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[QUOTE="miamicuse, post: 4111178, member: 7237"]
There is no perfect candidate.  There are always risks, especially if JB's retirement is a sudden untimely announcement to force an internal hire.

I am kind of warming up to the idea of Rick Pitino as a two year transition hire despite his checkered past.

He can coach no doubt.

Can he recruit without cheating is the question but recruiting has changed drastically with NIL.

He can be thought of as "one of us" with him having worked for JB.  He is JB's friend.  This may be one outside hire that gets JB's blessing.

He may be able to make some degree of continuity by keeping some staff without a wholesale replacement.

He is getting up in age too so he is not looking for a long tenure but this is way better than Iona.  He probably can turn things around in two years.

He can operate under JB's big Shadow and not be obligated to "protect the JB legacy" was what Hop said he would have done had he stay at SU.

He may be interested with a substantial discount from what he earned in Louisville.
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