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(01-13-2020 11:09 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 10:55 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

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(01-13-2020 09:07 AM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(01-12-2020 10:08 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  Well we just generated the biggest turd of a performance Ive seen in about 3 years and still almost beat the #1 team in this 3rd world conference on the road. We are going to win more than 12 games.

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Most likely, you’re right. But if somehow they did fall apart like the football team did them that might be enough to move more quickly than anticipated. Hoping it’s an aberration of a year but if it turns out they’re not as happy with his overall performance as we assume, this would give them the out they needed. Not a good look to prospective coaches to fire someone after a 22 win season, no matter how weak those wins were.

Therein lies the problem. There is almost no chance we will have two season in a row where we don't win at least 22 games in this terrible conference, but there is also almost no chance that JJ takes this program any higher than he has thus far. Some think that is enough, I guess. But, I feel like if you have stagnated, and that stagnation doesn't include a lot of NCAAT appearances, it is time to look for the person that will take the next step forward. JJ will never be bad enough to fire over a 3 or 4 year period, but he also will never elevate the program beyond what we saw last year, which was not good enough to be the peak, imo. At some point we have to get past the 25 win seasons, and say this dude has been here for the better part of a decade and the program is not progressing past a lot of high win totals against pretty weak schedules and a very occasional NCAAT bid that results in an uncompetitive first round loss.

This isnt an unreasonable take. But, first they are going to have to figure out how to get some more money to lure a coach with the pedigree to get the program to another level.

Agreed. We are in a tough spot. Getting donor buy in to raise another round of funding for another new coach is probably not going to happen very soon. I am guessing we are looking at at least 2 more years after this season, by which time, JJ will probably be ready put another team in the tournament, and then start this whole perpetual cycle over again. Its so frustrating being in this situation.

A lot of the basketball donor pool is not the same as the football pool. I don't think you are necessarily asking people to do the same thing again. The guys that pay thousands for courtside seats and club level seats can't be much happier than the guys donating thousands for a prime tailgate spot.

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