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at a place where one could habitually under-perform compared to expectations and still rake in the big bucks?

Well, he has under-performed to the level of 9 wins, 10 wins, 10 wins, 8 wins.

That seems a little less than the talent on his team, but not exactly Buddy/Wlat levels.
And of course he did get much of the current talent to come to UCLA.

His teams do seem particularly unsuited to playing Stanford however.

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at a place where one could habitually under-perform compared to expectations and still rake in the big bucks?

Well, he has under-performed to the level of 9 wins, 10 wins, 10 wins, 8 wins.

That seems a little less than the talent on his team, but not exactly Buddy/Wlat levels.
And of course he did get much of the current talent to come to UCLA.

His teams do seem particularly unsuited to playing Stanford however.