Decisions have consequences. I do not fault the Monson and Smith hirings, but the combination of what happened eight years ago and the U's slowness to recognize that it wasn't working and correct it sooner have been catastrophic. All we have right now is hope in this wildly speculative hire, and the immediate signs are very concerning.
And the first year sets the precedent for the following years...
Still had an engaged fan base—remember Clem expressing gratitude & amazement when 14000 endured a snowy travel night during the year one 16 game losing streak for the Ohio State game...
I feel like, worst case scenario, we drop one spot in the conference standings and lose one day earlier in the B1G tourney.
I believe any professional play either eliminates or makes eligibility extremely difficult. Basically why lamello ball didn't play in college, he had played in an overseas league prior.
That doesn't seem much worse, but it could be a lot worse. This year's team only lost 4 games at home. If there were fans, they would have enjoyed 13 wins, and only 4 losses in person, quite a few of those wins were against ranked opponents. That is an enjoyable night. That will not happen next year, I would say that it will feel much worse than 1 one spot drop in the standings.
Counterpoint: it makes it easier to show significant improvement and win Coach of the Year in Year 2!
Indeed, it is hilarious. The assistant coach thread, however, is where we should be up in arms. This doesn't look good so far. The longer the delay, the more I think plans have been foiled by things like Jared Nuness having good conversations but deciding to stay put. A career assistant at mid and low majors isn't inspiring me despite a decent resume.
Brandon Johnson hasn't technically said anything yet. But I'll be very surprised if he stays. In that case, yes! And our 6th man. Our top returning players will be Gach and Ihnen. Whew.
It better include Nuness or this is just insane.
It won't. Doogie already said Nunness is staying at Baylor.
He's coming back.... as a Grad assistant
Out of all the silliness on this board... and there is a whole lot of it, too. This is the one concern I have as well.
He may have to play whether he likes it or not.
If there isn't one named by Thursday at the latest, it's a very bad sign.
People dissing the woodson hire. He very quickly convinced the team's best player to return.
I wish that meant we had a big salary cap and the first pick in the draft...
Hasn't helped the timberpuppies.
We don’t have a player like that, so we don’t know that Ben tried to convince anyone. My guess is he was simply honest with guys about what he’s seen and what he needs - no promises, as none of them really deserve it.
