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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 618904, member: 837"]
I'm not sure I quite get this line of thinking for a few reasons:
 
1) Is there ever a year in which a coach who willingly says, "Let's take a step back." I mean, I suppose if they want to go with a younger group they could, but I think athletic departments and fan bases are fickle enough that these coaches [I]never [/I]want to take a step back.
 
2) I'm not sure going JUCO even helps us avoid a step back. I suppose if you land an Andrew Tiller it could really help but we've had far more MPB's and Orlando Fisher's and Jose Cruz's (yes, I realize he was from Hofstra), than we have had impact JUCOs. And that's not even mentioning the guys who never made it like Chad Elliott and others. I tend to think coaches would love impact from a JUCO program, but generally hope to get depth.
 
3) I think people in general overrate the step up in competition that is the ACC. Bigger name schools, yes, but I'm not really sure just how much of a step up in terms of true competition this is from what we faced last year. I wouldn't be shocked at all if we are a .500 team in the ACC even if Allen isn't a Godsend.
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