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[QUOTE="cliftonparksufan, post: 5581452, member: 9"]
If you look at the records of some of the greatest coaches in history, their careers didn't start out great.

Jay Wright had a losing record each of his 1st three seasons at Hofstra.

Coach K had a losing record two of his 1st three years at Duke, and already had five years experience at Army prior to that.

Dawn Staley had losing records her first two years at South Carolina after having eight years experience as Head coach at Temple.

I'm not advocating for more time for a coach who can't win.  In the NIL era, three years is enough.  However, if I'm the AD of a major university, the circumstances would have to be very overwhelming to hire someone without head coaching experience.   Basketball or Football need to be treated the same. Just like in the NFL.  If you are the GM, if you can hire an established coach, why wouldn't you.

So why did Coaches Wright, K and Staley start out struggling.   I would guess maybe the culture, the talent, the unfamiliarity.  Hard to say.  But, once it clicked, it really clicked.

The nice about this Vegas tournament is that you got to watch a lot of top coaches and programs  in battle.  I'm watching Gonzaga struggling against Michigan in what pre-game they said could be Mark Few's best team ever.  It happens.
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