Does Wojo Need a Hank?

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In his prime, Morgan Wootten likely had more in common with high major programs than any of the backwater programs where Bert cut his teeth.

Wootten had genuine working relationships with JT II, K, Lefty, Lou C, Boeheim, and many, many others. Hall of Fame coaches knew Wootten and made a point of seeing him when in the NCR. I rather doubt any of those same men had ever heard of that old guy Bert put on payroll at Marquette (the guy from Navarro College.)

Wootten had to recruit players to his program and played a schedule with national championship implications. His teams played in tournaments around the country against the very best.

It was Wootten's DeMatha team that ended Lew Alcindor's Power Memorial winning streak. Jabbar always said that the two greatest basketball minds he knew were John Wooden and Morgan Wootten. I think that speaks volumes. 

Buzz had more relevant experience for coaching college basketball in 2016 than Morgan Wootten did.  Wootten was a great college basketball coach no doubt, but beating Alcindor's high school team 51 years ago isn't relevant at all to how that would translate to leading a modern, division one college basketball team.