I don't know whether Mark Byington is going to kill it here or not. But a few things:
- I think they had a group of people who might be right answers, and he's in that.
- I have some issues with a few things they did here or there, but in the bigger picture, I think they ran a legitimate search looking for legitimate basketball coaches. They didn't get cute or funny or run it through a Noah's Ark committee or any stuff like that, or any of the things I (and countless others who know them well) feared they might do. That's all I've ever asked of them. Make a good faith effort. And I give Candice Lee credit for doing that. I know she had to run things past Diermeier and whoever else, but it was her search.
- And again, it may not work out. But it's nice not to have the sense of dread of what was coming with Jerry Stackhouse based on what I'd been told, and the five years of a coverage nightmare that came with that.
Here's hoping this works out. At least you can see a realistic path where it could this time. We're looking forward to covering it.
- I think they had a group of people who might be right answers, and he's in that.
- I have some issues with a few things they did here or there, but in the bigger picture, I think they ran a legitimate search looking for legitimate basketball coaches. They didn't get cute or funny or run it through a Noah's Ark committee or any stuff like that, or any of the things I (and countless others who know them well) feared they might do. That's all I've ever asked of them. Make a good faith effort. And I give Candice Lee credit for doing that. I know she had to run things past Diermeier and whoever else, but it was her search.
- And again, it may not work out. But it's nice not to have the sense of dread of what was coming with Jerry Stackhouse based on what I'd been told, and the five years of a coverage nightmare that came with that.
Here's hoping this works out. At least you can see a realistic path where it could this time. We're looking forward to covering it.
