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Where is JTlll?
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(02-17-2020 09:57 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  Remember the other side of the coin - any prospective coach has to want to relocate to Harrisonburg, be willing to take on a project, etc. A coach with the resume like John Beilein (lol seriously?) is not remotely interested in coming to CAA James Madison U. It's got to be as much of a good fit for them as it is for us.

This means the coach has to immediately buy a house in hbg and become a member at First Presbyterian on court square. Kids have to attend spotswood high school and wife has to play bridge at spotswood country club with the Rocco money heirs.
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(02-17-2020 11:45 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 09:57 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  Remember the other side of the coin - any prospective coach has to want to relocate to Harrisonburg, be willing to take on a project, etc. A coach with the resume like John Beilein (lol seriously?) is not remotely interested in coming to CAA James Madison U. It's got to be as much of a good fit for them as it is for us.

This means the coach has to immediately buy a house in hbg and become a member at First Presbyterian on court square. Kids have to attend spotswood high school and wife has to play bridge at spotswood country club with the Rocco money heirs.

Give it a rest with the hyberbole.

Do I think it is a 'big deal' for a head coach at JMU want to be part of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County coummunity.....hell yes I do. If you don't want to live in the community where you coach I find it hard to believe you can engage the local community which is desperately needed. Heck you could even live in Augusta County and be in the greater area community.
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I never said anything about being a part of the community. Broad definition aside, I think you could argue either way if any of our basketball coaches have been "involved in the community" in the last two decades. While that would be awesome, I'm not even looking for that. Take Brady for example, a new york D1 coach (NJ native) who relocated to Crozet. Now take John Beilein for instance; a new york native who is an NBA coach in Ohio. Is he willing to relocate to the valley? Maybe. With his resume, is he about to take a CAA job? Let's all laugh together now
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(02-17-2020 12:56 PM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  I never said anything about being a part of the community. Broad definition aside, I think you could argue either way if any of our basketball coaches have been "involved in the community" in the last two decades. While that would be awesome, I'm not even looking for that. Take Brady for example, a new york D1 coach (NJ native) who relocated to Crozet. Now take John Beilein for instance; a new york native who is an NBA coach in Ohio. Is he willing to relocate to the valley? Maybe. With his resume, is he about to take a CAA job? Let's all laugh together now
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Yes Deez, I completely understood what you meant and where you were coming from......more so directed at the over the top Spotswood CC rant from Purple
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(02-17-2020 11:48 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:45 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 09:57 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  Remember the other side of the coin - any prospective coach has to want to relocate to Harrisonburg, be willing to take on a project, etc. A coach with the resume like John Beilein (lol seriously?) is not remotely interested in coming to CAA James Madison U. It's got to be as much of a good fit for them as it is for us.

This means the coach has to immediately buy a house in hbg and become a member at First Presbyterian on court square. Kids have to attend spotswood high school and wife has to play bridge at spotswood country club with the Rocco money heirs.

Give it a rest with the hyberbole.

Do I think it is a 'big deal' for a head coach at JMU want to be part of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County coummunity.....hell yes I do. If you don't want to live in the community where you coach I find it hard to believe you can engage the local community which is desperately needed. Heck you could even live in Augusta County and be in the greater area community.

I don't care if a successful coach's wife and kids never drop a shoe in rockingham county. I want ncaa appearances and p5 fights with an occasional p5 win.

Building the brand nationality matters, trite community engagement speak is bull****.

The community talk is fine and sounds good in the daily news record. Where has it gotten jmu basketball? We need to focus on national matters if we are a national university.
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(02-17-2020 04:53 PM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:48 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:45 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 09:57 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  Remember the other side of the coin - any prospective coach has to want to relocate to Harrisonburg, be willing to take on a project, etc. A coach with the resume like John Beilein (lol seriously?) is not remotely interested in coming to CAA James Madison U. It's got to be as much of a good fit for them as it is for us.

