Coach K! End of thread.
If you were the AD and could hire anyone of the following coaches to be your basketball coach , who would you hire and why :
Coach K
Billy Donovan
Roy Williams
Rick Pitino
Jim Calhoun
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Coach K! End of thread.
Ol' Roy can stock the fridge with Coke and wipe the floor down after practice.
Then Who ?
Thought that I might get some discussion, but obviously I was wrong .
I actually think that all are very close to equal, both in recruiting and in Xs and Os, although up until 3 years ago I did not put much faith in Donovan's ability in Xs and Os, even though he is a master recruiter, ( might be the best recruiter of them all ).
There are better ways to approach the subject.
1. Your hypothetical places us in the role of an AD. But of which school? Public or private? Major conference? Location? Football school with a basketball inferiority complex? What are the recruiting standards?
2. Are we interested in long-term results? If so, why limit the choices to 3 Hall of Famers, one eventual Hall of Famer, and a young coach who's won back-to-back titles? Why not throw in Mark Few or Anthony Grant? Or a great assistant who's never been a head coach?
3. How hypothetical are we making this situation? Would we be taking Coach K away from Duke by hiring him? If that's the case, should he even be an option?
To generate discussion, you have to create a reason for people to struggle a bit and maybe NOT pick Coach K. In other words, give them something to actually discuss.
let's throw it off a bit...let's say, that Gary Williams (just an example) decides that all of the wolfpackers who ran Herb off have cousins in MD and they do the same thing to Gary...gary retires.
which coach would you TRY to hire to step into that storied program? in fact, it would almost HAVE to be a coach OUTSIDE the ACC....
we know that billy, jim, roy, k, and john would proably NOT be available, or interested...
who then would want to move to the ACC stage to compete on this level?
I have an answer that i will post later..
I'd hire Donovan. K is the best coach of all-time IMO but he is significantly older than Donovan. I'd hire Billy hoping he'd be the guy for the next 20-25 years.
if i were the MD AD in this case, i would send lefty with a blank check to get MARK FEW....you don't think he would want to come take a place in ACC history?
After the one and only K, I would hire Anthony Grant. Then maybe Pitino, but only because Rick has always respected K.
Then me.