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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5719265, member: 173"]
Wasn’t the biggest fan of BH, would have preferred him over GMac.

Floors and ceilings are a subjective assessment of actual available quantifiable data.  There’s very, very,  very, very little data to actually justify GMac - it’s all incredibly subjective non-data.  How tough he was as a player is irrelevant.  That he won as a player is irrelevant.  That he would “win the press conference” doesn’t matter.  That we might sell more tickets next year doesn’t matter (long term).  Hiring Gerry comes down to - he took a decent team in a terrible conference to the NCAAs and played Duke tough.  It’s a two game sample size that we’re going to hire a coach on?  That’s not ideal.  If his name was John Smith and he just took Siena to the NCAAs, and the media announced he was a candidate - this board would be losing its mind with rage.  If you’re honest with yourself, wanting him as coach has absolutely, positively NOTHING to do with him as a coach.  It’s a purely emotional decision people here are finding ways to rationalize.  (One of the ways it’s obvious this is pure emotion is people getting upset at fans not excited about GMac claiming it’s all not wanting to hire a Syracuse guy, or “dumping” on him.  It’s irrational stupidity driven by emotion).  Very seldom in life do purely emotional decisions that you find ways to rationalize work out well.

If we hire GMac, maybe we’ll get lucky.  But that’s what we’re hoping for - luck.  And much more than if we hired a candidate with a longer track record of success.
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