In lieu of this "max exodus" of players

[George S. Patton]

....I was reading the story on ESPN.com about the late IU coach Terry Hoeppner and the late Northwestern coach Randy Walker. Ivan Maisel talked with Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez about Hoeppner.

Struck a cord with me because of Reggie Carrington's departure and Corey Slater's alleged departure. It may or may not apply since we don't know everything about what happened.

Food for thought:

"He was going to make it work," Alvarez said. "It's all about the attitude of the guy that's leading it. If he mopes around, that's what's going to happen. If you go at it with a passion, the kids react to it, the fans react to it. He wasn't losing kids. Guys weren't getting disgruntled and leaving. When you do that, the kids are going to get better. You get rolling and you get better players."