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Message: [QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 5663843, member: 966"] Taking the perspective of some other rando(s): • Every college program first looks within, for an alum. • It may be more optimistic that logical to trust that someone like Hop (or “Jerry”) just needs the right circumstances, and that if they didn’t succeed elsewhere, it’s not necessarily due to flaws or inability or not having the capacity. • Hopkins was assessed by most of us when he was with us to have had the qualities to succeed at SU had he been given the ‘keys’ on schedule. Those qualities didn’t go away. • Familiarity is comfortable. And there’s a presumption that ‘one of us’ values the position and isn’t just a mercenary looking to use us as a stepping stone to a different gig after a few years. • There may not be an attainable consensus alternative. Whatever “our fans” may be thinking, I don’t think there are enough of them advocating for a Hopkins reunion that it’s worth getting into a lather about. [/QUOTE]