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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Gregg Marshall would have been the better hire. It would have been a slam dunk hire. Mizzou went the cheap route. And that's fine. I get some people love the hire because he's a MU guy that's always bled black and gold and truly cares about the program, but Gregg Marshall would have been the better hire. He's the better coach, it's that simple.

Hell, Ben Howland would have been a better hire. Now there's the argument that what might be the best hire may not be the "best" hire for Mizzou, and it goes back to the fact that Kim Anderson bleeds black and gold. This is his dream job. He won't go anywhere else. I doubt if Duke called him up saying the Coach K vacancy is all yours, I doubt that his stubborn loyalty to the Univ would allow him to leave for another job, that and he's almost 60yrs old I think.

And had Howland or Marshall been hired and had they ended up being successful at MU within the next handful of years, they'd leave for a UNC, Duke, 'Cuse, once one of those coaches retires. MU is a pit stop job for these bigger name, better resume guys, but it isn't considered a pit stop job to Kim Anderson, so it was the "safe" hire, but I dont think it was the best in terms of what the end results will be. Just more mediocre basketball, just like Norm Stewart. Well they could be better than just mediocre, but they're not going to compete with Kentucky or Florida for that conference.

I'll reserve judgement until I see it on the court but based on his interviews he seems like a much more likeable guy than Norm. I hope he doesn't make me eat my words when I say this but he appears to not be a stubborn as Stewart was. Norm would run good solid players off, Kim A is pulling them in.