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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 2527815, member: 405"]
I read that Thad Matta is on Pitt's short list.  He would be a tremendous hire, in my opinion.

A big part of the UConn board is delusional that Rick Pitino or Billy Donovan is going to parachute in and lead them to another championship ("Back to the Pinnacle!").

They don't realize that they are a mid-major now, and (a) can't afford somebody like that if they can't afford to pay Kevin Ollie's buy-out; and (b) no coach like that would be interested in a rebuild.  Just look at how Larry Brown at SMU worked out.  That would be best-case for Pitino or Donovan.

And then the rest of their fan base wants Calhoun to return, and set up some former player as the head coach in waiting.  Didn't Calhoun already retire in August that particuular year, just to make sure Ollie got the job?  He already played that card, and put them where they are.  Just shows you what kind of mess they are in.

They need a young energetic coach, and their program has become a stepping-stone job, but they just don't want to accept that yet.  After years of watching our football program, and watching the mess that HCIW can become with the Mike / JB saga, they need to accept that they need ANYBODY who can get them back to the tournament, even if they leave in 3-4 years, because that's who they are now on the job market.
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