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Message: [QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 1339595, member: 1452"] Without Boatright, your team doesn't win 10 games...those other guys better improve...a lot... Ollie better be the right guy. Very few teams remain nationally relevant sans affiliation with a power conference. Those that do have a superior coach. They are few and far between. The far more common outcome is for those programs to fall off the radar screen. If Ollie turns out to be the wrong guy, the program may not recover... And even if he turns out to be the right guy, what is your ceiling, given your conference affiliation? For the last 20 years, you guys are used to operating at a Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, Carolina level. Even the very top teams from non-power conferences don't operate at that level. Gonzaga, Butler, VCU - all strong programs but not operating in close to the rarified air that you have enjoyed... [/QUOTE]