Yea, just listen to people like Thamel and Osterman who actually know how to report things with accuracy.
We've heard various things about the new hire or hire to be, including:
--'Signed contract', which would almost have to be someone not presently coaching in college, But what about a Stevens or a Donovan who are also under contract? This is such a limiting criteria that I can't believe it's correct. But if it is....someone like Beilien or Wright, or an NBA asst coach?
--'Done deal', which I would interpret as a verbal agreement only; Could mean just about anybody, but it does imply actually terms discussed, so to me it excludes guys like McCollum or DeVries.
--"Big Fish"; There are several of those....Stevens; Donovan; Pearl; Pitino; Few; Drew: Beard; Wright; Self; Bennett. I don't think people would think of Lloyd as a 'big fish', for example;
--"Out of Left Field"--Lots of those as well, but I interpret this as more of a type of candidate v. an actual name....Like a current NBA coach or asst coach; a D2 coach like McCollum, a current coach at a high level program (Self; Lloyd, Gard, Hurley, Drew, Few, Cronin); a bad boy (Beard; Wade; Pearl), Pitino); and
--Comfortable with the portal"--Seems to imply a current college coach, or at least to rule out those nor comfortable with NIL/ the Portal (Alford; Bennett), but maybe someone like Wright/Stevens would be ok if he could have someone else get into the mud, like a college GM.
To me, basically ignoring the "signed contract" criteria, it still looks like Stevens, Donovan, Few, Drew, Wright, and Cronin best meet the criteria.
Now....if the 'done deal' part was wishful thinking it could be anyone...............in that regard, what happened to Otzlinger?? He seems to have disappeared from the discussion.
