The game is way more difficult today, I doubt BC Torooo would be able to dominate now the same way he dominated back then...
the game is constantly evolving, no doubt, but the best managers learn / adapt / maybe even anticipate better than the rest. a great player at one time is a great player for all time.
my own criteria places a premium on longevity. one title can result from a fluke set of circumstances (i should know), but a series of titles is tough to explain away, at any time. i've not had enough to drink to get into a shouting match, but if a manager has had an extended run at the top of his country with multiple titles, i now have a sense of what's involved to make that happen, and i very respectfully tip my hat to them.
as a competitor of magiker, i have the sense he devotes more time to the national team than his own squad -- i admire that, for he could tweak his own squad and perhaps win an individual NBBA title, but instead he assembles a squad that many take pride in.
P.S.: If anybody's interested, I got a full scholarship for the private high school and later finished my senior year there strong enough to make it to a really great university
congratulations. and if it is a "really great university" there will be a course on BuzzerBeater.