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[queenstocali]

Syracuse is yet another case of a program floundering after hiring the coaching legends' hand-picked successor withouth doing a full-on search.

Duke is kind of the exception that proves the rule on that, at least in the modern era, and Coach K announced his retirement a year out. Schyer basically had a year of not completly on-the-job training.

Jamie Dixon at Pitt, Mark Few at Gonzaga, Greg Gard at Wisconsin are other examples…

 

[SJU61982]

Jamie Dixon at Pitt, Mark Few at Gonzaga, Greg Gard at Wisconsin are other examples…

Mark Few didn't replace a legend. Monson took them on one NCAA run to the Elite Eight, then bolted. That's worked at other places. Few is the legend there, IMO.

 

[dk423]

Mark Few didn't replace a legend. Monson took them on one NCAA run to the Elite Eight, then bolted. That's worked at other places. Few is the legend there, IMO.

Same can be argued for Dixon over Howland at this point.

 

[queenstocali]

Mark Few didn't replace a legend. Monson took them on one NCAA run to the Elite Eight, then bolted. That's worked at other places. Few is the legend there, IMO.

That’s fair. But the point is that it doesn’t always work out terribly to hire the top assistant vs open up a national search.

 

[paultzman]

For $50 per school/game

 

[paultzman]

One of the good guys, solid HC & Kenny Anderson’s backcourt mate at Molloy;