 years before Sampson got there. And even an elite school like UK can mess up the coaching hire and turn into garbage. Ever heard of Billy Gillespie? UK made the tourney as a single digit seed 13 years in a row before Billy G. His first year UK was an 11 seed, his second year they didn’t make the tournament. He was fired, Coach Cal was hired and went 35-3 his first season. [/QUOTE]