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[QUOTE="sholokov2, post: 4704998, member: 6629"]
I think the measure of an administrator or head coach resides in the caliber of the people he hires.  As an administrator, I decided early on to search for people who were smarter, more competent, more experienced, more well known, and immediately able to take over for me.  People who impressed board members... You get the idea.  I reasoned that the very best candidates would do the best job for the organization which would make the whole operation more productive and more profitable.  And paradoxically, I would look better to the board and the public.

Where did Petro fit in those criteria?  He met several of them, not all.  His hire seemed to be a sign that Gait was confident enough in himself to risk hiring someone who could take over for him.  Of course, Gait may have known Petro would leave in two years, so the criteria are of ambiguous value.  I don't pay much attention to the conjecture about his replacement, except in the people on those long shot lists who meet some of them: head coaches with experience and success,  assistants with several years of relative success, assistants who can adjust during games, and assistants who have recruited well in that they regularly find and develop kids who do not show up on top 100 list.  I hope that SU takes the time to vet candidates carefully.  They might study videos of more than a single year of games.  Maybe all this is obvious to posters, but I think it's worth reminding ourselves of the importance of the criteria.
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