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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5679068, member: 40"]
It's a bad idea because he was an abject failure the last 3 years of his tenure at the University of Washington.

I'm very happy that he landed on his feet in an assisting coaching capacity in the NBA, but let's be real. No other college team is angling to land Mike Hopkins right now. When he was at Washington, his schemes on both sides of the ball were subpar.  We saw the same in terms of subpar systems on both sides of the ball with Red, here.

Who would win a sign up for that?

Hop shouldn't be in play at all. The only reason he is is that he has ties to the program. Scooch said it above, we shouldn't have to qualify candidates by saying,"...but he's a great guy..."

Given the precarious position our program is in, there shouldn't be any "buts" involved.

Board members and donors screwed up the last hire, I don't want to see them screw up this higher and get the program even further beached.

Boosters in school administrators ought to pay attention to the fan apathy, the massively declined attendance, and the disgruntled malaise that the program is mired in. If they want to risk it by not bringing in a proven commodity, then the financial hits and fan disengagement could continue to worsen.

I think things would be different if we were a program that was going to the NCAA tournament and winning 22 games a year, as a role of the dice. That's not the status quo, we are floundering and we need a coach who has proven chops to right the ship.
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