As I search for ways to deal with the disappointment of Saturday, I began to think about what effects that this loss coupled with our history since 2010 would have on recruiting, future success and even the NBE. Short term we are going to take our hits from the media, even guys who were loving us until Saturday, like Steve Serby in the NY Post are now taking their shots at us as well as the conference in general. That's ok and it comes with not living up to expectations. I wonder what recruits think and how much shine if any comes off Jay. I truly believe he has the personality and the positivity to find a way to change the perception of his teams and will have a lot of tournament success in the future. For starters we will be back next year with a ranked and talented team. At least we aren't rebuilding. Their will be pessimism from the media. They will say that Jay has another loaded team for 2016 that will be ranked all season and will give him an opportunity for another early exit. It will be a burden but one that he will eventually overcome. I don' t think the recruits care about the early exits as much the media does. They notice the programs that always seem to be ranked high and gain the best seeds come March. We have gone on a wonderful run of success in regular seasons that we only dreamed of under Rollie. It has been achieved through multiple classes, unlike Lappas who only had that success with essentially one class (Kittles and Eberz were Rollie recruits). Deep down that is always the concern that recruiting will suffer because of the a lack of tournament success and that is what undid Lappas. Jay on the other hand, is a program builder and he keeps Villanova part of the national conversation and that doesn't appear to change anytime soon. Keep knocking on the door and eventually the tournament success will come. Just be relevant and part of the conversation. That was the advice that Jack gave to a young Tiger Woods many years ago.
Jack Nicklaus said "always be part of the conversation"
- Thread starter markootz
- Start date
