(02-10-2017 03:40 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  In other words, those early runs were fueled by a player he didn't have to coach up or recruit. Yes, Calvary was that important and he already had Elite 8 experience by the time Few inherited him. He hasn't had a player with that much heart since.

Stop with the cop outs, you don't get to have your cake and eat it too. They don't get to be some minor program that does more with less and is therefore exempt from being considered a choker, at least not anymore. And whatever their size is, it doesn't change the fact that they routinely choke ('02, 2005, '06, '16 ). That excuse about the the WCC being weak and them being a little school is played out. They publicly whined for years about being considered small time. You can't have it both ways, so welcome to the Big Leagues. Produce or be pushed aside as insignificant. No one wants to hear it anymore, they need to turn heads for the right reason, especially in a year like this.

What a weird claim. Cavalry went from 9.4 ppg as a sophomore to All-WCC and WCC POY as a SR, and Few didn't do anything to coach him up? That progression was all just inevitable?

Gonzaga has won basically exactly as many games as you would expect based on their seed. You are cherry picking. If 2002 was a choke, then surely 2011 was a great coaching job by Few - and more recent!