Vote: Should Huggins be criticized for leaving?

Updated: Apr 5, 2007, 5:29 PM


	Will Bob Huggins take West Virginia to its first Final Four since 1959?

The last 19 months have been quite eventful for Bob Huggins.

He was forced out at Cincinnati, then was given an opportunity to coach again in a major conference by a Kansas State program in need of a boost. Huggins provided that right away with a 22-win season, an NIT berth and a top-notch 2007 recruiting class. But we'll never know how things would have played out in Manhattan for Huggins.

Now, he has reportedly accepted the head coaching job at West Virginia, his alma mater. It's likely his "dream job", but did he do Kansas State University wrong by leaving after just one season? What kind of success would he have had there had he stayed? Will he make West Virginia a perennial title threat in the near future? And with so many coaches leaving their programs and the players they recruited behind, should the NCAA consider allowing players to transfer without making them sit out a year?

We'd like to hear your thoughts, SportsNation. Answer the questions below, then compare your opinion to the rest of the 'Nation.

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Vote: Should Huggins be criticized for leaving?

1) Are you surprised Bob Huggins is leaving Kansas State after one season?

2) Should Huggins be criticized for leaving Kansas State for the West Virginia job?

3) Should members of Kansas State's highly-rated 2007 recruiting class, including blue-chip recruit Michael Beasley, be allowed to get out of their commitments without the school releasing them?

4) With so many head coaches leaving for other schools before their contracts are up, which of the following best describes your thoughts on players transferring under these circumstances?

5) Was it worth it for Kansas State to have hired Bob Huggins, even though he was only there for one season, albeit a successful one?

6) If you were a major-conference school president, would you hire a head coach if you knew he or she would leave for another job as soon as it became available?

7) If Huggins had stayed at Kansas State, what kind of success would he have had there in the five years that remained on his contract?

8) What kind of success will Huggins have at West Virginia?

9) Which of the following is worse for college basketball?

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