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[QUOTE="Sgt Cuse, post: 273554, member: 1701"]
I think you vastly underestimate the skill required of the position.  It is much more intricate than an offensive lineman coach.  I can't beleive how many people think there is nothing to this job.  That any ex-guard can do it.
 
I am not saying that SU has to get someone who has played in the position.  If SU can sway someone with a rep like Pete Newells to take the position, I am certainly on board with that.  Those people won't come cheap though.  I think with cost considerations it is much more reasonable to review the in-house candidates.
 
Also, apparently there is more to the position than just what happens on the court.  This is an area where Hop failed miserably.  And now there are APR considerations to take into account.
 
If you don't think there is much to the job, wouldn't you then want someone who can relate better to the players?  Get someone in the position that rounds out the staff.  Who was NN going to relate to?  Who could Fab go to when things started to go wrong?  No one.
 
Hop was named Bigs coach because of a realignment during a mid-season crisis.  This is not the desired state.  It has already had terrible consequences.  It is now the off-season.  Would seem the logical time to fix it.
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