My biggest regret in the Dickinson Debacle was Zuby deciding to leave. Each passing season more so. Yes, Z would not have been as effective offensively, but the delta in defense would have meant a better team, one that could have competed for the title.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"