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<blockquote data-quote="Spanky" data-source="post: 1409693" data-attributes="member: 746040"><p>Did you even read my post? 2000-2006 talent levels happened because of very lucky circumstances. There was nothing "repeatable" about those things. Another coach can't land 3 McDonald's All Americans from Central IL, because there aren't 3 McDAA from Central IL to even recruit. No coach should be expected to recruit 3 sub top 50 guys, and have all 3 become NBA players on the same team. That again, is not a repeatable thing. That's a "luck" thing. Even after that time frame, Weber and Groce kept bringing in similar rated recruits, and didn't have the success that 2003-2006 had. I'd argue there was still an ongoing "influx of talent", it simply didn't achieve what 2000 - 2006 did because 2000-2006 is the anomaly. </p><p></p><p>Too many people think that 2000-2006 is some established repeatable level and all it takes is this recruit or that coach. And it's not, especially if you look at the specifics of how Illinois got there. Central IL doesn't produce McDonalds All-Americans. That's a fact. Most players ranked 50+ don't become NBA players, and certainly a group of them all on the same team is extremely rare. That's a fact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spanky, post: 1409693, member: 746040"] Did you even read my post? 2000-2006 talent levels happened because of very lucky circumstances. There was nothing "repeatable" about those things. Another coach can't land 3 McDonald's All Americans from Central IL, because there aren't 3 McDAA from Central IL to even recruit. No coach should be expected to recruit 3 sub top 50 guys, and have all 3 become NBA players on the same team. That again, is not a repeatable thing. That's a "luck" thing. Even after that time frame, Weber and Groce kept bringing in similar rated recruits, and didn't have the success that 2003-2006 had. I'd argue there was still an ongoing "influx of talent", it simply didn't achieve what 2000 - 2006 did because 2000-2006 is the anomaly. Too many people think that 2000-2006 is some established repeatable level and all it takes is this recruit or that coach. And it's not, especially if you look at the specifics of how Illinois got there. Central IL doesn't produce McDonalds All-Americans. That's a fact. Most players ranked 50+ don't become NBA players, and certainly a group of them all on the same team is extremely rare. That's a fact. [/QUOTE]
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