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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 5283875, member: 628"]
I'll always believe that Autry was the hire to keep JB, the ex-players and the majority of boosters engaged with the program.  Yes, JW *could* have hired outside but there would have been real, meaningful blowback from that.

Here's the thing... If ultimately Red fails, and it sure looks like we're headed in that direction now, SU and JW can tell those folks that we tried.  We tried to hire an Orange Man.  We tried to pass the torch to the loyal soldier who was considered the coach in waiting.  But it didn't work.  Now we move on to another approach.

But if we went outside, and that guy failed, then we'd be set even further back when we moved on to the next guy.

You don't have to like it.  And I know you were adament for years that we should hire outside.  But I also understand why JW and SU did what they did.  What you call the path of least resistance may also have been the "path with the least long term damage".

*edit*  At the end of the day, this is Boeheim's fault.  He should have left a LOT earlier.  And his selfish desire to coach his kids caused all this nonsense,
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