So who are your top 5 candidates?
Realistic? I think we've all re-hashed the Cuonzo/Keatts/Archie list enough, I am not afraid of the Monty Williams experiment, and I don't think there's anything close to a consensus for 4/5. I don't view guys like Bennett/Mack/Cronin/etc as realistic, at least until there's real smoke there. So cop out, I have a top 4, after that, give me mystery wildcard previously unnamed by us coach for 5th
Hopefully not Keatts. I think I provided enough evidence to support Keatts being a poor defensive head coach. If his superior talent in the CAA cannot slow down those team's defenses, then he has no shot in the B10. Even Groce's team's defense this year is better than what Keatts brings to the table. His offense will get exposed by better coaching. It's really not that hard to figure out. Unless he has a Lonzo Ball clone playing for him, his scheme will get exposed in the B10.
Superior CAA talent? Where are you getting that from? Go look at his recruiting classes there. Nothing really indicating his talent level there is way better than the rest of the CAA. I conveniently compiled them for everyone here (along with a bunch of other coaching data), please use it. (Updates coming soon.)
And we've already talked about the massive difference in offensive proficiency there compared to ours for a marginal defensive drop, so...