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Message: [QUOTE="SECbbfan24, post: 3512889, member: 9360"] I mean who can they realistically get? Your top coaches (annually top 10) Geno, Kim, Graves, Walz, Muffet, Dawn, Brenda, Tara all have great programs, paid pretty well. What incentive does any one of those have to leave their current gigs for Starkville? Very little unless Miss St pays unrealistically for a coach. WBB is not some money maker, there will be limits obviously to what they can pay for. Wes Moore is a terrific coach but he is up in age so I don't think its a realistic option. Matthew Mitchell has his team annually in the top 25. He is a 'good' but not great coach. I don't think he is someone that could keep Miss St at the level they are at IMO. Which is why he was not pressed for. In the end Miss St has to take a chance on an up and comer right now unless they want to settle for less at an established program. There are a lot of 'good coaches' out there but Miss St is going to take a chance on someone who can potentially be great and keep the level they are at. No one could have predicted Vic would be the next rising star when Miss St hired him. So your options are to either hire a top assistant coach or to hire someone with success at a mid major. They are hoping now that McCray can be that next star in the sport. Her back ground looks promising. We will see what happens. [/QUOTE]