Great post, though mucking around with my darkest moments of being not just bitten, but chewed up and spit out by reality.
Maybe we are being as delusional as Holly when we insist the LV job is the be all and end of all for every college coach, especially the superstars. Maybe this deep well of "talent" on the roster just waiting to bust into the final four is just what we've seen on the court - under developed potential who frequently make us want to poke our eyes out.
So if the best we can do is an up and comer from a mid major, why not one who comes relatively cheap and has mega bonus points for the hardcores of being female and a daughter of the legacy? This of course is not only the worse case hiring scenario fear of many, its incredibly disappointing after having the prospect of a star hire tantalizingly dangled.
It also puts KJH behind an unfortunate eightball of fear and resentment from the rest of the fanbase who is ready to move on. The last thing I want is for KJH's legacy to go the way of HW's, and I'm not even sure her leash would be that much shorter. I sure hope a gamble on her, or a forced settling for her, would work out, and I'd certainly support her until given reason not to. But man would this be a scary gamble. Excuse me while I search for the Xanex.