After Boston College fired men’s basketball coach Jim Christian yesterday, thoughts went quickly to what would come next for BC - and who could build the new era fans have been hoping for since BC’s now infamous breakup with Al Skinner in 2009.
Would it be possible to create a new era by tapping into the old one?
Members of Al Skinner’s coaching tree were floated as candidates for the BC job the last time BC had an opening, but several factors - including a desire for a new direction, and the possibility of hard feelings between Skinner’s camp and BC after his acrimonious departure - seemed to keep them from becoming serious candidates.