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(01-08-2018 12:29 PM)AlphaFlash Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 08:11 AM)Old School Flash Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 08:05 AM)AlphaFlash Wrote:  I'm not even considering NCAA seeding. This conference is so screwy. Getting through the MAC Tourney is always a tall order, even for a higher seed team, which is far from being determined.
Oregon was a good win for us. They are beating a few teams, which is good. More importantly, we need to put up a banner as this could be Sendy's last year on our bench. We need to get our place at the table before a coaching turnover. We are 1-1 in the MAC with a big week in the conference.

Please explain "could be Sendy's last year on our bench"? I have no idea what you're talking about. "Banner" for what? Maybe your being facetious?

I could be wrong, but looking at how the MAC goes through coaches, Sendy could be on a radar elsewhere. Bringing a Power 5 Conference team into a lowly MAC gym is not easy. Plus Akron lost Dambrot with them winning less.

By "banner" I mean a championship. We always can use more of those.
Again, speculation. My hope is we win everything and Sendy loves us so much he will never leave.. but... you know...

Maybe so but I highly doubt it...Typically MAC head coaches only get offers from better leagues (certainly P5 conferences) when they accomplish something special...win an NCAA tourney game, take teams to multiple NCAA tournaments, get the team ranked in the top 25, etc). Sendy has not done these things.

Geno got paid to go to Bradley so I guess it's possible. With Geno, I think it was that NIT run he had and the fact that he was younger and to some schools was probably perceived as an "up and comer."

Dambrot's case is a little different. He has ties to Duquesne (believe his Dad played there) and his resume is longer and superior to Sendy's (Akron with 3 NCAA appearances and in the MAC Tourney Championship game damn near every year under Dambrot).

Don't get me wrong, I like Rob and think he's a good coach. I'd just be surprised if he's highly in demand (at least for teams in better leagues). He may find a team from a league on par with the MAC (level wise) but willing to pay more $. Saw that happen with Jim Larranega years ago when he left BG for George Mason (which at the time wasn't good, played in the Colonial but had aspirations and a budget to fund them).

Guess we'll see...