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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 3244876, member: 6809"] All the hypotheticals are interesting but when it comes down to a new choice to lead this program who do you think we're going to get? I'll bet there are going to be a lot of answers. Zach Arnett, it was just announced, is our new DC from SDSU. But he's and assistant. Like him on the BB side, there are many young coaches who will jump at this opportunity. Who, and this includes Hop, is going to be willing to give up and I am assuming this new coach has proven himself already and has an established winning program will be willing to begin again here? Who is going to want to arrive in Syracuse and take on what I think is a very challenging situation and will they want to? This is not going to be easy. What will JW do, meet with the board of trustees and arrive at a solution that everyone is comfortable with and move forward with recruitment or promote from within? It will be an emotional time for everyone, like or hate JB. Of course a lot of money for the new coach will always be an enticement. But money doesn't always ensure success. People on this board say “we have to clean house entirely”. That means Griffin, Autry and McNamara are gone. No one connected to the program ever would be here. Seems like a very strange situation especially if the new Head Coach and staff can't achieve almost immediately a winning program going to the NCAA's in his first or second year. I think Jim has earned the right to leave when he wants to. He is a personal friend with 44 years of amazing players and a basketball resume that is amazing. Go to Google and type in Jim Boeheim bio and look at his record. He is, IMHO, one of the top three coaches to ever head a program. Great, good for him – like RF2044 he is the only coach I have known as well! But we are soon facing the reality of his departure and the hiring of a new coach. And it goes back to the question in the first sentence above – who do you think we're going to get? We have to do this. Move forward with the best coach available in our opinion. Somehow IMO I think JB is going to be involved going forward with the program. It's what keeps him alive and vital. I don't know what his position would be but I hope the university gives him a position that will benefit the program. :) GOSU! [/QUOTE]

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