Home of the Wave Wrote:Observer Wrote:...there is not a single player of Louisville's squad that Tulane was able to recruit because of academic restrictions. Men's basketball, as under Perry Clark, no longer gets the advantage of recruiting borderline students. They are no longer granted the academic exceptions that Clark enjoyed.
A few points:
2. Why is there a restriction on basketball, but football gets exemptions? It doesn't make sense.
3. Furthermore, regardless of the players he has, Finney is not a good on-court coach.
4. Even if you believe Finney is a good coach, what does that mean to the future of Tulane basketball? Does it mean we'll always have a pitiful program because of academics?
5. I would be willing to bet that Clark had a better graduation rate than Finney. And that incuded academic exemptions, JUCOs, and NBA propects.
6. Something needs to change. Either we need a new coach or we need a new policy regarding academics. Actually we need both.
1. How do so many other high academic institutions have better basketball programs than we do? I don't believe they're doing it all with academic exemptions. Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Rice, Wake Forest, Princeton, Virginia, Georgetown, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, on and on.
I asked that very same question and was told that they established themselves at a higher level before they became more restrictive, whereas Tulane did not.
2. Why is there a restriction on basketball, but football gets exemptions? It doesn't make sense.
The same restrictions apply to both football and basketball, and to all men's sports (I'm not sure about ladies.) Baseball, for whatever reason, has a higher percentage of excellent prospects that happen to be better students. Football, although having a potential pool of Tulane qualified (percentage wise) smaller than baseball, has a larger opportunity than basketball. The pool of academically eligible, top notch basketball players is almost non-existant.
4. Even if you believe Finney is a good coach, what does that mean to the future of Tulane basketball? Does it mean we'll always have a pitiful program because of academics?
I don't know, but the prospects aren't very good.
5. I would be willing to bet that Clark had a better graduation rate than Finney. And that incuded academic exemptions, JUCOs, and NBA propects.
I wouldn't make that bet if I were you.
6. Something needs to change. Either we need a new coach or we need a new policy regarding academics. Actually we need both.
I would prefer that society force a change on the part of the Louisville's of the world.