Where would Wooden have been without Sam paying his players? Wooden knew. He just pretended not to.
Could K walk into Iona and turn the team into winners and a Tournament team in a couple years, like Pitino? Probably not.
If you've ever watched another guy, who is near the end of his life, run practice and listen to any of his seminars, you'd know, too. One of his all-time best players has had major fallings-out with him, yet he has stated that he and his teammates knew that their team had an advantage against every team they played because they knew their coach was better than the rest.