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Mitch Barnhart was criticized for moving so quickly to hire Mark Pope as the men’s basketball program’s next head coach. Just hours removed from being turned down by Baylor’s Scott Drew and UConn’s Dan Hurley, the BYU coach was one you always knew you had in your back pocket, a card you could play at any point. He’d crawl on glass to Lexington the day before Big Blue Madness for this opportunity. Why make this move now? Because Barnhart saw everything he needed to see when sitting down with Pope. He didn’t need to interview any other candidates or wait for others to become available, he had fo…