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Really good to here. Love how open he is.

That is a pretty telling statement, imo. Bodes well for the future connecting with the rich past. Doesn't reflect very good at all on Dooley. Well, at least he didn't have Herschel Walker give them any "hunker down, dawgs!" speeches.....that I know of, anyway....

I listen to EA in the AM and I don't think he ever hated Jones, he hates the administration (Which everybody does). He hated how the search was handled which is understandable... Ainge and Swain have both been very impressed thus far, as have I. Really have to bring in Tee though.

Pardon my ignorance, and maybe this was covered before I got here, but did Doolander limit the interaction between current and former players? If true, then that was a bum move...truly Saban-esque.

Very good post. Plus 1

Listen, I understand some people don't want to hear this, but Dave Hart did a really, really bad job during the search. The public relations, even putting aside the search itself, was a catastrophe. Go read anyone who follows the business and the opinion is pretty much uniform: Dave Hart stumbled and bumbled and embarrassed the university, but he may have ended up with a pretty darn good coach. That's not bias, that's how people who have no skin in the game feel. I don't think anyone can look at this search impartially and think Dave Hart did some great job.

He could have been classy and contacted other administrators without putting our name through the ringer like it has been the last four days.

Looking forward to hearing Ainge's show on Monday.

I find it weird Dooley created the VFL program but once your time on campus was up you were done. It would really only help the program. I always read about the UNC basketball program, the players that were in the pros would come back every summer and play with and educate the players on the team. Jordan came back at an older age and schooled Vince Carter. Showed him how to be better and to not have a huge head because there is always somebody better than you.

Has anyone seen anything from Berry on his thoughts on CBJ hire? We all know hs feeling on DD, could be important with his little brothers in the future.

You guys are confusing the hire with how the search was managed. Two different things. A blind hog will find an acorn sometimes.

I don't know how it works at other programs so I can't comment on the whole access for former players thing, but Dooley looked like a grade A jerk at the presser you're referring to. If I was a former player that would have been the day I was done with Dooley. Good riddance.