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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 5335007, member: 837"]
So I disagree slightly on two points, at least for me personally:

1) I never believed we were at the nadir last season. First, JB could coach. The talent and roster construction was sub-optimal and he had things that drove everyone crazy, but the guy was a basketball junky who knew the game. It can always get worse than that.

Secondly, since the start of conference realignment (whenever that was), I’ve always been concerned a small private school in upstate NY could become utterly and completely irrelevant when it’s all said and done. Hasn’t happened and hopefully won’t happen, but the current setup isn’t ideal for us.

2) Think your point on continuity hire is an extremely valid one. It is absolutely logical and absolutely the path they should have taken. It was never going to happen, however. University politics, boosters, the respect they have for long-time coaches like JB … it just wasn’t going to be a national search. It’s why college sports are littered with guys after The Guy.

For anyone interested in a national search, the route we appear to be taking is probably the fastest way to that point. Not rooting against Red, but if you weren’t convinced he was the man, it’s probably better that the team is really struggling as opposed to sort of hanging in there but not making the tourney.
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