Pakuni, that's a great link. Mostly, pretty damn embarrassing how damn certain folks were about something they knew nothing about.
My favorite was this from the always over-the-top hyperventilating PuertoRicanNightmare:
Wojo would be a TERRIBLE choice and, yes, embarrassing. Not for any reason than it shows how little thought was put into this search. First of all, hiring Wojo would immediately eliminate us from all Chicago recruits also being targeted by Chris Collins. Chris Collins knows Chicago, was mr. Basketball in Illinois and is a media darling, due to his success and that of his father.
Wojo is really nobody. Sure, Dick Vitale licked his nut sack as a player, but he's a guy without an ounce of charisma and no name recognition in Illinois or Wisconsin. This guy is a Duke legend. That's it. How the hell we would even consider this guy is mind blowing.
He'd be a step down from Mike Deane. He's not in the same league as even Crean and could carry Buzz Williams' sweat stained sport coat.
Atrocious idea! Worse than anything else I've heard.
TAMU, ever optimistic, came through big-time:
Wojo is one of the top if not the top assistant in the nation. The main is considered a top recruiter and has spent the last 20 years learning from arguably the best coach in the business.
WHY THE HELL ARE WE COMPLAINING?
Seriously, someone explain this to me. Is he some pariah that I am not aware of? Trust me, I would have loved Shaka Smart but he's not walking through that door. I don't see a better option than Wojo.
This is a great hire for Marquette and will raise our program to new heights. I bet he manages to keep all of our players and 3/4 of next year's recruits.
I'm pretty sure after Smart fell through, no hire was going to make this group happy.
Which, naturally, led directly to a classic Chicos counter:
TAMU, my concern is that when you are at DUKE things are just a lot easier. You select, you don't recruit. It's a bubble. He, in particular, has NEVER been outside of that bubble which is concerning.
Now, someone can say UCLA is like that as well. To a large extent they are correct, though Howland proved it at Pitt and Northern Arizona as well. I'm not saying Howland is the guy, but if I had the choice between the two it would be Howland.
Wojo loses recruits to Kentucky, UNC, UCLA, Louisville. How frustrated is he going to be when he loses recruits to Iowa State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, St. John's, etc?
I worry that he's been in that bubble way too long.
Fun stuff!
