Coach Search Options after Autry

[RF2044]

its not an issue to everyone. but it is a question. as it should be. nil that is. not the revenue sharing.

I'm just tired of the preemptive excuses/ reasons why we can't be successful. I'm tired of the negative self-talk, and the defeatism before we even try.

There is a reason why nil fundraising was down, and it was because the product on the court was awful.

That was a reaction, not a systemic obstacle. Improve the product, and support will follow.

Which will happen once we hire a competent head coach, and not someone who was congenitally unprepared for the challenges of running a top 25 program, as confirmed by last night's article.

With competent leadership, things can turn around quickly. And I think people will be shocked by how quickly that will and can happen if we hire the right person.

 

[qdawgg]

Put me down as someone who thinks the whole "$30 million" thing is largely nonsense.

Especially when it has the feel of 30 mill from AW or a large percent of that from AW.

 

[Cuse_NYC]

I'm just tired of the preemptive excuses/ reasons why we can't be successful. I'm tired of the negative self-talk, and the defeatism before we even try.

There is a reason why nil fundraising was down, and it was because the product on the court was awful.

That was a reaction, not a systemic obstacle. Improve the product, and support will follow.

Which will happen once we hire a competent head coach, and not someone who was congenitally unprepared for the challenges of running a top 25 program, as confirmed by last night's article.

With competent leadership, things can turn around quickly. And I think people will be shocked by how quickly that will and can happen if we hire the right person.

Top 75 lol

 

[AZOrange]

Pretty confident here….

 

[Widget24]

Pretty confident here….

BH?

 

[Cuse1055]

Pretty confident here….

On who? Lol

 

[rrlbees]

I'm just tired of the preemptive excuses/ reasons why we can't be successful. I'm tired of the negative self-talk, and the defeatism before we even try.

There is a reason why nil fundraising was down, and it was because the product on the court was awful.

That was a reaction, not a systemic obstacle. Improve the product, and support will follow.

Which will happen once we hire a competent head coach, and not someone who was congenitally unprepared for the challenges of running a top 25 program, as confirmed by last night's article.

With competent leadership, things can turn around quickly. And I think people will be shocked by how quickly that will and can happen if we hire the right person.

that has nothing to do with anything I've consistently said.

 

[Frozen]

Pretty confident here….

As somebody who is never confident, I have to ask firstly, what are you confident about and secondly what does it feel like to have confidence?

 

[rrlbees]

There is a reason why nil fundraising was down, and it was because the product on the court was awful.

i will say, this is wrong. our nil fundraising wasn't down. it was about twice last year than the prior year.

 

[RF2044]

i will say, this is wrong. our nil fundraising wasn't down. it was about twice last year than the prior year.

Then why do you constantly harp on it as a shortcoming.?

Again, the systemic flaw wasn't the fan base support nor the ability to generate revenue, it was the coaching. It was putting out a terrible product, and then making excuses for why the fanbase had to tolerate it.

It was making excuses for why we went the the indefensible route we went replacing Boeheim, and then pretending there was no alternative, when the strategic direction we took was incredibly dumb.

Everything else was a reaction to the piss-poor product on the court, despite how some would like to paint it.

 

[RF2044]

that has nothing to do with anything I've consistently said.

Okay, circular logic.

I look forward to a different mentality. Once the coaching staff changes, then we make a clean break from a admittedly illustrious past that significantly declined.

 

[VikesCuse84]

 

[PauliePeppas]

I'm just tired of the preemptive excuses/ reasons why we can't be successful. I'm tired of the negative self-talk, and the defeatism before we even try.

There is a reason why nil fundraising was down, and it was because the product on the court was awful.

That was a reaction, not a systemic obstacle. Improve the product, and support will follow.

Which will happen once we hire a competent head coach, and not someone who was congenitally unprepared for the challenges of running a top 25 program, as confirmed by last night's article.

With competent leadership, things can turn around quickly. And I think people will be shocked by how quickly that will and can happen if we hire the right person.

 

[FireballPhil]

So level 5 termination on Tuesday. Then who know.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Gerry learned from JB very well. Shoats and Doty haven’t sat a second lol.

 

[Jake]

Gerry learned from JB very well. Shoats and Doty haven’t sat a second lol.

40 of their 52 shots have come from three guys. That’s another thing JB did. Best players take the shots.

 

[im4cuse]

Interesting prospects

If true they saw a nice show.

