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Originally Posted by Chet
If she had handled the dismissal of Huggin's like she should have (immediately after the DUI), then the program would not have had a three year hiatus with regards to recruiting.
Adam H. would not be on this team if it weren't for NZ.
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That is true. What most fans don't realize though is that part of the reason UC is in as bad a shape as it is is because of Huggins. The cupboard was left bare for Cronin, but why was it bare? Certainly firing Huggins at wrong time cost them one year and Kennedy being the interim (and not being able to recruit) cost them another year. But Huggins last three years of recruiting netted this team squat. Remember Roy Bright and Vincent Banks? They should be seniors this year. Banks never got eligible and ended up leaving, Bright dropped his gun on campus and got kicked out. The next year had Hernol Hall and Devan Downey. They should be juniors. Downey at least was eligible to play and got on the floor one year before leaving (granted he left because Huggins and Kennedy were gone). There were some other guys in there too that I can't remember their names that for one reason or another (mostly eligibility issues) that never made it to the floor. After the class of seniors that was Hicks, Mohammed and White only two of Huggins recruits made it to the floor. Downey and the juco Cedric McGowan. There were three years of Huggins recruits that should have been behind these guys. Nancy doesn't need to shoulder all the blame for the position the basketball team was in.