Exactly!!! Great explanation....
Now RJ is counting experience as an Power 6 assistant, not as a HC.
By that criteria, both of WF's previous failed HC's had P6 experience as Manning was a Power 6 player and an assistant coach, and as stated above, [] had Power 6 experience; how safe were those hires?
There is nothing "safer" about hiring a coach with "Power 6" experience as an assistant than a successful head coach at a mid major. You want to claim that Chill or Steve Woodbury or even Nolan Smith (Duke) or Ron Sanchez (UVA) or Steve Robinson (UNC) is a safer hire because of their Power 6 experience than Mark Few, Gregg Marshall, Bob McKillop (Davidson), Nate Oats (Buffalo) Casey Alexander (Lipscomb) or Kyle Smith (San Francisco)? Don't think so, but under the Power 6 criteria all of those non-Power 6 coaches are excluded.
FWIW, the random Power 6 decree doesn't exclude RJ arch-enemy Wes Miller. He played for three years in a Power 6 program; he even wrote a book entitled "The Road to Blue Heaven" (perhaps a disqualifying decision) about his experience at UNC .
You want to exclude Nate Oats because he didn't serve a year as an assistant at Rutgers 10 years ago? Bad move. He built a program with no tradition, no natural recruiting base, and he will get a Power 6 job. So, under RJ's criterion, in 2010, [] would've been a safer hire than Brad Stevens coming off a NC game appearance? Don't think so.
Other successful Power 6 head coaches with no experience as a Power 6 head or assistant coach when they were hired:
- Chris Holtmann (Ohio State)
- Tim Miles (Nebraska)
- Scott Drew (Baylor)
- Bryce Drew (Vandy)
- Brad Brownell (Clemson)
- John Beilein (WV)
- Steve Prohm (Iowa State)
- Ben Howland (Pitt)
- Jamie Dixon (Pitt)
The larger point is this: WF needs to consider all possible candidates and pick 1. The Power 6 mandate is unnecessarily limiting.