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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2143807, member: 780"] Well, now that both Brey and Shaka have told Georgetown that they have no interest in the job, just a hint of reality is starting to sink in over at Hoyatalk. It's the same thing that happens at almost every school. The fans think the job as the HC of the school they follow is much more attractive than the possible candidates do. The Maryland fans after Gary W. retired were shocked when they had to settle for Turgeon. The GU fans have ratcheted down their expectations to slightly less improbable candidates like Ed Cooley. A guy for whom GU would only be a slight upgrade. Or Tommy Amaker, who has a pretty good thing going at Harvard and some bad memories of what happened at Michigan. Some are even shopping lower on the coaching totem pole. The humor in this, of course, is the realization that the resume of the current coach at Mount St Mary's is probably worse than that of fired coach, John Thompson III. But when they were calling for JTIII's firing, they envisioned getting a top coach. (Kind of reminds me of those who were calling for JB to quit or who are looking forward to the end of next season or the season after that when WE CAN FINALLY GET THE COACH WE NEED AND DESERVE. (Defined as someone that agrees with them.) Now Georgetown is shopping at a whole different level. Some even want Patrick Ewing. Of course, that has a lot to do with the Big John's legacy and the preference of many of their fans for a black head coach. But they might be forced in that direction because guys like Cooley would recognize that as long as Big John is on campus with an office and a statue in front of the John Thompson Athletic Building that there's no chance he would really run things at Georgetown. Big John kept a feud up with Morgan Wooten for 40 years, even though he could have used DeMatha players. And to think that he is going to let this firing of his namesake just go, is not reasonable. [/QUOTE]

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