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Message: [QUOTE="tep624, post: 5724236, member: 430"] The reality is that “keeping it in the family” led to Hopkins getting misled and ultimately leaving and Autry getting the HC gig when he was grossly underqualified for it. The reality is that JAB didn’t really do a great job of developing a coaching tree to realistically lean on for this “in the family” concept. Outside of Pitino, which was 50 years ago, the guys that got to move on to head coaching were average to mediocre if at all. The one guy who he really groomed for a transition was screwed over by not wanting to let go and led him (Hopkins) to seek a power conference HC gig practically on the moon which led to his demise. At the end of the day, it’s all about control and ego. And if he wanted to have that level of control post retirement, maybe he should have focused a little harder on succession planning. We need the best candidate for the job. Period. Enough with the nonsense. [/QUOTE]