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Originally posted by 26 Year Gap
A lot of Calhoun's time was spent at Northeastern, which actually won some upset games in the tournament. Put Coach K at Northeastern for a few years and see what happens.
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Ah, Calhoun's been at UConn since 1986. He's been to all of two Final Fours.
By the time K had been at Duke that long, he'd been to nine.
K spent five years at Army, and was apparently impressive enough to Tom Butters to give him an opportunity at Duke.
Sure, Calhoun was very successful at Northeastern, but are you telling me that he was turning down jobs at major programs in order to stay at Northeastern? Please.
If you don't think K could have gone somewhere and built a program, you're out of your mind. Hell, once the seniors he inherited at Duke graduated after his first year, Duke was in absolutely horrible shape. Considering the league he was in, he did his own major construction job. The results of that project: since 1985, exactly one senior class has left Duke without having been to a Final Four, and that group lost by two in a regional final.