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"Analogies aside, don't forget that any new coach is going to have to rebuild too. If next year is going suck no matter what, then why not save money in the mean time, so you have more to spend later?"
When you find yourself in a hole, what's the first step to getting out of the hole?
"I think we're so low that we can't go much lower. I believe that one more bad year will hurt us less in the long term than losing a half million and having a mediocre year."
If you know JJ isn't the guy, keeping him around to twist in the wind for another year isn't fair to JJ and will just make things awkward as hell. I don't watch enough VT basketball to really know if he should come back- lots of intelligent people have written on both sides of the argument. If the argument is that the talent he has available is so bad that he's had no chance, that's one thing. I can accept that. Apathy isn't a valid reason. A bad year (the 4th in a row) would be a lot worse. If you're going to make a change you might as well pull the band-aid and do it now even if it costs a little more money.
I evened you out. I have absolutely no idea why someone would downvote that comment. Hopefully, it was just fat fingers on a phone.
Awesome that TKP made the story...A little disappointing that they felt Duke and Miami deserved space in their article over us.
duke had their spring game on march 1? dafuq?
Brewer bloodline and other things Brewer
I look forward to the time when Teller & Alston Smith get to man the Line.
It just seems like a contradiction, I understand the depth argument but this is the message that's comign across "Of course they're not any good, they're freshman and college ball is hard. But wait until we get these three freshman who can shoot, they will be good and make everything different."
It's just more "Do nothing and hope things change, everything will be different next year." It gets tired after a while.
I think the fact that no one's even attempted to answer the second question is telling. It really feels like no one, not even the people who think he should get *A*nother year think he's actually the best coach for this program moving forward. Every argument is "it's not fair" or "save money." Those are *bad* reasons to keep a coach, unless the continued goal of this basketball program is to "save money." It was run that way for the last two decades, the new goal needs to be "win and make the NCAA Tournament." Is James Johnson the guy who's going to help us reach those goals? Absolutely no one has made a convincing case that this is so, and really very few have even tried.
Hmmm, have to classify you as an independent then.
But, cobbler looks more like pie, especially in a round pie tray...
Therefore, you lean pie!
Moreover, what's "his system?"
It doesn't take 3 years to implement a system. It's college basketball.
I agree that a lot of key players (e.g. Mueller) did not have a chance to contribute this season, but the argument that JJ has only had 1 recruiting class doesn't hold water. He was the lead recruiter for every player on the team left from the Greenberg-era, including guys no longer on the team. Were these players SG wanted? Sure, but assistants don't vouch for guys they wouldn't want, themselves.
The notion that JJ deserves another year bc he has been playing with guys that don't fit his system is lazy. According to everything we have heard so far, we haven't seen his system yet. Were we shorthanded? Yes. Are the current players bad fits? Inconclusive.
Specifically, what have you seen that indicated JJ has the "potential" to be a good coach? What has he shown you? Where is literally any evidence that he can compete at all with coaches on the level of K, Boeheim, Roy Williams, Dixon, etc?
Wow, why the down vote for that?...
"Game, Blouses."
Perfect!
Your whole plan is "wait another year and then fire him." THat makes him an instant lame duck. We spend this whole time talking about what an unfair situation is and then put him in another unfair situation because, let's all be real here...there's not going to be any "massive turnaround."
"Lets fire him next year to save a couple of dollars" isn't a viable strategy because it creates a no-win scenario. You either have to fire him now, or commit to him with an extension. There's no wishy-washy middle ground that benefits the program.
Oh yea! Thanks for the reminder. That Was Awesome! And the timing was so perfect...
Something about "cak of doo" from a Swedish bakery on FG.
Because we have a real coach now and are actually recruiting players for that position?
Why am I so much more optimistic about the O-line than I have been in years?
I refrained from aligning with either as my persuasion is towards cobbler over all.
Yes. But the argument is Whit is going to be fundraising for the next basketball coach's payroll over the next year. I agree the other sports are excelling (don't forget about softball and soccer). Another bad year (financially...ticket sales and donations) for BB would further hinder the finances of the other programs (except football, obviously).
"Pieceception", Nice!! Add that to the TKP Dictionary.
I don't think cake can do that...
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# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Kiper: If QB doesn't work out, Logan Thomas could be a TE down the line Nothing Mel Kiper says in that article is incorrect?
Kiper, like many who have pounded the Thomas-as-a-tight-end drum over the years, overstated Thomas' history at the position, saying he "played that position in high school."
And "overstated" is an understatement. "Incorrectly stated" would be accurate.
