but he is such a huge risk to hire right now. He doesn't have great recruiting ties. His ties are basically LDS kids and Bishop Gorman. He isn't going to beat out Rose for the LDS kids and while Bishop Gorman is a nice in, it isn't enough. He needs to add good AAU ties, which he doesn't have.

You hire Rice to rebuild a program that is in really poor shape, you are taking an unnecessary risk. Boylen and Giac both had better resumes when Utah hired them.