I thought of your points when writing my post , but in todays age , I still think Georgetown is WAY behind and in a mainly crappy conference .
I guess we’ll find out in the next 2-3 weeks
Maybe they will pony up and he will stay at PSU or take a different job like Notre Dame. Clearly at this point Georgetown is way behind in talent and performance in recent seasons. But again we're talking about Penn State
basketball here. They have no national footprint in the sport and are seen as a fun story that this program that has never done anything of any significance on the court.
Also as Big Ten fans we should not throw stones at the Big East. I don't think it's the greatest conference anymore but they have four National Championships since 2011 from UConn and Nova and have had more ranked teams than the Big Ten all season long as programs like Marquette, Xavier, Providence and Creighton continue to rise. I think the only truly crappy programs in the Big East aside from Georgetown as of late are DePaul and St. John's.
Like you said though, we'll see what Shews or other top coaches think of the job in the coming weeks.