I’m happy for him and rooting for them. It’s sad though as it’s what we could have.Mike is a great guy and he deserves this 100 percent!!
It makes me extremely sad,depressed and missing yester year for sure. makes me scared for our present and our future for sure. You can’t help but wonder what kind of team we would have versus what we have now I mean if we played Washington they would smoke us.
They are such an enjoyable brand of basketball in so many aspects. Especially in defense, athleticism substitutions, changing looks and sets,
Overall things there are so connected and the energy and togetherness is so positive.
In one regard it’s so easy to root for them in another but in another it’s hard to swallow.
The real question is what does the ad think watching that team out west
It’s unpickable!Yes.
Picking his nose.
The fanbase wanted no part of him because he only went .500 as a fill in. People gave me stupid looks in Chicago after the UVA game for remarking that we made a final four the first year Hopkins coached the team.
Blame the 2016 team for killing support for Hopkins.
It really hurts to lose the best coach in CBB. There was a reason he was named HC in waiting everyone knew we had someone special on our staff.
To answer the OP’s question: I don’t watch them.Who cares what he thinks he let the best coach in CBB get away. Not that there was much he could do the offer came from UW what 10 months after he replaced Coyle. A talented team was still finding itself when Hop coached them 2 future 1st rounders were freshmen and the PG was still learning a new position. Mal got hot and JB got all the credit and the keys to drive the program into the ground when he previously had a foot out the door (correctly.) It sucks UW didn't give Romar another year with that monster recruiting class he had lined up their fanbase didn't want the switch they wanted to see the burger boys.
Who knows what our AD is like but I'm not sure I want to find out I doubt he could pull off 2 home run hires in a year like the new guy at Louisville did.
JB is one of the greatest in game coaches ever. The more Hop coaches the better he will get at it!Love hop, but jb is prob undefeated with that roster. One L max. Jb can coach. Just not bringing in the talent rn.
Love hop, but jb is prob undefeated with that roster. One L max. Jb can coach. Just not bringing in the talent rn.
Love hop, but jb is prob undefeated with that roster. One L max. Jb can coach. Just not bringing in the talent rn.
It’s not his roster though. Bringing in players is part of the job and it’s pointless to remove that from the equationLove hop, but jb is prob undefeated with that roster. One L max. Jb can coach. Just not bringing in the talent rn.
That's precisely my thinking. Give JB that roster and we're probably contending. But JB can't get that roster, at this juncture, with this staff.
I feel like this is overblown. We’ve been very close on some top talent and found ourselves on the losing end every time. Still, we’ve been in the mix, so it’s more bad luck than bad recruiting.the problem is that JB can’t get the talent
The point is that just because Hop is finding success at Washington, doesn’t automatically mean he’d be doing the same at SU. Because he wouldn’t be. His record would be the same at best, but probably worse. And that includes the previous two seasons.It’s not his roster though. Bringing in players is part of the job and it’s pointless to remove that from the equation
I feel like this is overblown. We’ve been very close on some top talent and found ourselves on the losing end every time. Still, we’ve been in the mix, so it’s more bad luck than bad recruiting.
Look at Stewart. I know everyone keeps saying he didn’t want to play close to home, but where does he go if Hop’s not a factor? Probably SU, right?
We’ve had some bad beats on the recruiting trail, including some to Hop. But that’s somewhat of an anomaly and should no longer be a factor.
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What give you confidence that JB can? Stewart would have followed Hop. If case you don’t know Hop is elite when it comes to closing
Love hop, but jb is prob undefeated with that roster. One L max. Jb can coach. Just not bringing in the talent rn.