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    Quote Originally Posted by maroonmania View Post
    Well I wasn't privy to the specifics of Stansbury's recruiting tactics, but, for the sake of argument, let's say I take your word for it he was THAT much worse than the other recruiters he was competing against. The "bending of the rules" when speeding analogy is sort of obvious to people when talking recruiting but I guess I'm not following how in recruiting you crash and hurt someone? or have an attorney go after you and your "insurance" (whoever that would be in this extended analogy)? Stans' problem with his program wasn't his recruiting issues, it was his inability to be able to manage and mentor guys in his program. You can't convince me there was ANYTHING that Stans would do in the recruiting game that Calipari hasn't done 100 times over everywhere he's been but Cal doesn't have a constant soap opera within his program like Stans did.
    Re-read my original post in this thread. I wasn't even talking bout Stansbury or anyone else but Sampson. Sampson was flagrant and the show cause was justified with him. He was going 120 in a 55.

    With the analogy, the speeding thing that everybody uses is a little over the speed limit and never getting a ticket. The problem is that is not the only problem when you speed. Your chances of getting in an accident goes up and that is a variable that never gets mentioned. A ticket is NOT the only possible consequence of speeding, there are many more with some having a much higher consequence than just a ticket, so the analogy is not a good one. In no way was I cimparing someone getting hurt to recruiting. The object lesson is about ALL consequences when you do something. Not just the least painful..like a ticket.

    ETA. With concern with your analogy, because of the filthy nature of basketball recruiting as it is today, the law enforcement is giving you 10 mph over the speed limit anyway. They know it's dirty and are letting you go anyway. Sampson was over the top.
    Last edited by Really Clark?; 03-20-2015 at 12:51 PM.

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