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[QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 884643, member: 2350"]
I'm a believer in the law of many inputs, so I would agree with this and similar assessments in this thread. I think what may appear to be the "luck" factor can be related to, or perhaps explained in part by, in terms of the development of players. Consider that Roberts/Watkins/McCroskey, et al, didn't really develop into D-1 players. Who knows why? As well, Devendorf/Harris/Flynn were me-firsters who were still playing the same game when they left as the day they arrived. I think the real underlying fact to most of the recent success is bringing in players like Rautins, Jackson, AO, Triche and Joseph (and others) who committed themselves to the program, players with whom there was something to build on in-house year after year.

Boeheim's comment about learning from the Olympic experience is interesting. I'd hazard the guess that he didn't mean he learned more x's and o's. Hardly! But he'd been almost exclusively in the SU/BE vortex a long time. I'm guessing here, but I'd bet he learned to think differently about managing the resources available to him: his recruiting program, players already in house, assistants, and how to better deal with people, and it's given him more options. Maybe I'm 'thinking with my heart' here, but he doesn't seem nearly as crusty as he was several years ago.

edit: I mean, he doesn't have to drive into work each morning thinking "I wonder What did Devo do last night?" any more :D

All just IMHO, of course.
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