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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 1807973, member: 405"] Fitting the system is important, but we've seen in basketball recruiting, getting kids from traditionally successful programs delivers to you kids who are not just terrific individual talents, but kids who are used to a culture of winning. I think that's what's important about where Dino has pulled kids from already. He's making inroads into schools that traditionally turn out Division 1 caliber kids, year after year. We used to have those relationships in New Jersey, for instance, and thought maybe we were getting them back under Shaffer, but with one signing, Dino has changed perceptions with getting DeVito. That's like getting kids from St. Anthony's in NJ or Oak Hill Academy. We're starting to get kids from those kinds of football factories. [/QUOTE]