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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 5701277, member: 8594"]
Maybe.  Although, notably, Syracuse’s 3 point defense was better than most (and better than Hodgson’s and GMac’s currently) until the wheels fell off in 2022, with some of the worst talent and zone ‘fits’ SU ever had.  That was wayyy after the advent of 3-point dominant offenses.  So defensive scheme is a tricky thing to point to.  (FWIW, I’ve done this research about the defense before and also considered the effects of a stretched out zone on other efficiency metrics.  I’m more aware than most on this topic.. probably.  Not that that matters much, but I don’t want this to turn into a ‘well actually’ back and forth that’s off topic).

I’ll cede the point about the offense.

My point remains that assistant coach résumé’s don’t mean a lot because they’re so closely tied to the head coach.  Sure, an assistant could be labeled the lead recruiter for a player, but nobody has any idea how much of a role the HC did or didn’t play in the final decision of the player, or what pitches worked or didn’t work.
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