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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 2824227, member: 405"] What a great graphic! Fascinating to look really closely at. Bunch of random observations:\ [LIST] [*]Now I understand why people are such big fans of Ed Cooley. [*]Archie Miller is a very promising young coach. [*]I've always thought Steve Fisher was underrated and got run out of Michigan a little unfairly, and he has proved himself to be a good coach. [*]Surprised to see Mark Few and Kelvin Sampson at such an elite level, to be honest. [*]Not shocked to see that Coach K is only a bit better than average in close games. He has such elite talent, it has inflated his true record versus expectations. Now, that said, his marketing of his program has been outstanding. [*]Danny Hurley and Buzz Peterson (and in a bit of a surprise, also Fran McCaffery, who I think of as a "coach's coach") are so terrible that Matt Doherty has a better record in close games! LOL [*]Bo Ryan, Ben Howland, That Matta and Lon Krueger all did very well, as you would expect from the fan's perspective. I think of those guys as teaching good defense and fundamentals and getting good execution from their teams, sometimes overcoming talent deficiencies with their systems. That marks a good coach, for me. [*]I was surprised to see Jamie Dixon as a well below average coach in close games, because (a) he always seemed to have our number, and (b) his teams were great grind-it-out teams who played great defense, were tough and you think of that as a style that would lend itself to wearing out your opponent late in games and having a built-in advantage. [*]Sorry but not surprised to see our own Louie Orr come in where he did. A fine man, but it just didn't work out as well for him as you would have hoped. [*]Herby Sendek is a special kind of awful, isn't he? [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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