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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 3888332, member: 4819"] Have now watched the Petro presser and read a bunch of the articles that were written about the presser. I am really impressed with the former Hopkins coach. He had long detailed answers to each question, very thoughtful, very composed. It wasn't just coach speak either, you could tell he really believed what he was saying. He clearly has a plan in place. I was ready to run through a brick wall after the first few minutes. This is a guy who knows himself and knows what type of team he wants to have. I think this hire is a home run. I am not sure what went wrong at Hopkins but it really feels like it was a classic "change of scenery" situation. I don't want to get too psychoanalyst here, but it really seems like Petro had to get away, and now that he's in a new situation, seems very dedicated to achieving greatness. 20 years at one place is a long time! I know there are concerns that he'll just cut and run at the first chance at a head coaching job, but - 1) being a top assistant at Syracuse can sometimes be better than the head man at a lower level place, 2) Head coaching opportunities in the ACC/Big 10 don't come around that often and 3) There's no guarantee that if one of those schools have an opening, he would be their first choice. The wildcard here is his sons. If they change their commitment to Syracuse, that would obviously be huge for a number of reasons but I think it would also help signal that Petro views this as a more long term commitment. Obviously there are the comments from LaxFactor, and a poster on FanLax who predicted the that Gait would be the new HC for the men's team and Petro would be his DC is also saying the twins are Syracuse bound. Fingers crossed, obviously. [/QUOTE]

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