wasn't he an option after Weber was let go?
He apparently was interested/wanted the job. Was close friends with the Parker family and felt he could land Jabari. Was also reported to be a possibility.
The myth that I wanted Reggie stems from the fact that I once said something along the lines that if we were going with “an unconventional hire,” I didn’t hate it. Definitely far from my first choice.
Then the meme regained legs when I once said 3-5 years later I doubt Theus would have done much if any worse than Groce (when for some reason his name was brought up again). One or two people thought that was a hysterical take (as if it can be much worse than missing the tourney 4x in a row). Outside of a Baylor/Penn State type scandal it doesn’t get much worse than Groce.