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Message: [QUOTE="Delmar, post: 3017171, member: 3944"] During the Duke-Richmond game one of the commentators mentioned more than a few times that Duke was the team of the decade. When was Syracuse the team of the decade? Only once, and that happened from 2000 to 2009 when Desko was coach. The 80's probably go to JHU. The 90's belong to Princeton. SU won 5 championships in the 2000's. I will grant that the discussion is valid. But I hope people will realize how rare it is for coaches who follow a legend to have any success at all. Desko did that, and despite the criticism going on now, that achievement can never be taken away from him. The transition from a successful coach is always painful. Starsia is an obvious comparison, but his removal also happened in the context of a murder, and a complete loss of control of the program. That's not what is happening at SU. Perhaps a better comparison is Denny Crum at Louisville. While we are debating this, Hopkins is having the same discussion. [/QUOTE]