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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2974360, member: 780"] Unfortunately all these reasons you all are giving on why SU is or isn't a Top 10 program will have little to do with who we are able to hire as JB's successor. Even if we agree SU is a Top 5 or 10 program 20 program, it doesnt matter. This isn't a case where coaches take new jobs just based on some goofy fan-developed ranking of programs. (As in "Oh! I am at the #22 program now and this is the # 9 program, so I better apply") The right questions to ask include: What are the expectations going to be? How much winning am I going to have to do and what's the time frame I will be given to accomplish that. (And what happens if I don't?) What's the likelihood I will be able to meet or exceed the expectations? Is this an achievable task? How long will it take to put my system in, to get my players in place, to get the assistants I feel I need? (How hard will it be to purge the old regime assistants that are there now. How much negative feelings will this engender? Am I going to be accepted there? Will I always be in Boeheim's shadow. Are there things in my past that start me off on the wrong foot. (Pasqaloni being a Penn State grad didn't help him as there was still a lot of PSU hatred lingering from the 1960s and early 70's) If doing better than Boeheim did, even in the last year's of his tenure, is the minimum requirement, than I'd say the SU job may be unattractive. The expectations start off being too high, especially if there's a lot of transition in strategies and players required. Barbers came into a completely different situation. He had a system that he had great confidence in that had been successful at two other places. Expectations were reasonable. In fact, as Wildhack said, Babers exceeded them on an accelerated schedule. [/QUOTE]

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