Rye, when I look at your list, I see flawed teams and coaches in 2 trip crowd and below.
Look at the 3-4 trip crowd. Solid fundamentals, she lid talent, complete rosters, and they play their tails off every night.
How many of those inherited a roster? Or a recruiting class?
A few sweet 16s ain’t no better than cornering a market or making a good pick on the ponies or the market or finding that shiny nugget in a stream. There’s some work and a lot of luck. im not saying gottfried is just lucky; he’s clearly put in time and work, but he’s more a product of opportunity than a culmination of fundamentals, scheme, adaptability, and tenacity.
I of the Marshall and Lon Kruger persuasion last go around
