(12-23-2009 10:15 PM)eastisbest Wrote:  

(12-23-2009 08:43 PM)Rocketime Wrote:  pono said:
“there are a few things that could be said about cross that are not flattering but i'm not going to sling mud;’

“cross leveraged the cloud of the gambling scandal into the extra guaranteed yrs;”

“… the only way a change might take place is if the fanbase, boosters and ticket holders force one;”

Where's the mud? Where's the challenge to integrity?

"leveraged" is business, nothing negative being said there. He simply explained why the university coughed up a 5 year.

The last sentence says nothing about Cross?

You're making a quick jump to conclusions that negative critique of the basketball program must have to do with loyalties to the previous coach. It doesn't? It's a natural process on these boards. John Wooden would get critiqued.

All is not rosy. There's plenty of room for disonance without it being due to alterior motives.

Me? I'm all for being patient. I don't get the comments that these are not "DI" recruits. They generally played well on their state level rankings. Given the number of DI programs, that makes them DI level recruits IMO. There's just too darn many of them, lol

But, the program isn't fairing as well as others led in similar situations by coaches that were up for the UT position. That makes for good comparison.

Big question is :Is UT recruiting the kind of talent that can win the MAC?
If not then why not? I've been around a few top programs as an insider and know that you can win with freshmen, especially in the MAC.I don't buy that it takes more than two years to make a program competitive in the MAC-that's BS.