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If Montgomery takes the Warriors job, he would be trying to change a recent trend of college coaches -- namely Tim Floyd, Lon Kruger, John Calipari and Rick Pitino -- who left prominent Division I jobs and failed in the NBA.
Nonetheless, Mullin wanted to make a splash with this hire. Montgomery is well respected in the Bay Area and would not have to move if he accepts the job.
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We should know within a couple of years about whether Mullin has the vision it takes to be a big-league GM or not. If Montgomery, at 57 with no prior-NBA experience either as a player or as a coach, can come in and advance the Warriors, then Mullin's hire will be one of the first successful college-to-NBA transitions since.........John McCleod with the Suns?
If not, Mullin will be just another GM who thought he knew better but didn't.