Dore2004 wrote: With the exception of Kentucky, that's largely been a recipe for disaster for the league's other schools.
Even for UK it is a mixed bag, and coaching changes are a stressful time. The Eddie Sutton era was clearly a mixed bag. While I think they are crazy, UK fans were never happy with Tubby Smith, and Billy Gillespie was (by UK standards) an unmitigated disaster both on and off the court.
The only thing that saves UK is that success breeds success -- because they are UK and because they have won National Titles in the past, they are a destination that other high-profile coaches want to get to. UK can potentially poach a coach from a sweet 16 BCS conference team. Heck, UK has on at least 3 occasions convinced a coach to leave a school he has taken to the Final Four to come coach in Lexington. Vandy simply can't do that. Not unless we dust off some of our endowment at any rate.
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