“@jeffborzello: Butler's perennial success won't disappear with the departure of Brad Stevens. My take: http://cbsprt.co/1aDKMrt”
The only thing I would say about previous success is they are not in the Horizon League or the A-10 anymore.
Now I love Brad Stevens and to me he would win in any conference but Butler is stepping up in class or at least we hope they are and Brad Stevens' and Thad Matta's don't grow on trees.
Put it to you another way let's assume Butler was joining the Big 10 and not the new BE. And they are going up against Matta, Izzo, Beilein, Ryan, etc. and Stevens is leaving. They could say "Hey we know how to do it we did it before" or they could say "Our previous hires were in the context of the Horizon NOT the Big 10. We may have to think bigger."