(03-15-2019 08:43 AM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  

(03-14-2019 07:37 PM)TribePride91 Wrote:  A ton of money has been raised in the last few years. Our leadership is relatively new and may have underestimated the alumni response. As my earlier eulogy indicates, I don't like the choice. But, all of us have begged for a commitment to the program. It appears we have it. Absent a Jimmy Chitwood moment, we can only look forward. Our giving dwarfs JMU who is much larger.
The best case scenario for 2020 is the Tribe stays together, wins, and immediately thanks Coach Shaver during the celebration. Anything less, including poachers and defections would be a disaster.
Coach certainly could have used the additional resources. Also, perhaps more of the goodwill he has gotten in the last 36 hours.

Any player there now that is worthy of a look by a P5 school is now being recruited and to think otherwise is just not how it works these days. It might not be a mass exodus but if you lose the best current player and the top recruit it pretty much means you are screwed. UNCA is a mid that recruited players under the radar only to have then recruited by P5's while still on the team with the same coach. This looks like a terrible move and could mean years of losing.

Correct. The administration made their bed and now have to lie in it. They must attract a coach that knows he has to out perform Tony Shaver and get to the tournament all while most likely having his roster wiped clean of its top talent and likely losing most of the recruits. The coach is at a major disadvantage and it will take a candidate with an extremely close connection to the adminstration or a high risk candidate to take on the job.

We saw after the Brownell ordeal how hard it was to hire a coach. We ended up with Benny Moss man. What a train wreck. C.B. isn't Benny but he had his hands tied and is still fighting his way out of the mess we left him by not hiring someone on Kevin's staff. Not trying to beat a dead horse but this has the potential to be a very Brownell like decision for W&M. I hope it doesn't turn out that way. Sounds like the AD has an ego. AD's with egos usually don't bode well for a program.