After coming down from the ledge and analyzing this hire, I think I get it.
This is an ideology hire. He didn't hire Ben Johnson, he hired the idea of "Mr. Minnesota" as coach. 8 years ago, I believe Coyle (if he was the AD) would have tried to hire Flip instead of Pitino. From Minnesota...
If it is true that Fox, Battle and Race could all be in the mix next year, there is no way Liam, Johnson, Ihnen, Mitchell and Freeman will all be on the team.
Sure hope some guards from Minnesota enter the transfer portal :)
That is fine. Put them back in his rankings. He is a top 70 recruiter.
This board has an appropriate response to Ben Johnson. This is a high risk hire. You can't blame people for being upset for hiring a guy that we probably could have had as an associate head coach if we made the right head...
I have been trying to wrap my brain around this hire. This is just a bad hire no matter how you look at it.
Johnson is ranked as a top 70 recruiter, which isn't horrible, but his last 2 recruits have been 3 stars. If you take away the credit he gets as the primary recruiter for Oturu and...
K State is trying to get Grad transfer PF Pat Andree and SF/PF Pierce. His first name is escaping me right now. Demir is a fall back plan if Andree stays closer to home