So Dr J went and hired himself Chris Collins. Our reaction?
In a word: GAMBLE.
In some ways the hire makes perfect sense. Local boy.
Young and energetic. Reputed
strong recruiter. Son of a generally
well-regarded former Bulls head coach.
Right hand man to Coach K.
In other ways this has the makings of a total
clusterf#@#k: Zero head coaching
experience – the first such hire in the Big Ten in over 40 years!!!! Zero experience recruiting to a school with
NU’s reputation. Not to mention the dude
is a former Dukie player AND coach. The
former just makes him annoying, but the latter makes him potentially the next on
the list of failed Coach K acolytes.
What’s done is done.
No use crying over spilt milk.
Water under the bridge. Time to
turn the page. Bygones. Fill in your own blahdidety blah blah saying
here that speaks to the calm and rational approach to the changing of the
guard.
Only time will tell whether this GAMBLE pays off. We sincerely hope it does. Though we can’t help ourselves from keeping a
running tally of how the experiment is going.
Do indulge us as we compare from time-to-time the Carmody past with the Collins
present…
