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[QUOTE="pj, post: 2653672, member: 2524"]
Diaco was goofy from the beginning, it didn't take long to figure out he was a mistaken hire. In football a lack of head coaching experience is very risky, these are much bigger programs to run than basketball (7-fold more players and 2-fold more coaches). So Diaco was high risk from the beginning and it only took a matter of weeks to months to realize that he was a mistake. One year in, it was clear he was a disaster. It was crazy that they let him coach as long as they did.

KO on the other hand, while also inexperienced and a risky hire, had a very high ceiling. 13 year NBA pro who did it not on talent but on character, hard work, and mastering all the fundamentals -- you could see how he could tell a story that would really resonate with recruits. If he could be one of the few high level black coaches, that would also resonate with some recruits. Plus he had JC's endorsement and JC knows a lot about basketball. Then he won a national championship. It could have been so much better than it was. It was a disappointing but we had to give him at least the time he had to see if he could learn on the job.
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