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Message: [QUOTE="Col. Bleep, post: 2131107, member: 1023"] Some folks here may have inside information. ALL of you may know more than I do. But I do know this situation did not just happen Sunday. There are two major universities as well as lawyers and agents and a lot of money involved. So we can make some reasonable inferences. First, this probably did happen quickly because there were no public leaks as far as I can see. As UW's losses piled up (they ended the season with 13 straight) despite having the likely #1 NBA pick, UW made the decision to part ways with Lorenzo Romar. This took a little courage by the AD because UW had a tremendous recruiting class for next season. Coaching agents do what they do and reach out on behalf of their clients to places where there may be openings. Sometimes these happen informally. Bret Just, Mike Hopkins' agent at CAA, likely spoke with UW, Cal and Illinois... to name three. He's just doing his job. And he likely put out feelers on behalf of other clients such as Brad Underwood at OK State (who just got the Illinois job). The UW AD showed a little more courage by opting for Mike instead of an experienced head coach. When her offer came...Mike jumped. Why now after all these years on the bench and only one more year before he'd take over? That is a matter of speculation. Maybe he wanted to go back west. Maybe it was too good a offer to pass up. Or maybe he knew that Boeheim didn't really want to leave. Despite any contractual promise, that put Hopkins in a bad spot..in many eyes (if not in fact) he'd be cast as the longtime understudy who pushed out his mentor. Maybe all these things. So he jumped. Anyway...here's the take on Hopkins in Seattle: [URL="http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-basketball/husky-ad-jennifer-cohen-is-on-the-spot-after-a-surprising-hire-for-mens-basketball-coach/"]Husky AD Jennifer Cohen is on the spot after a surprising hire of Mike Hopkins[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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