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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 2116426, member: 87"]
In some ways, our biggest upcoming challenge is also the potential solution to some of our biggest problems. We all agree that you need players to compete. We also agree that JB hasn't been tremendously energetic (and/or distracted by things like USA bball) with respect to recruiting and his retirement is a source of future uncertainty that is probably not appealing to some recruits. His retirement is also a big threat in terms of the uncharted waters it puts the program in. I personally believe that Hopkins will infuse new energy into recruiting. Even though we lose the draw of a HOF coach, as many have pointed out, the HOF coach also comes with the some baggage including the stain of violations, curmudgeonly behavior, poor representation of the nature of the program in the media, slavish adherence to a style of play that can be negatively recruited against very easily, etc. So in that respect, his retirement may not represent doomsday.

This all comes down to how you want to feel going forward. We can invent future scenarios where the team blows for 8 years. We can also point to scenarios where they recover and re-energized by the coaching change - keeping all the other existing positives. The truth will doubtless be somewhere in between those two extremes.
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