Better if Ewing got NBA job and Hoyas got college coach but oh well
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By DERON SNYDER
There are reasons to question Georgetown’s handling of its opening for a men’s basketball coach. The latest head-scratcher arose Monday afternoon:
The school needed a search firm to end up with Patrick Ewing?
Korn Ferry should return a portion of the Hoyas’ fee for a hometown discount.
From the moment Ewing’s name was floated as a replacement for John Thompson III, I rooted against this hiring. Not that I harbor ill will toward Ewing, the Hoya great who enjoyed a Hall of Fame career with my beloved New York Knicks. On the contrary, I wish Ewing all the best.
The same is true of my hope for the Hoyas, who forged a special place in the hearts and minds of my contemporaries and me during the 1980s. Big John Thompson’s teams instilled in us a sense of pride and achievement that transcended athletics. They formed a cultural force as much as a hoops powerhouse, from their dominance in the polls to their kente-inspired uniforms.
So it’s my desire that Ewing becomes a great coach who leads the Hoyas back to national prominence. It’s certainly possible given how hard he works; we never know until after the fact.
But my preference for Ewing was him landing his first coaching job in the NBA, where he toiled as an assistant for 15 years. And my preference for the Hoyas was them hiring a successful, well-established coach to leave the Thompson era in the past – where it belongs.
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