Norman Black was always blessed with talent when he first coached in the PBA ........ his SMB lineups were legendary e.g. Samboy, Caidic, Calma, etc.
When he left the SMCorp umbrella and got to coach COCA-COLA, he was horrible ....... even making epic failure draft picks e.g. Ordonio, Buenaventura, etc.
He only won again, when he got a prime SANTA LUCIA team, a team ready to win after endless semis stints.
In the UAAP, he won bigtime ...... but like I said, Norman Black was honest enough to admit, that recruitment is the main key to winning in the amateurs.