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Message: [QUOTE="cliftonparksufan, post: 5732760, member: 9"] This is a crucial hire for Siena. They can't afford to regress and lose their competitive edge. Hop might be a bad fit for Syracuse, but not for Siena. He brings along some financial backing plus a great slew of connections in the Northeast. People say he's a bad coach. Hop was a fish out of water at UW. Even the most successful coach ever at UW, Lorenzo Romar, had issues and was terminated. Hop never should have left the eastern time zone. I've been following Siena since the Bill Kirsch, Division 3 days of the 1970's. I've seen successful coaches and non successful coaches. I would be a fan of John Becker from UVM, but Hop is a better candidate. Hop will have a wide range of assistant coach candidates to choose from. Assuming Ben Lee goes to Syracuse, Hop can hire the next Ben Lee. [/QUOTE]