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Message: [QUOTE="JOC44, post: 5719104, member: 613"] I have no idea if GMAC would be successful here. None of us do. But I think about a couple of data points. First, GMAC impressed me when, after not being considered to replace JB, he didn't just hang around and hope his turn would come. He bet on himself by going out and getting a head coaching job at a low(er) level. That shows character and confidence. Second, maybe this is just confirmation bias, but we actually won 20 games with Red as head coach in the one year that GMAC was on the bench with him, and had miserable, underachieving years the two years after GMAC left. Third, GMAC seems to get along with his players without being their friend, and seems to insist on standards. The head coach has to be willing to be a bit of a bad cop (maybe more than a bit). Assuming the NIL whales will mostly get behind this hire, I say run with it. [/QUOTE]