This means the coach has to immediately buy a house in hbg and become a member at First Presbyterian on court square. Kids have to attend spotswood high school and wife has to play bridge at spotswood country club with the Rocco money heirs.

Give it a rest with the hyberbole.

Do I think it is a 'big deal' for a head coach at JMU want to be part of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County coummunity.....hell yes I do. If you don't want to live in the community where you coach I find it hard to believe you can engage the local community which is desperately needed. Heck you could even live in Augusta County and be in the greater area community.

I don't care if a successful coach's wife and kids never drop a shoe in rockingham county. I want ncaa appearances and p5 fights with an occasional p5 win.

Building the brand nationality matters, trite community engagement speak is bull****.

The community talk is fine and sounds good in the daily news record. Where has it gotten jmu basketball? We need to focus on national matters if we are a national university.

I agree. It's a small minded expectation for a basketball program that has lacked vision for 25 years. We blew off the Atlantic 10 interest when Lefty was coach. Now JMU has been left behind by former CAA members - holding the bag and looking stupid. No other conference would want this now.
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Is Larry Hunter still available? I remember back in the day he had a fan club on here.
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I just hope this time they don't go cheap and will go all in for a really good coach.
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(02-17-2020 11:38 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  Where is JTlll?

JTIII is an interesting name to throw out. He has been out of college coaching for three years and was recently hired by the Wizards and Mystics ownership group to lead the department for player development. He is only 53 so he still has many coaching years remaining in his career. He is a coach who knows he has to accept a mid major position if he wants to get back into coaching. Also, if JMU wants to attract a big name coach to help boost lagging ticket sales for the AUBC then hiring a coach who lead a team to the final four is definitely marketable by the sports marketing dept.

If JB and CK are serious about performing a national coaching search then they need to reach out to JTIII’s agent. Due to JTIII lack of suitors we may have a shot at him if they tried to convince him how the job could restart his coaching career.
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JTIII's a Gonzaga man. Maybe he'll hire Pat Mitchell as an assistant.
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(02-17-2020 07:04 PM)hburg Wrote:  I just hope this time they don't go cheap and will go all in for a really good coach.

Let’s please hope so. I would even take a mediocre coach like a Cignetti at this point. 05-stirthepot
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(02-17-2020 04:53 PM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:48 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:45 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 09:57 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  Remember the other side of the coin - any prospective coach has to want to relocate to Harrisonburg, be willing to take on a project, etc. A coach with the resume like John Beilein (lol seriously?) is not remotely interested in coming to CAA James Madison U. It's got to be as much of a good fit for them as it is for us.

This means the coach has to immediately buy a house in hbg and become a member at First Presbyterian on court square. Kids have to attend spotswood high school and wife has to play bridge at spotswood country club with the Rocco money heirs.

Give it a rest with the hyberbole.

Do I think it is a 'big deal' for a head coach at JMU want to be part of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County coummunity.....hell yes I do. If you don't want to live in the community where you coach I find it hard to believe you can engage the local community which is desperately needed. Heck you could even live in Augusta County and be in the greater area community.

I don't care if a successful coach's wife and kids never drop a shoe in rockingham county. I want ncaa appearances and p5 fights with an occasional p5 win.

Building the brand nationality matters, trite community engagement speak is bull****.

The community talk is fine and sounds good in the daily news record. Where has it gotten jmu basketball? We need to focus on national matters if we are a national university.

Well good luck building your 'national brand' if you cannot first build a strong local & regional brand. Right now this bball program needs a complete reboot and to be rebuilt from the ground up. Not sure how you expect to go from the current state right to a national brand.

Good luck with that strategy.

While we are stating wishes and wants why stop there.......go big for the Final Four.

I think JMU needs to first concentrate on a winning record and competing in the upper half of the CAA before we get carried away.
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(02-17-2020 04:53 PM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:48 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:45 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 09:57 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  Remember the other side of the coin - any prospective coach has to want to relocate to Harrisonburg, be willing to take on a project, etc. A coach with the resume like John Beilein (lol seriously?) is not remotely interested in coming to CAA James Madison U. It's got to be as much of a good fit for them as it is for us.

