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Message: [QUOTE="Chip, post: 4594683, member: 19"] You're right, it's not football. Which is why I think they'll pull the plug after 2 if it clearly isn't working. It's hardly player development at all. Maybe more so than normal if you get most of this year's freshmen to stick around. But it's more about what talent can you convince to come here, and can you manage the game with them. If it pops early, like it did with Hopkins at UW, then they'll be patient. If not, I'd be shocked if they stuck it out for 3 years. EDIT: 2 years is also enough for JB looming over the program to dissipate, for whatever that's worth. He'll be low 80s, could start aging a little quicker when the one thing he's done for 47 years (that kept him quite active) is taken away from him. [/QUOTE]