As it's been stated on here many times before, Patterson is a CEO first. The upper echelon bball priority school coaches (Izzo, Calipari, Pitino, Williams, Self, Krzyzewski etc...) are unattainable. Which shifts us into the next best talent pool...and their entry level price tag has entered into the $3M+ zone. Patterson is looking for a short term bargain guy; an opportunistic-add value solution vs. core-core plus guy. Low budget, low risk. I think he's hiring solely based on economics. Ultimately, because of that I think he's going to go with a booster hire/NBA reject like Avery or Krystkowiak...
The Smart deal would have been done by now if he was a legit contender. The problem is it takes two to tango. I don't think that guy will ever leave VCU.
Last edited: Mar 31, 2015