(03-11-2023 10:12 AM)Cubanbull1 Wrote:  

(03-11-2023 09:56 AM)st932253 Wrote:  is your AD on the hotseat?

Those across the board extensions last year for no logical reason seem like an even more disastrous decision now that you've fired 2.

People weren’t happy with those. I think it all depends on how Golesh and the new Basketball coach work out.

He has led in building the IPF and OCS so those are pluses.

I do think that our new President is more involved in making athletics successful than those in fact, so he will need these two new hires to work out.

As for USF being a basketball destination that another poster brought up, first off very few schools can say they are destinations and success at USF in basketball would mean being competitive, middle of the pack on most year and annNCAA trip once every 4-5 years. USF does have the facilities and salaries to be able to achieve that.

In any case , it is an exciting time at USF with all the new facilities and moving on from losing coaches. The old USF would have let Gregory go on just for finishing 8th and almost .500.

I mean a sold-out Yuengling Center and living in Tampa should be appealing for any coach with ambition

(03-11-2023 10:18 AM)STL_Wave Wrote:  

(03-11-2023 10:12 AM)Cubanbull1 Wrote:  

(03-11-2023 09:56 AM)st932253 Wrote:  is your AD on the hotseat?

Those across the board extensions last year for no logical reason seem like an even more disastrous decision now that you've fired 2.

People weren’t happy with those. I think it all depends on how Golesh and the new Basketball coach work out.

He has led in building the IPF and OCS so those are pluses.

I do think that our new President is more involved in making athletics successful than those in fact, so he will need these two new hires to work out.

As for USF being a basketball destination that another poster brought up, first off very few schools can say they are destinations and success at USF in basketball would mean being competitive, middle of the pack on most year and annNCAA trip once every 4-5 years. USF does have the facilities and salaries to be able to achieve that.

In any case , it is an exciting time at USF with all the new facilities and moving on from losing coaches. The old USF would have let Gregory go on just for finishing 8th and almost .500.

I mean a sold-out Yuengling Center and living in Tampa should be appealing for any coach with ambition

If a coach wins and plays exciting game style, fans will show up. Sell outs will be difficult unless we are winning and play some named schools. But we have done it in past, including when we were in Sun Belt.

(03-11-2023 09:28 AM)vabearcat Wrote:  USF is not a destination for basketball. No history of success nor fan support. And Anthony Grant is not that great of a coach. He caught lightning in a bottle during the pandemic year with Obi Toppin but other than that he’s been nothing special. If USF wants to throw money at him, it won’t get much of a return on its investment. Besides, as noted above, Dayton is a MUCH better job than is USF.

Dayton is a solid job/program....as they once again had complete sellouts for all of their home games this year (average attendance: 13,407).

Those fans up there LOVE their Flyers.