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Men's soccer / Re: The Niche of the Religious-based D3 Institution
« on: December 05, 2019, 03:26:59 pm »IMO success is the single biggest variable, as success just breeds success, as long as there is sufficient institutional/administrative support (with the latter being the second most critical factor).
This statement is a great topic for another thread. I'm always curious about the teams that used to be nationally strong, but then fall by the wayside. And I'm not talking about teams lucky enough to capture magic in a bottle because they happen to get a super-stud - I'm looking at you Kean and Freddy Gurian. But rather, the teams that seemed to be Top 20 every year but now you don't hear from them. Is it a coaching change? Lack of institutional support? Something else? I know I'm going back some years, but TCNJ (Trenton State) was a powerhouse in the early 90's having reached the final 3x and winning once. That winning coach from '96 is still there - has the game simply past him by? I'm sure there are other more recent examples - Dominican was very good for a time, no?