Simple...the sport has evolved on many levels, but in short,ggait wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:30 amPlease explain this one to me.On the MARGIN a great coach can have a meaningful impact on recruiting, but a team's baseline and ceiling are both set by the school's pedigree and the administration's support of the program - which to me answers ggaits question
I understand how UMD Tillman is going to be more successful than Harvard Tillman. Not because of Tillman but because in mlax UMD >> Harvard.
But why is UMD Tillman so much better than UMD Cottle?
UMD only started to get serious about mlax when it hired Tillman? So they would have gotten the same results if they had just kept Cottle and given him the extra resources? So they were willing to resource Tillman, but for some reason refused to resource Cottle?
I'm listening.
P.S. Alabama Saban is obviously more successful than LSU Saban or MSU Saban. But why is Alabama Saban soooo much better than the 7 Alabama HCs that came between Bear Bryant and Saban?
P.P.S. UVA hoops Tony Bennett is better than WSU Tony Bennett. But why is UVA Bennett sooo much better than all previous UVA hoops coaches in history?
From his BIO "Tillman's formula came to ultimate fruition in 2017 when Maryland captured its first NCAA National Championship since 1975".
Arguably, Tillman could be the reason the NCAA has the shot clock, he played much like Cottle with stall ball, possession shooting etc. Tillman openly verbalized he changed in 2017 and Rambo/Heacock where the reasons why. He finally listened to his players, instead of trying to control everything. You could also argue that had he put down his tablet and coached/encouraged the men in real time....things may have been different, again, this year.