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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5719113, member: 173"]
Anyone being honest with themselves will realize hiring GMac is a high variance decision.  That’s inherent in hiring a guy with a total of two years experience - there isn’t a lot of history to judge. It could work out great.  It could also be a disaster.  High ceiling, very low floor.  I’d rather we get a coach with a much higher floor, even if that means a lower ceiling, because we absolutely need this hiring to be successful.  I’ll consider successful a guy who gets us into the tournament most years, even if Syracuse is generally a #6-11 seed.

I’m not generally risk averse - I’ve said I will consider the Fran Brown hiring a success no matter how it plays out from here.  We needed an outside the box hire with a chance to be a grand slam - part of that is taking on the risk of a guy with a low ceiling.  We’ve already seen “high ceiling, low floor” play out in just two years in football (which is frankly astonishing, I can’t think of any other time I’ve seen that).

I don’t think this is the time for Syracuse basketball to be trying to hit a grand slam with a big risk of a strikeout.  It’s the time for a high OBP guy who will get us a single.  I’ll settle for a walk.  A strikeout is probably fatal to the program’s relevance.
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