Fire! Fire! Put it out!

So, I get a message from a buddy of mine today saying that THE North Carolina State University should fire Herb Sendek and hire Bob Higgins. WHAT?! I could not believe my eyes. Bob "0% Graduation" Huggins. Bob "I Threw Up In My Car I Was So Bombed While Driving" Huggins. Bob "I Punched A Police Horse" Huggins. I liked the image he had while he was coaching at Cincinnati. He was a thug coach, coaching thug players. Danny Forston. Kenyon Martin. Nick Van Exel. Corie Blount. But, that was C-USA. C-USA was, and still is, a joke of a conference, made up of schools named after shitty cites (say that 10x fast), that do not compete year in and year out. And the raid by the Big East did it no favor. He could get away with that crap because the conference in a whole did not care. Now, my buddy thinks we should fire Herb and hire Huggins. Why you ask? Because two top 15 recruits said they would play wherever Huggins lands. Great! Then, I read that the two recruits are wing players. Now, I don't know if you watch NC State basketball at all this year (I know you didn't), but wing players on that team are a dime a baker's dozen (READ: Courtney Fells, Gavin Grant, Brandon Costner, and two more kids next year). Yeah, that is the answer to all of NC State problem (READ: biting sarcasm).

That always seems to be the quick fix answer to all of NC State fans' problems. Fire 'em. Amato? Fire 'em. Now Herb. However, you have to look at it from a more wise and economic persecuting. One, you fire a guy who has 4 years left on his current contract, then you have to pay him for another 4 years. This is not like fire the slow kid at the take-out window at Arby's. You still have to pay him after he is gone. On top of that you have to pay his replacement as well. In the ACC, that is a minimum of $80K. So, what you wind up with is an inexperienced coach while you pay for your old coach to drink himself out of depression (and that never works). Or you get a big wig coach and you have to pay him big bucks, while still paying your old coach for 4 years. My other qualm with firing as a final solution to the not winning national championship question is your new coach is not going to get what he wants the old players to do. It takes 3-4 years to get a team like he wants it. It is asinine to expect a massive turn around in one year. Carolina being the exception from last year, but in my defense I think anyone could've won a national title with four 1st round NBA picks, even Doherty. Don't sleep on FAU either, foos!