Yes, my post was sarcasm. We know Hop cant either. Hops first 2 years came with Arizona being down before Lloyd got there and UCLA was mediocre. He has a bad track record in a weak Pac 10 so he's no where close to being able to project to win in the ACC.
There's people over in the AD thread saying if it's the bad AD choice they'll never watch SU sports again. We got some dramatic folks here lately.
Thank you for what you're doing here Bulldog stating facts. Unfortunately You're still getting people posting back on you with vibes and ignoring them.
I think in reality they’re saying they won’t be back until Hop proves he’s the right guy. If your scenario were to unfold I’m sure we’d be overflowing with fans, which would be the case no matter who was coach.
Right. His fiance is from the south and that's where her family is. Is she 100% on #teamHodgson. We know he wants to come, but it's never an easy decision. Syracuse has to make it an easy decision for him.
That puzzles you? He would have his revenge. Pretty obvious to me.
He also can show not one but two Coach of the year awards. Plus, a long time serving this institution well. He can try to sell that he lost his recruiting base when he went west. And that Washington is a tough place to win.
It's not the same but Washington for me is in a similar vein to Maryland. Obviously Terps have more success but looking at the local talent (Seattle and DMV) you would expect more. To your point Washington does seem difficult to win at. Romar was inconsistent but had some good moments when he kept local talent (Brandon Roy Nate Robinson etc).
He recruited well until he went 15-17 with multiple McDonalds All Americans.
Why pay a coach $2m a year to drive one of the biggest sources of revenue when they can pay $500k+/year for a bunch of administrators including a special advisor to the AD?
The endowment has zero effect on what we pay a basketball coach. Take a look at Harvard's endowment. Or Yale. Why aren't they hoop powers? Neither does the tuition costs. Totally different pots to draw from.
There’s kinda some missing context to this though so it’s not exactly the same argument. Every single coach on your list has received an extension besides schrewsberry (who was signed from another p4 school so that’s another discussion), and McMahon (whom has a reported 8-11m dollar buyout because the language in the contract states “LSU would owe him 80 percent of both his remaining base salary and supplemental compensation.”that LSU is not expected to be willing to pay this year.).
I believe he is in the NBA now, correct?
I really can't believe how many times this needs to be said, but endowments ARE NOT USED for any athletic department purposes. Ever. They are never used for day-to-day or operational funding.
Every single thing possible to codddle and defend Hopkins, but if a point is brought up to defend Hodsgon it gets all the push back. Hilarious.
I think BH has got a ton of praise on this board. And I wasn't doing any coding for Hopkins. I was stating what that side would say about his job at Washington. There has been plenty of what you would call coding for BH. It does seem that the bh side can't even listen to the Hopkins argument without getting upset. While I don't favor for Hopkins in this battle, I find the BH side hilarious with their defensive argument for him.
Should also be noted that in one of those Coach of the Year seasons his team did not make the NCAA tournament.
Where did I say taking a pay cut was competitive? I'm talking about our offer (presuming we make one) vs other offers he will be fielding. All other things being pretty equal, a person is going to make a decision based on intangibles. The intangibles in this case favor SU.
It should be a done deal, but it's not because this is a messy situation and we have a side who I love for what they've done for the university, but are focused on nonsense. Guarantee BH 10 million a year guaranteed in resources for the first 2 years, he can probably get even more than that the second casual people learn about him. University should be prepared to be paying 3.25 million plus after year 2 granted he delivers atleast 22 or 23 wins with NCAAT berth in year 1. Starting salary at 2.5 million negotiable dependent on how the season ends for him at South Florida. University would have to be prepared to go 3 million plus year 1 on starting salary if Hodgson USF team makes the tournament and gets to the second weekend.
