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Message: [QUOTE="JazzNC, post: 2235361, member: 6034"] After being called foolish for suggesting SU consider all of its options (including retaining JB or replacing him) and being told that no head coach could do better, I decided to do some research. Instead of arguing back and forth, I decided to research the bigger schools to see how they fared after replacing a head coach. Understand that most head coaches are fired, or transfer to another school. There are no coaches like Boeheim that spend their entire career at one school, so finding schools/coaches that compare was quite challenging. Here's what I found: 2007 Kentucky hired Gillespie who had an 18-13, and then a 22-14 record in the two years he was there. Not bad, but not UK standards. He was replaced by Calipari. West Va hired Huggins who went 26-11, 23-12, 31-7, 21-12, 19-16 (then two bad years when joining the B12) followed by a 25-10, 26-9, and 28-9 records. Michigan hired Beilein who went 10-22, 21-14, 24-10, 31-8, 28-9, 16-16, 23-13 and 26-12. Still there. 2008 Indiana hired Crean who went 6-25, 10-21-, 12-20, 27-9, 17-15, 20-14, 27-8 and 18-16 before being replaced. Marquette hired Buzz Wiliams who went 14-17, 25-10, 22-12, 22-15, 27-8, 26-9, and 17-15 during his tenure. 2009 Arizona hired Miller who went 16-15, 30-8, 23-12, 27-8, 33-5, 34-4, 25-9 and 32-5... still going strong. Kentucky hired Calipari - need i write more. Virginia hired Bennett who went 15-16, 16-15, 22-10, 23-12, 30-7, 30-4, 29-8 and 23-11. 2010 Oregon hired Altman who just took the Ducks to the Final Four last year. 2011 Maryland hired Turgeon who replaced retiree Gary Wililams and went 17-15, 25-13, 17-15, 28-7, 27-9, and 24-9. 2012 Uconn hired Ollie who won a National Championship right away, and went 20-10, 38-8, 20-15, 25-11, and 16-17 last season... trending down. 2013 UCLA hired Alford who went 28-9, 22-14, 15-17, and 31-5 last year with Lonzo Ball. 2014 Marquette hired Wojciechowski who went 13-19, 20-13 and 19-13 in his first 3 seasons. 2015 Florida hired White to replace legendary Billy Donovan and he went 21-15 and 27-9 his first two seasons. Texas hired Smart who went 20-13 and 11-22 his first two seasons. This year's recruiting class is stronger. 2016 Wisconsin hired Greg Gard (assistant) who went 15-8 and 27-10 his first two seasons. ANALYSIS: IT IS VERY POSSIBLE FOR SYRACUSE TO FIND A QUALITY HEAD COACH IF IT IS WILLING TO SPEND MONEY. THESE STATS SHOW THAT MOST COACHES TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THEIR SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING. I AM NOT ADVOCATING REPLACING JB, BUT I AM SAYING IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE, AND WORTH CONSIDERING IF THE TREND CONTINUES. [/QUOTE]

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