One Coach Name I like

[Cuseball]

Have you ever coached? Look at the current state of college athletics. Coaches have no leverage to combat lack of effort, hustle, and all the things you cited. You can X and O all you want, but if your players can't or won't execute, there isn't much you can do...except get new players who will. While I agree with all of the things you think a coach should be able to control, but the reality is something different.

completely disagree with your stance. The coach is responsible for all aspects of the program. This includes roster construction, team fit, getting your team to play hard, disciplined, coming out ready every game. This includes being fundamentally sound and the ability to make adjustments to outscheme the opponent. Autry consistently comes up short in all these areas. Trying to just blame it on NIL is a major cop out. Every coach has to work through these things. Some schools have more NIL and some have less.

I look at the top 25 and I see 4 first year coaches. Michigan, West Virginia, Louisville and Kentucky.

I see a couple 2nd year coaches
St . John’s and Ole Miss.


I see teams like Iowa State, Houston, Marquette, Wisconsin, Missouri, Miss State, Ole Miss, Vandy, Utah State. West Virginia

There are some schools on this list with better funding and some with less. What those schools all seem to have is competent head coaches that give them an advantage vs a disadvantage.

 

[orange79]

Have you ever coached? Look at the current state of college athletics. Coaches have no leverage to combat lack of effort, hustle, and all the things you cited. You can X and O all you want, but if your players can't or won't execute, there isn't much you can do...except get new players who will. While I agree with all of the things you think a coach should be able to control, but the reality is something different.

Not entirely sure "no leverage" is the correct term here. They can always sit the player if he not giving 100%.

 

[M2MPrinciples]

Cronin made headlines again over the weekend, this time for complaining about the number of east coast trips he's had to make. Even if his concerns are valid, that's what the money is for ($4.1M, to be exact, plus their NIL budget). I personally think it'll be old news in a few weeks, but maybe after the last couple seasons he'd be happier going down a level even if he has to eat part of his buyout.

I don't love his coaching style due to how much he shuns threes and his intensity is a little much, so he wouldn't be my first choice, but it's interesting I guess.

 

[CnyTarheel]

Have you ever coached? Look at the current state of college athletics. Coaches have no leverage to combat lack of effort, hustle, and all the things you cited. You can X and O all you want, but if your players can't or won't execute, there isn't much you can do...except get new players who will. While I agree with all of the things you think a coach should be able to control, but the reality is something different.

You obviously haven't watched dan hurley at Uconn.. if his players don't move on offense, hustle or box out it doesn't matter who they are their backsides are on the bench.. oh yeah, have you heard of Tom izzo? Lol.. same with him.. that's just two . Sorry doc coaches most certainly have leverage on their players for EVERY aspect of the game, as of right now red seems to be a deer in the headlights at times with our players