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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5284052, member: 173"]
JW’s choice likely came down to alienating the fewest number of high power stakeholders as possible so he could keep his job - or maximize how many people you alienate by pushing JB out the door and going outside for the next coach.  The latter option he definitely doesn’t survive if the coach starts slowly - and might not even make it as AD to that coach’s first game.

I think the folks laying a lot of blame at Wildhack’s feet aren’t fully appreciating the political dynamics at a university like Syracuse - and therefore don’t understand why he did what he did as much as they think.

Let’s be honest - the university has treated the athletic department as a cash cow for over 40 years.  We’ve gone through multiple chancellors and ADs - and that has remained a constant.  The issues that led to a less than ideal internal hire of a basketball coach go deeper than the AD, probably deeper than the chancellor…structurally and culturally, Syracuse is what it is.  And that is a university which is going to chronically abuse and neglect the athletic department until we find out we’re on the outside looking in at major college athletics.  Maybe at that point the real culprits will figure out their mentality was a poor one - but I doubt it will happen even then.

I feel for JW; he’s a better man than me.  I would have bailed on this pathetic sheetshow 4 or 5 years ago if I was in his shoes.
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