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Message: [QUOTE="BlazeOrange, post: 684629, member: 683"] Yes, a sales pitch could be made to make up for an initial stumble in the ACC (not expecting one, just discussing that scenario). Something along the lines of we've upgraded our competition, are upgrading facilities, now we need players like you to get our team where we expect to be in the standings. Could also mention several teams that have had setbacks when entering new conferences, dating back to PSU in the B1G, and say that we took some knocks but are now familiar with our new opponents and expect to improve. This "get on board for the ride" approach could work for a season or maybe two. After that, we would need to show some tangible progress or risk getting typecast as a cellar dweller. We might lose some players, but with the higher-level talent we are now going after, we are going have to start to get used to more down to the wire battles even during good years. [/QUOTE]