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Message: [QUOTE="dyedorange, post: 2008625, member: 3729"] Agreed. I don't envy Hop's situation, and frankly I'm not sure he's going to be able to succeed here. With the kind of team he'll inherit, the recent downward trend in our recruiting (which could have a self-perpetuating effect he'll have to figure out how to break out of), and the urgency I'm sure a lot of people of SU must be feeling to end the the generally mediocre play on the court the last few years...it's going to be an uphill battle for him, to say the least. All I can say is that I think he deserves the chance to try and right the ship and hopefully he'll be given enough leash to show what he can do. I think better recruiting is probably most important in terms of buying himself time. Getting the players to play his style may take a little while, but if he can start bringing in some bigger recruits, I would think he'd get more buy-in from everyone. [/QUOTE]