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Originally Posted by UDBrian I believe it can be done. But, a top name program can hire a bad coach and still get good players. When you are a smaller school like UD, Xavier and Gonzaga (plus many others) you need that special coach who appreciates a wonderful situation and knows that winning at a smaller school will bring all the attention that his ego desires. The coach makes the difference and without a superior coach/recruiter the smaller schools are at a big time disadvantage. All of the eggs are in the basket that BG is a difference maker for the program. I still believe he can accomplish a lot at UD but there aren't many coaches available who will come to a school that is not a perenial top 10 program and be satisfied. Your chances or getting a tremendous coach every 3-4 years if they move on decrease each time. When you screw up the coaching choice your program will suffer big time as we have seen.

This is exactly why we are fortunate to have BG.

	Xavier XAVIER MUSKETEERS Dayton's biggest rival dating back to the early 1900s. Founded in 1831, Xavier University is a Jesuit, Catholic university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its three colleges offer 78 undergraduate majors, 43 minors and 11 graduate programs to 6,646 total students, including 3,961 undergraduates. The University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities nationwide. Xavier's nickname is the Musketeers and are fellow A10 Conference members.