 

[Nicknack]

I'm just tired of the preemptive excuses/ reasons why we can't be successful. I'm tired of the negative self-talk, and the defeatism before we even try.

There is a reason why nil fundraising was down, and it was because the product on the court was awful.

That was a reaction, not a systemic obstacle. Improve the product, and support will follow.

Which will happen once we hire a competent head coach, and not someone who was congenitally unprepared for the challenges of running a top 25 program, as confirmed by last night's article.

With competent leadership, things can turn around quickly. And I think people will be shocked by how quickly that will and can happen if we hire the right person.

I couldn't agree more. We get good leadership and our program will soar again. I don't think it's as difficult as some want to make it seem.

 

[Nicknack]

40 of their 52 shots have come from three guys. That’s another thing JB did. Best players take the shots.

Best players take the shots. Wha?? So George and JJ shouldn't be taking the most shots? And Donnie, shooting 30% from 3, probably should be looking to drive more instead of giving the opponent what they're hoping by heaving up long shots? And Kingz should have been a more focal point in our offense? (sarcasm alert)

 

[Sherman20]

I agree but here’s the rub. We dig deep and pull an extra 2 or even 5 mil next year with all the new blood. Awesome. Will SMU just call up the oil billionaires or Miami call up some cartels and then add to 2-5 mil next year too.

Just saying the new blood will help but they need to get real serious real fast. We’re not competing with $’s we’re competing with other programs and they got deep pockets too and their nil machines already humming.

Also the clown up above in the thread saying to just pick the right coach and it will just magically fix everything is a joke. That thinking was part of the problem that got us in the toilet.

We could go hire a hall of famer in his prime and he ain’t making no final 4’s unless we get up to a higher tier of NIL.

Yea, we definitely need to boost our NIL coffers, but a new coach and a new vision with help enormously to bring donors off the sidelines. And I wouldn’t be so sure about those deep pockets at wealthy football schools. If you read about seemingly rich schools like LSU, even they don’t want to divert NIL funds from football to basketball. To quote Trilly article that Cherie shared:
“Then there's Boston College and LSU - neither of which has made any significant NIL investment in their basketball programs to this point…. In their current forms, Boston College and LSU will likely get turned down by the higher end mid-major guys.”
Yes, we have NIL funding issues but I think ours can be fixed. The coach also has to make the public pitch to the local community. We can win here big time if everyone helps just a little bit.

 

[35kcuse]

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I went through his recent posts. Seems pretty in the loop with Providence. Wondering if that means they called but Hodgson has other plans…

 

[rrlbees]

Then why do you constantly harp on it as a shortcoming.?

that's your twisting. what i've said over and over is that a candidate coach will ask what nil is available. nothing more nothing less. every time i say it, you twist it around.

 

[rrlbees]

Okay, circular logic.

I look forward to a different mentality. Once the coaching staff changes, then we make a clean break from a admittedly illustrious past that significantly declined.

circular logic? my point isn't whether we have $1m in nil or $10m or whether it's good, bad or indifferent. my point has zero to do with what we have. only that a candidate will ASK. you're making this much more difficult than needed for something so simple.

 

[Sherman20]

I'm just tired of the preemptive excuses/ reasons why we can't be successful. I'm tired of the negative self-talk, and the defeatism before we even try.

There is a reason why nil fundraising was down, and it was because the product on the court was awful.

That was a reaction, not a systemic obstacle. Improve the product, and support will follow.

Which will happen once we hire a competent head coach, and not someone who was congenitally unprepared for the challenges of running a top 25 program, as confirmed by last night's article.

With competent leadership, things can turn around quickly. And I think people will be shocked by how quickly that will and can happen if we hire the right person.

This^^^. We haven’t made the tourney in five years with JB and then the continuity hire coaching staff. Why would anyone donate to that? It’s a freakin miracle we had a $8-9 million budget last season. A proven new coach with a fresh vision like Schertz or Hodgson will make a huge national splash, light up and excite the fanbase again, and bring some new and previous donors out of the woodwork. We’ve all been dying for some hope these past 5-6 years. I think the NIL train can get revved up with the right coaching hire.

 

[Sherman20]

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Why would any top coach go to Providence? It astounds me. It’s a very tiny Catholic school (like 3,000 students total) with a small alumni base. I don’t know how they even have money. I guess it’s all Providence and Rhode Island locals who support it, but we have that as well with Syracuse and upstate locals. Plus a much larger alumni base.