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[QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 2974389, member: 6357"]
This obsession that people have on here about the difficulty/impossibility of replacing a legend is absurd. It’s just not the case. You just have to make the right hire. Yes it doesn’t always work out but very often does. Izzo replaced Heathcoat and he was sitting right on his bench (Izzo even took the program to a new level). Painter replaced Keady at Purdue and Painter, a Purdue alum (like Hop at SU), has the program rolling like Keady did back in the day. Sean Miller basically took over for Lute at Arizona and they’re back to their usual regular season success—and tourney flameouts, LOL. (Yes, Kevin O’Neill was HC at Zona for a couple of years after Lute suddenly had to retire due to health reasons, but he was an emergency fill-in.) Louisville went from Crum to Pitino to Mack, who’s a great hire. Xavier, a very good non P5 level program, has made a long series of fantastic hires, because it’s a great place to coach and attracts great candidates. UNC made a bad hire with Doherty, but that was a short-lived blip that was quickly corrected. Kansas went from Larry Brown to Roy to Self. If a program is really good and has a great foundation and makes the right hire (and pays market rate), they’re usually fine.
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