Why Leonard Hamilton should repeat at ACC Coach of the Year
By Kelvin Hunt
Accomplished Something Never Been Done Before
I mentioned before, the rise of FSU basketball has come at the perfect time. If you had bet FSU basketball fans they’d win the ACC regular-season in back-to-back years in the next six to seven years after 2014, all of them would have taken that bet.
They would have lost too. That’s the beauty of the hard work of Leonard Hamilton and this coaching staff.
They have completely changed the expectations of FSU basketball. It’s no longer good enough to have moral victories in close games. FSU basketball fans get upset with how the team plays in wins nowadays.
To overcome the odds of repeating as ACC Champions, whether it was a down year for the conference or not, says a lot about the job Leonard Hamilton did.
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There is no other coach in the ACC more deserving than Leonard Hamilton of this award in back-to-back years.