EXCELLENT POINT!!! While people like Dickie V almost hyperventilate & salivate over "their greatness" when they talk about coaches like Williams - I wonder HOW successful HE would be at DUQUESNE? -  Where he REALLY had to recruit - rather than "pick and choose" from among the kids almost begging to come to his place.  As for "X's" and "O's"  -  Maybe it is a little easier when the "X's" - are McDonald's/Parade All Americans -  And the "O's" might be 2-3 Star Recruits.  Not to mention a REAL HOME COURT advantage they enjoy in the Non-League Schedule - Still for all intents and purposes am reluctant to place Ferry, Williams, Self and Boehim in ANY SINGLE DISCUSSION!!!

While it's almost impossible for Williams, Self and Boehim (He might be at the TOP of MY list for this category) to live up to their "seeding" in the Post Season (Conference and NCAA Tournament Okay) each year THEY SEEM TO FALL FAR SHORT AS OPPOSED TO JUST SHORT- when the competition is a little more stiff.

This is one reason why I think Pitt messed up with Jamie Dixon - Did NOT realize that it's not THAT easy for their Program to knock off the kind of records he did -  And focus like they did on "post season" failures. Don't know how successful Stallings might be - did see Dixon knock of Kansas - BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS - AS ONE CRITIC ONCE SAID "WORLD DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS - 90% DON'T CARE - OTHER 10% IS GLAD YOU HAVE THEM!!
 

One of the points I was thinking about --  Did they UNDERACHIEVE in Post Season?? --  or OVER ACHIEVE in REGULAR SEASON??   Maybe some of those 26-7 records should have really been 23-10 teams (or numbers like that)  Maybe some #3 seeds should have been #6 seeds etc.  Jamie always seemed a decent enough sort - in ADDITION to the time he visited Ron in the hospital --  Stallings/Ferry seem to be the snarky type.