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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 1369718, member: 87"]
Remember we're talking in terms of a job interview question. If a candidate comes in and doesn't realize that Hop should get a chance at this job, then I would argue that candidate is not qualified for the position. The reasons for giving Hop a chance are so many that I can't list them all. They range from likelihood of continuing of success of program to relationship with former, current, and future basketball players. I mean what kind of candidate are you if you are willing to a) ignore the basketball advice of a HOF coach with 40 years experience in the program, b) not only bring in a new person with no or few ties to the program while also flushing the same recommended guy completely out of the program, c) flushing decades worth of "family" culture within the basketball program, d) risking decades-long relationships with donors, high school and AAU coaches, and former players, etc. And on top of that, what kind of candidate would not take the opportunity to get a free pass on a coaching hire this big. If Mike tanks, he takes no hit for that - if he succeeds, new AD can throw it on his "yearly accomplishments" during performance appraisal season for the next umpteen years.

It would take a special kind of doofus candidate to not immediately jump at the chance to sign on the dotted line for Mike Hopkins on day one.
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