This means the coach has to immediately buy a house in hbg and become a member at First Presbyterian on court square. Kids have to attend spotswood high school and wife has to play bridge at spotswood country club with the Rocco money heirs.

Give it a rest with the hyberbole.

Do I think it is a 'big deal' for a head coach at JMU want to be part of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County coummunity.....hell yes I do. If you don't want to live in the community where you coach I find it hard to believe you can engage the local community which is desperately needed. Heck you could even live in Augusta County and be in the greater area community.

I don't care if a successful coach's wife and kids never drop a shoe in rockingham county. I want ncaa appearances and p5 fights with an occasional p5 win.

Building the brand nationality matters, trite community engagement speak is bull****.

The community talk is fine and sounds good in the daily news record. Where has it gotten jmu basketball? We need to focus on national matters if we are a national university.

Ditto. The only thing I'm worried about with the community is getting JMU and the Harrisonburg area to give a damn about JMU basketball again. Win and that will happen. Brady didn't win enough to make up for just how much Sherm and Keener killed fan interest, but anyone who was in Richmond for the championship game against Northeastern or in Dayton for the tournament games saw flashes of what can happen if we win enough. Unfortunately after winning a very weak CAA and getting a 16 seed he followed it up with a 7th place team the next year and never winning another CAA tournament game his last three years.

Now obviously some name that can bring some immediate excitement along with the new arena would be a nice bonus, but I don't know if that guy is out there... All of those that have been mentioned here probably range from about a 1% long shot to completely impossible. Just firing Lou and paying what's needed for a good coach and getting a guy with a solid resume is gonna bring a little excitement for the bigger fans that can't wait to get back on board, a lot of the names that are exciting to us on here but not completely impossible probably aren't gonna mean a whole lot to the more casual fans anyway.
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(02-18-2020 08:47 AM)KickItToScotty Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 04:53 PM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:48 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:45 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 09:57 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  Remember the other side of the coin - any prospective coach has to want to relocate to Harrisonburg, be willing to take on a project, etc. A coach with the resume like John Beilein (lol seriously?) is not remotely interested in coming to CAA James Madison U. It's got to be as much of a good fit for them as it is for us.

This means the coach has to immediately buy a house in hbg and become a member at First Presbyterian on court square. Kids have to attend spotswood high school and wife has to play bridge at spotswood country club with the Rocco money heirs.

Give it a rest with the hyberbole.

Do I think it is a 'big deal' for a head coach at JMU want to be part of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County coummunity.....hell yes I do. If you don't want to live in the community where you coach I find it hard to believe you can engage the local community which is desperately needed. Heck you could even live in Augusta County and be in the greater area community.

I don't care if a successful coach's wife and kids never drop a shoe in rockingham county. I want ncaa appearances and p5 fights with an occasional p5 win.

Building the brand nationality matters, trite community engagement speak is bull****.

The community talk is fine and sounds good in the daily news record. Where has it gotten jmu basketball? We need to focus on national matters if we are a national university.

Ditto. The only thing I'm worried about with the community is getting JMU and the Harrisonburg area to give a damn about JMU basketball again. Win and that will happen. Brady didn't win enough to make up for just how much Sherm and Keener killed fan interest, but anyone who was in Richmond for the championship game against Northeastern or in Dayton for the tournament games saw flashes of what can happen if we win enough. Unfortunately after winning a very weak CAA and getting a 16 seed he followed it up with a 7th place team the next year and never winning another CAA tournament game his last three years.

Now obviously some name that can bring some immediate excitement along with the new arena would be a nice bonus, but I don't know if that guy is out there... All of those that have been mentioned here probably range from about a 1% long shot to completely impossible. Just firing Lou and paying what's needed for a good coach and getting a guy with a solid resume is gonna bring a little excitement for the bigger fans that can't wait to get back on board, a lot of the names that are exciting to us on here but not completely impossible probably aren't gonna mean a whole lot to the more casual fans anyway.

