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Message: [QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 5733935, member: 237"] So first off - I did and still do prefer seeing an outside hire( but that’s fading). That said- a large part of that is someone who has the funding and support to succeed and can be here long enough as well. As things have unfolded it’s been abundantly clear that any outside hire would be coming in with a sizably smaller chunk of NIL support and have to work against the grain to earn all that support and it also seems pretty clear that just a couple winning seasons doing so with less money is a certified needle mover. Aside from that, if we look at who our options are, the difference in coaching chops and resume between the top 5 realistic options were not that far apart and most likely more expensive before you get into assistant coaches. Once you factor the realities of how much more support Gerry can gather across the board, the small advantages of a guy like Schertz because of his experience ( a lot in D2 but highly successful) are gone and it moves the other way. So before we even get into this being a family hire- the other factors that are critical to success are what push me to this being the better decision given the circumstances. If we could get 12-15 million for those other options - I’m all in for them over Gerry but the reality is that’s just not practical and we’ve seen how that played out. Also after seeing how things went down - BH was never the right guy and I feel dumb myself for spending so long thinking he was. Now specific to Gerry- he is his own brand and brings with him what he wants to do. He may have learned a lot from hop and JB but he’s not those guys. I’ve said before he’s different and I’ve said before I would love him as a coach here but prefer it be after establishing himself at another P4 first. After seeing their tourney run then the coaching aspects of how he handled the Duke game while all the speculation was ongoing … then you add the incredible out of the woodwork financial support and positive media and sports analyst feedback and I am thinking this is the right decision. I don’t like that JB and the family may have influenced it to the effect that if Gerry wasn’t a good option he still would have gotten it but I think he is the right choice. So yeah this is probably TLDR but after everything leading up to and now after I’m good with this. I also will say I do know he’s different and in a way it’s hard to explain but I think some are coming around to. Now this is all subject to change in that the staff and the roster come next- both have to be a win but if the smoke is right and he brings his current staff plus snags Daly from VCU who is a very good offensive mind and fills out the entire staff slots - it’s just then the roster and things continue to trend well. Also as tpt mentioned and didn’t want to repeat - yes I’m from 20 mins north of Scranton, played against Gerry, know some of the family and even though we got beat every year we also traveled to watch the state playoffs so I have a specific perspective - which had me worried about the implications of him failing too.. I just don’t think he will. I’m not going to out who I know or all the connections just saying I’m not gonna back down from saying I have a credible reason for shifting my thoughts. [/QUOTE]

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