Shocky1 said:
googgles, chris mack has recruited 2.5 gpa ballers his entire career plus his wife does not want to live on the left coast, no way he wouldn't be the riskiest hire of the guys you mention
stan johnson & rodney terry got zero connections to berkeley which means fundraising for the practice facility & nil dollars for the players starts from scratch which will be tough to do because they won''t have a point guard next season like ajay mitchell which means another 20+ loss season in berkeley...can they save the recruiting class of brown & curtis, who knows?...that's kinda risky
amir is the only one with upside if shareef & jaylen brown (whose next nba contract will likely be the nba max contract for $290,000,000) become actively involved in supporting the program...but losing 20+ games without a point guard will ensure an empty haas again next season
the only candidate that got more upside is dennis gates who is gonna tell the con artist when he contacts him that he recommends joe pasternack...but joe is not an "easy" choice when you got an incompetent athletic director that extended the worst coach in the nation for another financially obligated year & knows that chancellor christ is working against him now, to say he is obstinate would be kind
joe pasternack's wife lindsay wants to return home to the bay area, there is absolutely zero chance joe pastrnack won't accept an offer to what he considers a "dream job"
this really isn't that complicated
Cal's record next year is not a huge factor for me. Best case is not sucking, with Fox having set a very low bar for improvement. I want a guy who eventually will win Pac12 championships and make the tourney every year. Next year is just a blip.
Even if what you say about JP bringing players is true, it doesn't mean that other coaches wouldn't also attract players, not to mention the impact of a well funded NIL program. Whoever the hire is - JP or otherwise - the most important thing is that key donors are on board for NIL and have extracted firm commitments from the AD.