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Originally Posted by Reaper16
Not the "wow" hire that everyone was expecting, but Pastner seems to have been the best "playing it safe" choice possible.
Apparently Pastner wants to hire Carl Henry for the obv. package deal of getting Xavier and keeping C.J.
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I don't think it's a "playing it safe" hire, because Pastner has never recruited without a HOF coach to package, and he's never been an in-game coach since AAU days (in high school).
He's a super-star potential, but he could be Steve Lavin @ UCLA.
As our search got desperate fans and former players started pushing Paster to be named head coach at Arizona.
I was against that in favor of the bottom 2nd tier and top 3rd tier names out there because of the risk factor (and I didn't think he could deliver his top prospects out to Arizona).
He's a much safer fit for Memphis though, because these guys were already planning to attend Memphis.
I'm rooting for him, though!