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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1927925, member: 716"] You aren't offbase to temper your fandom with a healthy bit of skepticism. History doesn't offer a ton of examples of great success for successors to long-tenured Hall of Famers. There's no bigger Hopkins supporter than I, but he's going to have a very difficult job matching (or even approaching) Boeheim's success. It'd be made more difficult if he's in the position of coaching a team full of freshmen, so I hope he either takes over next year after a couple of our potential early-entrants (Battle, Lydon) stay, or Boeheim hangs on for another year or two as they rebuild the roster with some developmental upperclassmen. The more I think about Hopkins inheriting a team with Thompson, Moyer, and Howard, the more 2008 flashbacks I get. Hopkins is capable, but there's a hell of a lot more that goes into coaching than capability. He's going to need a little luck and the right roster composition to get off on the right foot. [/QUOTE]