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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5335118, member: 40"]
So what?

Are suggesting that just because some coaching hires don't work out, we shouldn't bother TRYING to hire the best candidate we can?

The problem isn't that it was an internal hire -- the problem was that they emphasized subjective evaluative criteria instead of objective / performance based ones, which led to hiring an unqualified replacement. It was the opposite of due dilligence.

But that's what happens when you prioritize the wrong qualifications.  The best way to avoid having a replacement coach fail is to hire the best person you can.  Just because there's no guarantee of success doesn't mean that you should just eschew the evaluation process and pick your coach like a blindfolded game of pin the tail on the donkey.

And I agree that JB did the program and the university a disservice on multiple levels -- not just by dragging the program down, but then by turning himself into a national embarrassment with his media comments, and then by further holding the AD hostage.  No argument there.
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