PaddyWF
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They used to be a top 10 job or close to it, but Yow moving them to the B1G has really hurt their revenue sports. Their football team was never going to compete in what is a much more difficult conference. And I think leaving all their traditional rivals in UVA, Duke and UNC really diminished their basketball brand. Nobody cares about watching UMd playing a tOSU or MSU, whereas those 90s-00s tilts against Duke, UNC and UVA were must watch basketball, especially some of those Duke games. I gotta think that made it harder on recruiting over time, especially considering they really haven't developed any natural rivalries in the B1G. I think they've become the B1G's version of NC St - a once proud and storied program which has spent the last 30 years in the wilderness with a delusional fan base. Ain't no way I'd consider UMd if I were an up and coming smaller conference coach. I agree with you and believe Turgeon redeems himself elsewhere long before UMd does.
They exchanged success in FB and basketball for cash. It is just as simple as that. I am sure the admin is perfectly fine with that. For fans, it must suck.