Better but not ready yet. He coached a great game against Siena the other day where Niagara outplayed Siena in the 2nd half to win. Niagara was playing man, but everytime Siena threw the ball into their big center, Niagara would triple team and make the Siena offense ineffective. I've never seen it done so well. Almost like man sliding into a triangle and two.
I believe the requirement is that the prospective coach must have watched the moon landing on a TV set he bought with his own money.
It’s amazing how often the best possible candidate for a job just happens to already work in a lesser capacity at that same job
We could petition the Adolph Rupp estate to exhume his remains and reconstruct him at the Melo Center
We’re not getting anyone from a P5 program that has been successful enough for us to want him. Tang and Otzelberger, no way we have a shot.
Why?
That was my recollection also. Not sure John is dying to come back to college - and that was before NIL become legal.
If I’m interviewing Red he would have to knock my socks off with his plan for the future direction of the program. It’s a rebuild now. Not a let’s keep this going.
Well think about it from their perspective, why would young successful P5 coaches like Otzelberger and Tang leave for what can only be considered as a rebuilding program. If they keep on winning for a few more years, they’d start being considered for Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, etc type jobs. Why risk that to jump to a program like ours that may as a brand be only marginally better than KSU or ISU, and is going to be a multiple year rebuild and the chance they go .500 here for the next 4 years, get fired, and lose all the shine they currently have.
To be fair to Red.
Did not say it did. I would just like to know his thought process.
A lot of coaches want the opportunity to prove that they are the best and can work their magic anywhere. More money and more prestige. Look at a guy like Theo Epstein, he could have stayed in Boston until they pulled him out of the office on a stretcher, but he decided that he was going to Chicago to win Series in a city that hadn't had a champion for a century.
any new guy worth his salt can have this program turned around in 2 years tops. The modern world is almost taking rebuild out of the sports dictionary. SU brand (though currently fading) is a ton better than KSU or ISU. The only reason they wouldn't come is because we went cheap and if that is the case we should get out of the game.
I will have an open mind if hired and hope he succeeds but it's an uninspiring hire, doesn't move the needle nationally.
