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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4797896, member: 1559"] The old Big East schools in the ACC have a similar problem: bad head coaching hires. Babers? He had never built a program before being hired as he was head coach for 2 years at Eastern Illinois and 2 years at Bowling Green. And, he had no Northeast experience and he didn't hire recruiters with strong Northeastern ties. He got 8 years (!) at Syracuse and he had one year with a winning conference record. Do you think that would have been tolerated at VT, UNC, Miami, GT, FSU, NC St.,...? No way. If they can, Syracuse should hire Chesney, but they will probably end up hiring either a retread or a coordinator with no HC experience. Look at BC. They hired Addazio who was a mediocre coach and then hired Hafley who had no head coaching experience. Narduzzi has been solid at Pitt. Louisville has done OK in the ACC, and it looks like they made a great hire in Brohm. Miami hasn't had a top 10 finish in 20 years. And, it looks like the Cristobal hire has not been a good one. He is 5-10 in the ACC in his first 2 seasons. VT has been OK in the ACC, but they have yet to find their replacement for Beamer. [/QUOTE]