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Message: [QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 1615385, member: 966"] 1 / You have no idea who may have "inquired about him" over the years. 2 / "HCIW tag" would be a pretty significant deterrent. Might be interpreted as a poaching move. Personally, if i were an AD at a school with HC opening, there's very little reason to even consider Hopkins, until the most recent few years, when so much time had passed and it's possible i'd wonder if Hop was getting restless and impatient. But, earlier? No. 3 / Do we know if Hop or his agent initiated those recent interviews? Or, if any of those were negotiating ploys rather than genuine interest? Either way, until the sanctions and JB feeling 'forced out,' who knows how much longer he would have had to wait. All that aside, you're still misunderstanding my position in all of this. I don't, actually, feel too differently from you. It's just that there is so much to find fault in your 'arguments.' They are logic-deficient. Even when we agree, it's for different 'reasons.' For the record, and to repeat what i've said in the past: • I don't like that the administration chose Hopkins without him having any HC experience. We're seeing the issues that accompany that inexperience right now. • I wish he had gone to a mid-major for a few years and then come back, especially if that was a pre-arranged deal. But, i fully understand that any other team would be hesitant to offer Hop, knowing that he was predestined to leave them, regardless of success there. • We are between a rock and a hard place, in determining what to do with Hop, so we (SU) chose to lock him in, and hope/expect that he would have enough bench experience in the system and with JB's tutelage that it wouldn't take much for him to acquire the actual gametime/HC experience he might have acquired elsewhere. The jury is still out as to how long it will take for him to get that. But, everyone keeps pointing out that Dajuan Coleman is 'more like a freshman now' — the rationale for his inconsistent and sometimes 'immature' play. Well, that's what Hop is going through now. He's a rookie/freshman coach. DC sitting on the bench and participating in practices for all these years still doesn't give him D1 game experience. Same for Hopkins. • Even though i wish we had not made the Hopkins commitment seemingly without entertaining other options, i completely understand the rationale. He's likable. He's ours. He's committed. He's invested. He's intelligent. He comes across as very knowledgeable in interviews. He's energetic. He supposedly recruits well, although no one can really know what that means. We get a kid, we don't get a kid. That happens for a lot of different reasons, and i would hope a kid wouldn't choose a school based on the quality of a pitch or the personality of the pitchman. But, whatever. What else can you ask for? Results are not entirely coaching-dependent. Coaching is like driving a Formula 1 car. A decent driver in the best car is going to win. See Jenson Button's championship. See Steve Fisher's NCAA championship. Look at Kentucky right now... [/QUOTE]

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