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They miss the Summit days and want to relive it. The problem with that is that Tennessee will have a hard time achieving that again. Summit was a generational coach and you are not replacing her. State had Vic and State will not achieve that greatness in a very long time or ever again.
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Originally Posted by
BigDawg81
They miss the Summit days and want to relive it. The problem with that is that Tennessee will have a hard time achieving that again. Summit was a generational coach and you are not replacing her. State had Vic and State will not achieve that greatness in a very long time or ever again.
I think this is something all schools with that type of success struggle with in every sport. Bama struggled with it post Bear; Texas has post-Royal; UT post-Summit; UK post-Rupp and post-Pitino; UNC post-Dean Smith, etc.
Success at high level over an extended period is rare and becoming rarer but fans expect that level to continue or else. Plus, sports change continually. Changes in rules, make up of conferences, eligibility rules, etc. all impact everything and make that success difficult if not impossible to replicate.
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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Originally Posted by
BigDawg81
They miss the Summit days and want to relive it. The problem with that is that Tennessee will have a hard time achieving that again. Summit was a generational coach and you are not replacing her. State had Vic and State will not achieve that greatness in a very long time or ever again.
Not only was summit a great coach, she benefited immensely from women's basketball being a sport few people cared about for most of her career. La Tech had two different national championship coaches that kept La Tech a national power for the better part of three decades and nobody cared enough to hire either coach away. You'd have sweet 16 games that were the equivalent of a 1/16 matchup in the men's game because there was such a huge drop off in talent after a handful of programs. That's just not the case now.
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