(06-14-2018 12:19 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  JK could have hired a "coach in waiting" last Summer to fill the Assistant Coach opening, while announcing that this would be Wayne's final season. No, Wayne wouldn't have liked it, but I'm pretty sure he would have accepted that scenario vs. simply retiring with a year left in his contract (or being fired). That would have been the logical and seamless transition, and it could have been Berkman back then, as it would have given him a year at the D-1 level under his belt. You may recall I actually proposed such a plan when Van Hook announced his departure.

Really? Hire Berkman as coach-in-waiting, a guy that Graham does not get along with and publicly said is out to steal his job. Force them to pretend to work together for a year. Sounds like a great way to honor a living legend.

If JK had done that, then I imagine that we all would have blamed him for the poor performance of the team this year. What do you expect when you force such a toxic coaching dynamic.