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I think not liking HY makes people have this opinion of him. The only major hires he has made are Pitt and Muss. Muss ended up being a home run.

I think Pitt was a good hire too. We were the laughing stock of the nation. Nobody wanted to come here to coach football. He found a guy who did and made us somewhat respectable again. Certainly better than when he was hired. This is a basketball search not a football one. Way too many chicken littles (not specifically pointing at you sultan) acting like this is football where we have to beg a decent coach to come here.

We are a legit top 20 if not top 15 basketball job. There will be a ton of interest. Everyone got Beard and Wade locked in their head like they are the only two capable coaches in the country. Honestly I don't really care for Wade, especially with his baggage. Beard would have been ok but he is risky and bad publicity as well.

Point is: HY knocked it out of the park and got a coach that brought us back to the level we expect last time he made a BB hire. No reason to think he can't do that again.

Hard to argue with any of this. Literally no one wanted the football job when pitt took it and we can argue maybe we stuck with him too long at this point, but Hunter likely felt he owed him slack after stepping into that shitshow. I can't even remember some of the shitty names that turned us down and now we could actually hire a respectable coach again for football if needed.

Muss was a home run hire and yes it ended sour but he brought us back to national relevance.

Funny thing is, a LOT of fans hated BOTH hires at the time. Basketball will be fine no matter who we settle on. The dark days are over