If we win, I have zero concerns about the support. In every other sport when the team succeeds the community comes out and backs them.
I have no doubt the same will happen for basketball. However, I think it's going to take some time. They've been so bad for so long a winning streak could easily look like a fluke to some. It's going to take consistent wins for the fan base and the community to start coming out for this team.
Having the new arena will be a massive opportunity for this team to prove people wrong quickly. However, if they can't get wins the fan base is going to be very reluctant to come back.
That is why this next hire is so incredibly important. They need to bring in a guy that can get this team better sooner rather than later. Time is not on the side of the new staff. Struggles are bound to happen, but the fan base is not going to be patient any longer. It will take time for the fan base to support this team. Win a lot of games and the fans will return. Even if they are against garbage teams they just need wins. The fan base hasn't experienced a winning streak over 3 Div I games in over 4 years.
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(02-18-2020 10:38 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  
(02-18-2020 08:47 AM)KickItToScotty Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 04:53 PM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:48 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:45 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  This means the coach has to immediately buy a house in hbg and become a member at First Presbyterian on court square. Kids have to attend spotswood high school and wife has to play bridge at spotswood country club with the Rocco money heirs.

Give it a rest with the hyberbole.

Do I think it is a 'big deal' for a head coach at JMU want to be part of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County coummunity.....hell yes I do. If you don't want to live in the community where you coach I find it hard to believe you can engage the local community which is desperately needed. Heck you could even live in Augusta County and be in the greater area community.

I don't care if a successful coach's wife and kids never drop a shoe in rockingham county. I want ncaa appearances and p5 fights with an occasional p5 win.

Building the brand nationality matters, trite community engagement speak is bull****.

The community talk is fine and sounds good in the daily news record. Where has it gotten jmu basketball? We need to focus on national matters if we are a national university.

Ditto. The only thing I'm worried about with the community is getting JMU and the Harrisonburg area to give a damn about JMU basketball again. Win and that will happen. Brady didn't win enough to make up for just how much Sherm and Keener killed fan interest, but anyone who was in Richmond for the championship game against Northeastern or in Dayton for the tournament games saw flashes of what can happen if we win enough. Unfortunately after winning a very weak CAA and getting a 16 seed he followed it up with a 7th place team the next year and never winning another CAA tournament game his last three years.

Now obviously some name that can bring some immediate excitement along with the new arena would be a nice bonus, but I don't know if that guy is out there... All of those that have been mentioned here probably range from about a 1% long shot to completely impossible. Just firing Lou and paying what's needed for a good coach and getting a guy with a solid resume is gonna bring a little excitement for the bigger fans that can't wait to get back on board, a lot of the names that are exciting to us on here but not completely impossible probably aren't gonna mean a whole lot to the more casual fans anyway.

If we win, I have zero concerns about the support. In every other sport when the team succeeds the community comes out and backs them.
I have no doubt the same will happen for basketball. However, I think it's going to take some time. They've been so bad for so long a winning streak could easily look like a fluke to some. It's going to take consistent wins for the fan base and the community to start coming out for this team.
Having the new arena will be a massive opportunity for this team to prove people wrong quickly. However, if they can't get wins the fan base is going to be very reluctant to come back.
That is why this next hire is so incredibly important. They need to bring in a guy that can get this team better sooner rather than later. Time is not on the side of the new staff. Struggles are bound to happen, but the fan base is not going to be patient any longer. It will take time for the fan base to support this team. Win a lot of games and the fans will return. Even if they are against garbage teams they just need wins. The fan base hasn't experienced a winning streak over 3 Div I games in over 4 years.

