Now that I have had some time to let it sink in, I agree with the OP. Am I ecstatic about the hire, no, but I do believe he is a better coach than Haith, yes. And yes I am a Norm guy, class of '93.

In trying to determine if moving from D-II to D-I would work, I kept thinking about Bo Ryan at Wisconsin, His past:

1972-1976 HS Coach
1976-1984 Wisconsin assistant Coach
1984-1999 Wisconsin-Platteville Head Coach (D-III)
352-76 (4 National Titles)
1999-2001 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (D-I) Age 52
30-27
2001-Current Wisconsin Head Coach. Age 54
13 straight NCAA tournaments

In looking at the Wisconsin Recruiting classes, they have not finished in the top 25 in recruiting going back to 2003. In the last two years they have 1 recruit that finished in the top 150. That recruit was #123. In that same time, Missouri has 5 guys in the top 150 ( Williams #42, Clark #72, T Jones #123, Gant #42 and Wright #73).

Yes it would be nice to recruit the best players year in/year out, but as Pinkel has shown, recruit the players that fit your system and coach them up. Haith couldn't do that, nor did he have a system.

I believe Kim has the ability to do this.

Would it have been nice to get the sexy hire and rub it everyone's face...absolutely. But I for one am excited to see what Kim can do.

This is his Blue Blood program, he has no other aspirations. He wants what is best for Mizzou. We haven't had that in while, so I welcome it.

A lot of you may disagree, and that is fine. To that I respectively say....GFY!