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[QUOTE="Ward, post: 1729775, member: 1958"]
This might sound weird and like it doesn't make sense but I think you can still be a real good coach while also underachieving.

Roy Williams teams that have won championships have been absolutely LOADED. The team with Hansbrough that won could have let a fan coach that team in the tournament and it wouldn't have mattered. He's also had teams that were very talented and not done a whole lot with them. He's been fortunate that he somehow gets a roster full of McDonalds AA's that stay a year or two longer than most guys in their position and then when he has a group of upperclassmen blue chips he wins. The years where they're younger he typically underachieves with talent most coaches would die for.

Calipari 100% should have more than 1 championship with the talent and teams he's had. Last year's Final Four against Wisconsin Bo Ryan coached circles around him down the stretch. He had a team of Wall, Bledsoe, Cousins, Patterson and they lost to WVU in E8 because Calipari and crew were clueless against WVU's zone.

It's really hard to win a national championship and these guys are real good coaches but I think it is definitely fair to say they have underachieved given the talent they had to work with. They're great recruiters recruiting to a great brand but have underachieved with results on the floor.
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