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Originally posted by JRutledge
You can always find somewhere in the country that has great basketball. We are just saying it is not the norm
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All too true, My main point was that it wasn't all that great here 10 years ago and look at us now - ie, I think better WBB is on its way in lots of places. Success seems to breed success - ADs in this conference are no longer content to "let things slide" - 3 of our 12 schools have made MAJOR coaching upgrades in the past 3 years - it was either that or continue to be embarrassed by being door mats. And it has a siphoning effect. More head coaching jobs paying $300,000 PLUS (sometimes plus a LOT) draws more good assistant coaches and high school coaches into the pipe stream because they can see there is a brass ring to reach for - etc. (I know - "for which to reach" is proper - but dull - grin) Same thing with players. If gym rats get rewarded, more girls will stay gym rats rather than get embarrassed about it.
Just wanted to give folks who hadn't seen evidence of a upswing yet a view from another place.