hawaiirob {l Wrote}:Huge issues in BC hoops world. Bigger problems remain and revealed by Smart and Boynton having zero interest. As in negative. Gates was a weird one and had legs. The situation with wifey was problematic. Leon Rice had a little pulse and Schmidt did too. In the end, BC could not go the route of the old white guy dealio.
This is a yawn of a hire and BCAD will not get the same check I sent when GET IN was hired.
12 years of no dancing and on the heels of Christian and Donohue and we get Earl Grant? As an Eagle, I wish for the best...but BC is guilty of garbage until proven innocent...and I wish it were the other way around.
Shaka Smart and Mike Boynton??? Ok... that's more unrealistic than Celtics Coach for Life.
I think PK threw up test balloons with guys like Beilein and Matta. I think he quickly found out what we all knew (that this is the worst job in sports). He then just pivoted to who he wanted to hire at Temple.
I'll say this... the easiest, emptiest suit move he could have done was hire Howard Eisley. It checks every box, engenders alum goodwill and gives a big opportunity to someone who loves the program. Personally, I would have been excited by such a popular move. I give Kraft credit for going younger and thinner resume. However, just as I mentioned with Gates, the only way you make this hire is if you believe the guy has star potential. For better or worse, we have an AD who went out and hired the coach he wanted... not who the 6 fans wanted, not who local bloggers wanted, not who Eddie Fogler wanted and not who the BOT wanted.
I question the choice. I can't say (from an internet search) that Grant is the next Chris Beard. But, I guess that comes with a non-established resume. He seems to be a guy who wants to build a culture for his BB team. On the court, he seems like someone who focuses primarily on D. In the evolving world of college BB (with the loss of one-and-done and the competition from G-League), I don't think focusing on either is a mistake. Ultimately, I think his assistants will be key. He needs recruiters, recruiters and more recruiters. Recruiting at this level will make or break him (noting that players that fit his system is as important as star ranking).
I hope he does well. He has been given a massive opportunity that some with BC connections would have killed to have. I will reiterate what I've said from the start... we aren't risking anything here but time. There is no digging this hole deeper. Good luck to him. It will be interesting to see how quickly he jumps after bringing BC to the NIT on the backs of a 7-9 conference record.