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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 4188954, member: 874"]
I think it's more complex than that. It used be that you could build a team over the course of 2-3 years. Find developmental guys. Get a stud here or there. And you have a really good team that can contend for a final four if all the chips fall into place. Then the great ahtletes that we would develop into stars started leaving for the pros before they developed and became the stars of previous eras. Then the portal allowed depth guys to leave hunting for more playing time. Combine that with the reports that JB isn't hitting the recruiting trail as hard as he once did, and it makes for a bad roster.

Some other programs have managed to find guys that make for great college players but aren't as enticing to the NBA as our Jeremy Grants, so they stick around a little longer. Maybe they're quick penetrating guards that are too short to jump early to the league or they're physical big men lacking elite athleticism. Well, neither of those are ideal for the zone, so we haven't recruited them despite having success with both in the past. I think JB has had a tougher time navigating those changes.

JB is certainly smart, but I think he has been inflexible recently. That has hurt him as much as anything.
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