I think GMAC has come along way since he started if you listen to what he says on his show in interviews he knows what the heck is going on.
But when JB’s gone I’ll raise my hand and I want to say I want the best available coach in the country!
If Syracuse is too cheap to pay for the best coach in the country then I want the best one we can get,whoever that may be.
We've seen it over and over. The best schools go after, and get, the best coaches, and their success keeps rolling on. Lesser schools try to promote former assistants and, with rare exceptions, they often fail to live up to expectations, which were often just wishes and hopes to begin with.
I'm not taking anything at all away from our current crop of assistants, but they are unproven, and yes, there are exceptions. I believe Hop is one, as he's already proving at Washington, and likely would have proven (will prove?) here. I think he's on his way to becoming an elite level coach.
I've read lots of posts here that seem to indicate that Cuse admin won't pony up for an elite coach, and will join the long list of former "power" programs which are now in the "hopers and wishers" category. I don't know if this is based on any real knowledge or just pervasive doom-and-gloom paranoia.
I don't want to overhear, or be involved in, this conversation... "Hey, remember when Syracuse was really good at basketball?"