VCU has hired guys connected to Shaka on the last two hires but not really hiring within. Jordan for Butler was gone for a number of years before he came back.
Hiring from within works if you've got the right guy. New Mexico promoted Noodles Neal when Alford left and they tanked. Tulsa promoted John Phillips after Buzz Peterson left and he ran the program into the ground. Randy Peele got promoted after Gregg Marshall left Winthrop for Wichita State and tanked.
There's really one hiring strategy that the evidence says doesn't work
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