Rick Pitino has reportedly hired an agent and says that he wants to coach in college again. Just for the sake of argument, would you be willing to overlook his past transgressions and hire him as a head coach, if, in fact, Ohio was looking for such a thing? If not, how would you feel about hiring a coach who was fired from a big time program instead of going with an untested coach, who is thought to be up and coming. It is off-season for the 'Cats, so what better time to consider ridiculous ideas, while cheering our MAC brothers on in the NCAA tournament.
To answer the original question, no, I would not be willing to hire someone like Pitino. I think what makes Ohio great is that we've had some quality coaches at the helm here in terms of just being "good people".
I'm not averse to hiring someone who was fired from a big time program (see Solich), but not if the reason was something along the lines of what Pitino may have been involved in.