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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5355499, member: 40"] I think EVERYBODY understands that. Still doesn't mean that it was handled properly, or that the approach taken was the right one to reverse the slide our program was in, at that point in time. In fact, a continuity hire with an unproven coach was perhaps the DUMBEST option to choose. "Different dynamic" is an excuse, to rationalize the University having [U]no choice[/U] but to acquiesce to JB. That is false. Why? Because after years of allowing him to hold the program hostage, they finally forced him to step down -- but instead of ripping off the band-aid to get the pain over with, they instead chose the path of least resistance to avoid pain at all costs, and it dug our program a deeper hole. Time to dispense with the excuses -- we blew it. And giving this unqualified guy a third year will just cause the program to slip that much further. I'm resigned to Red getting a third year because of <<reasons>>, but it doesn't make any of the above any less true. And for the record, the excuse mongering extended back to the end of JB's tenure, and continues today: [LIST] [*]We had reduced scholarships... [*]He should be allowed to coach as long as he wants, no matter how bad things are... [*]We have to hire an internal candidate to honor JBs legacy... [*]The issue with year one was the players... [*]Once Red gets his own players, things will change... [*]We don't have NIL money... [*]Our talent is the reason Red is failing, not his coaching... [*]Not even John Wooden could coach this team... [/LIST] Excuse after excuse. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar -- JB shouldn't have been allowed to coach for as long as he did, because the performance didn't warrant it. And our historically bad KenPom / NET ratings prove that Red isn't a P4 caliber head coach. [/QUOTE]

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