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Message: [QUOTE="Dave85, post: 1775309, member: 3946"] "Leo Rautins: I think the college game has deteriorated. The NBA has gotten young, and in the college game, everybody who's good leaves. I think universities have hurt the college game because of the way they treat coaches. Your job as a coach today, think about it: [B]To tell a kid to stay in college to develop is (crap).[/B] My job as a coach is not to develop you. Because if you don't develop, I'm fired. So, if you don't work, I'm playing him. If he doesn't work, I'm playing him. My job is to recruit, win or get fired. Not develop you. How many coaches have gotten fired this year who had good records? The ADs, the universities are killing the game. And nobody can shoot in college. The NBA is younger, no question. But you've got the best players. You've got the best athletes. The athleticism is crazy. And there's more coaching in one quarter of an NBA game than in an entire college game. Between timeouts, illegal defenses, the shot clock, there is so much more going on. I watch college games and think, 'What are they doing?' These are adjustments that are made instantly in NBA games." [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2016/05/leo_rautins_on_why_jim_boeheim_should_keep_coaching_canadian_hoops_why_nba_beats_college.html#incart_river_index']Leo Rautins on why Jim Boeheim should keep coaching, Canadian hoops, why NBA beats college[/URL] I wish more people had the opinion that the NBA has really hurt CBB. I know many people think the NBA is the most important thing in the World. But I have to tell you, in my opinion, CBB is just so much more fun to watch. March Madness is way too good. I wish the NBA would restrain from taking players until after their Sophomore season. If it's all about the NBA then why not just take the players out of HS. What argument can you make against it? At least with two years coaching will have meaning again at the college level. [/QUOTE]

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