re: Kansas just laid the smack down on bill self

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It's going to be a better program.

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I hope you are right but there is very little to objectively base this statement on yet.

It usually starts here:





When it comes to college athletics the 80/20 rule applies. 80% is the jimmies and joes and 20% is the coaching. If you can't nail down the 80% there is nothing you can do on the coaching end to have a successful program. This is where Will Wade had success. He was a very good recruiter and made LSU basketball relevant because of his recruiting abilities. Wade's classes ranked 19, 4, 32, 5 and 8 in the nation under his coaching career at LSU. Heck it's why bama is so successful. Sabin is the best recruiter in college football.

CMM needs to step up his game in recruiting for this LSU basketball program under Woodward to be successful. I have no qualms about CMM coaching ability. He seems perfectly capable. But it starts with recruiting. Without recruiting this program is dead in the water.

Now the way CMM cobbled together the current roster does give me hope that he and his team can be effective on the recruiting trail. He just has to make it happen in the coming months.