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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3699905, member: 40"]
Good for you.

That premise assumes that there is even a qualified candidate in place to begin with.  The next program that offers either Red or GMac will be the first.  Let that sink in, and then come tell me again why either of them should even get a sniff at the HC role at Syracuse -- a program that is #5 in all-time wins.  And while I know that the fanbase is enamored with Hopkins, his performance these past two years at Washington call his acumen substantially into question, as well -- right, wrong, or indifferent.  At minimum, it should be a major red flag.

You could make the case that there isn't an adequately qualified candidate among them.  Certainly not one for a program of our caliber.

JB is and always has been the program, but that era is rapidly drawing to an end.  You don't just extend hoping to hang reverentially onto a bygone era -- you move forward.  Honestly, it is amazing to me how many people fear change, or don't recognize that change brings risk but also OPPORTUNITY.

And thank got we have JW to apply his lifetime of business experience to understand that you don't hire unqualified candidates into such important roles.  Gambling on unproven talent is easier at lower levels of an organization, but the consequences of failure ratchet up significantly and exponentially when you hire unproven commodities who might not have the chops for the role.

That's why doing full due diligence is the right approach, and EXACTLY how I expect JW to approach this important change.

Besides, the goal isn't continuity -- we're losing 12 - 14 games a year currently!
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