Agreed. And they need an experienced alpha male with a plan. Not just some guy who is going to recruit and coach, but someone who will get involved in scheduling, understands the kinds of athletes he wants on the team (instead of just taking every 6'4 guard that says "yes"). If he needs to usher some current players out the door and bring in transfers for the first season or two I'm fine with that too. As long as it points back to a master plan on how this program can finally get off life support.
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(02-18-2020 11:07 AM)JacksonHall Wrote:  
(02-18-2020 10:38 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  
(02-18-2020 08:47 AM)KickItToScotty Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 04:53 PM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:48 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  Give it a rest with the hyberbole.

Do I think it is a 'big deal' for a head coach at JMU want to be part of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County coummunity.....hell yes I do. If you don't want to live in the community where you coach I find it hard to believe you can engage the local community which is desperately needed. Heck you could even live in Augusta County and be in the greater area community.

I don't care if a successful coach's wife and kids never drop a shoe in rockingham county. I want ncaa appearances and p5 fights with an occasional p5 win.

Building the brand nationality matters, trite community engagement speak is bull****.

The community talk is fine and sounds good in the daily news record. Where has it gotten jmu basketball? We need to focus on national matters if we are a national university.

Ditto. The only thing I'm worried about with the community is getting JMU and the Harrisonburg area to give a damn about JMU basketball again. Win and that will happen. Brady didn't win enough to make up for just how much Sherm and Keener killed fan interest, but anyone who was in Richmond for the championship game against Northeastern or in Dayton for the tournament games saw flashes of what can happen if we win enough. Unfortunately after winning a very weak CAA and getting a 16 seed he followed it up with a 7th place team the next year and never winning another CAA tournament game his last three years.

Now obviously some name that can bring some immediate excitement along with the new arena would be a nice bonus, but I don't know if that guy is out there... All of those that have been mentioned here probably range from about a 1% long shot to completely impossible. Just firing Lou and paying what's needed for a good coach and getting a guy with a solid resume is gonna bring a little excitement for the bigger fans that can't wait to get back on board, a lot of the names that are exciting to us on here but not completely impossible probably aren't gonna mean a whole lot to the more casual fans anyway.

If we win, I have zero concerns about the support. In every other sport when the team succeeds the community comes out and backs them.
I have no doubt the same will happen for basketball. However, I think it's going to take some time. They've been so bad for so long a winning streak could easily look like a fluke to some. It's going to take consistent wins for the fan base and the community to start coming out for this team.
Having the new arena will be a massive opportunity for this team to prove people wrong quickly. However, if they can't get wins the fan base is going to be very reluctant to come back.
That is why this next hire is so incredibly important. They need to bring in a guy that can get this team better sooner rather than later. Time is not on the side of the new staff. Struggles are bound to happen, but the fan base is not going to be patient any longer. It will take time for the fan base to support this team. Win a lot of games and the fans will return. Even if they are against garbage teams they just need wins. The fan base hasn't experienced a winning streak over 3 Div I games in over 4 years.

Agreed. And they need an experienced alpha male with a plan. Not just some guy who is going to recruit and coach, but someone who will get involved in scheduling, understands the kinds of athletes he wants on the team (instead of just taking every 6'4 guard that says "yes"). If he needs to usher some current players out the door and bring in transfers for the first season or two I'm fine with that too. As long as it points back to a master plan on how this program can finally get off life support.

I truly believe that this is the absolute most important hire Jeff Bourne in the history of JMU athletics. They cannot afford to screw this one up. Not saying it has to be a big name, but it has to be the right hire.
You can look at hires that transformed programs but the pressure was fairly low.
Look at all the things on the horizon:
-New arena. Huge opportunity to excite the fan base and bring back support that has just not been there since the 90s. A losing season would be a massive opportunity wasted.
-Fan support. The fan base has never been this bad and this apathetic. Another bad hire would be hard to recover from
-Conference realignment. In a few years conferences are going to be renegotiating media contracts and I expect to see a lot of schools moving around. If we want to be in a good position to go not just somewhere but a GOOD somewhere we need MBB to be successful not not a liability. If the MBB program is not fixed we may be stuck in the CAA and who knows what it will look like at the next realignment.

