UVA wasnt a power when Bennett took them over. Someone who has ties to and can recruit the Southeast would be chomping at the bit to get in here. GT should never be short on talent given its conference, geography and former prestige.
GT basketball is a very good job. I would argue it's one of the top 25 jobs in college basketball given conference affiliation, home grown talent, history, facilities, and resources. GT has the potential to be a top 15 job with the right person. There are schools with far less than what we have that have been annual contenders because the right guy was found. Granted the ACC is the SEC of basketball in terms of having a tough game pretty much every conference game, but GT offers more than enough for the right coach to be very successful. Hewitt took us to the Finals and made multiple NCAA tournaments. Cremins had GT in the tournament every year until his last few years.
The right guy is out there. Bobinski either needs to search and dig a little deeper (assistants, smaller programs, etc) or pay up (Marshall, Smart, whatever flavor of the year). Unless MBob can dig down into his bag of bball contacts, GT is going to have to pay some good money because that's just how you get coaches these days unless you go the the scratch and dent bin (see Bruce Pearl)...and that's never been GT's route.