Completely agree. The first paragraph of the article was completely misleading:
Syracuse, N.Y. ― Jim Boeheim revealed that Syracuse has a plan in place for his eventual retirement and who will succeed him as basketball coach.
Re: the highlighted section above, nothing of the sort was stated, implied, or insinuated by JB about "who will succeed him."
In fact, JB went out of his way to indicate that he'd wouldn't be making that choice, and would only be a bit player in the process.
If an internal candidate [not including Hop, who is obligated elsewhere] had been chosen, they would have announced it like Duke -- even if JB's retirement is pushed out a couple of years. Because there would be a benefit in doing so, to offset negative recruiting and establish a path to continuity for players / parents / recruits. There's a reason no announcement of that kind has been made.
Agree 100%, Bees -- the only part of the "plan" that's been decided upon is the timing for when JB is going to step away.