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[QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 4597919, member: 6357"]
I don’t disagree that it would have been ideal to see the caliber of candidates that this job could attract. But we may see that in a few years if Red doesn’t work out. The flip side is that there’s no slam dunk mid-major hire out there this year (like Hurley a few years ago at UConn or Shaka when he was at VCU) ready to take the next step as a head coach. The best options from experienced major college programs were Miller and Smart, both of whom may not want to leave after only a year or two at their schools, and having gotten both on track and into the top 25. Pitino would have been a home run but probably has too much baggage and wouldn’t have come here b/c of his loyalty to JB, if JB didn’t want it.  And the other experienced guys like Shrewsberry and Boynton are also risks. We, unfortunately, missed the boat on Oates back in 2020.

I hope we’ll all quickly see that Red is his own man and will go his own way while also taking the best of what he learned from JB. I think he’ll commit to playing man to man D and trying to play with more  tempo and lean into analytics. I think he’ll also want to recruit more physical and athletic players, less of these lanky twigs. I do believe we’ll see an uptick in recruiting and talent acquisition right away. We’ll see how it all shakes out. Best of luck to Coach Red.
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