It all comes down to this hire. Get it wrong and MBB may be doomed. Get it right and we can finally have a positive outlook for the future of MBB.
It all means nothing if they don't do step 1: Fire Rowe.
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lol JTIII coming to CAA James Madison
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RE: Targets for next Head MBB Coach
(02-18-2020 11:41 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  lol JTIII coming to CAA James Madison

Funniest name to be thrown out yet
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RE: Targets for next Head MBB Coach
(02-18-2020 10:38 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  
(02-18-2020 08:47 AM)KickItToScotty Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 04:53 PM)Purplehazed Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:48 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  
(02-17-2020 11:45 AM)Purplehazed Wrote:  This means the coach has to immediately buy a house in hbg and become a member at First Presbyterian on court square. Kids have to attend spotswood high school and wife has to play bridge at spotswood country club with the Rocco money heirs.

Give it a rest with the hyberbole.

Do I think it is a 'big deal' for a head coach at JMU want to be part of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County coummunity.....hell yes I do. If you don't want to live in the community where you coach I find it hard to believe you can engage the local community which is desperately needed. Heck you could even live in Augusta County and be in the greater area community.

I don't care if a successful coach's wife and kids never drop a shoe in rockingham county. I want ncaa appearances and p5 fights with an occasional p5 win.

Building the brand nationality matters, trite community engagement speak is bull****.

The community talk is fine and sounds good in the daily news record. Where has it gotten jmu basketball? We need to focus on national matters if we are a national university.

Ditto. The only thing I'm worried about with the community is getting JMU and the Harrisonburg area to give a damn about JMU basketball again. Win and that will happen. Brady didn't win enough to make up for just how much Sherm and Keener killed fan interest, but anyone who was in Richmond for the championship game against Northeastern or in Dayton for the tournament games saw flashes of what can happen if we win enough. Unfortunately after winning a very weak CAA and getting a 16 seed he followed it up with a 7th place team the next year and never winning another CAA tournament game his last three years.

Now obviously some name that can bring some immediate excitement along with the new arena would be a nice bonus, but I don't know if that guy is out there... All of those that have been mentioned here probably range from about a 1% long shot to completely impossible. Just firing Lou and paying what's needed for a good coach and getting a guy with a solid resume is gonna bring a little excitement for the bigger fans that can't wait to get back on board, a lot of the names that are exciting to us on here but not completely impossible probably aren't gonna mean a whole lot to the more casual fans anyway.

If we win, I have zero concerns about the support. In every other sport when the team succeeds the community comes out and backs them.
I have no doubt the same will happen for basketball. However, I think it's going to take some time. They've been so bad for so long a winning streak could easily look like a fluke to some. It's going to take consistent wins for the fan base and the community to start coming out for this team.
Having the new arena will be a massive opportunity for this team to prove people wrong quickly. However, if they can't get wins the fan base is going to be very reluctant to come back.
That is why this next hire is so incredibly important. They need to bring in a guy that can get this team better sooner rather than later. Time is not on the side of the new staff. Struggles are bound to happen, but the fan base is not going to be patient any longer. It will take time for the fan base to support this team. Win a lot of games and the fans will return. Even if they are against garbage teams they just need wins. The fan base hasn't experienced a winning streak over 3 Div I games in over 4 years.

100% agree. Just to be clear, when I said that's the only thing I'm worried about I didn't mean I'm concerned about it, I probably should've worded that a little differently. I meant that it's the only thing I care about as far as the community and that as long as we win that won't be an issue whether the coach lives in his office at AUBC and is very involved in the community or lives as far from it as realistically possible and does nothing for the community aside from giving us a winning basketball team to cheer for. I very, very seriously doubt anyone would've cared one bit about those things with Brady if he had won enough to sometimes be in the conversation for an at large bid and if he had been more successful in the CAA Tournament. It was only an issue because of the mediocrity on the court.
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