(02-02-2020 10:35 AM)82hawk Wrote:  

(02-02-2020 10:04 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(02-02-2020 08:41 AM)bricksnivy Wrote:  I find this level of debate exhausting. It's based on nothing but speculation as we can't possibly know the freedom or restrictions that Burke, Esleeck and Manual had under CB...in the coach's office or on the recruiting trail. All of these guys spoke well of C.B., and described how difficult it was to see him fired. C.B. failed as a head coach, but let's not paint him as some authoritarian prick that didn't let the assistants do their job. They entered year three with him, so they don't get a pass for the roster construction.

I think we all knew that Burke had to come out and impress to have a chance at this job. At 2-1, he had done just that, but this week was not good for his chances. The loss at Towson isn't bad; they're playing as well as anyone, but getting dominated by JMU hurts. However you feel about Burke, you have to see that this loss hurts his chances.

If moving over 18" is a huge difference, there's simply no way to say with confidence that Burke is THE guy after two weeks. We all like him (except for Mullet), and I think most are pulling for him, but if an experienced head coach wants the job (e.g. Mike Jones, Nathan Davis, Mark Byington), they have a huge advantage over Burke in my eyes.

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You can’t have your cake and eat it too 82. He gets credit for turning it around for 3 games then not get criticized when we lay two eggs. He had put himself in a good spot to be considered now it’s time to slow that roll.


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Criticism is fine if you can point to what the coach did wrong and what he could have done differently to produce a different result. To just say "we sucked" is useless. Do you think our struggles had anything to do with Phillips being out of the game against JMU and limited to 20 mins. due to injury against Towson or was it just coaching?

Sims had to return as a starter with Phillips out and played more against Towson due to the injury of Phillips. He played 34+ miunutes in both games. He was removed as a starter for a reason.

The results? Sims was 6-24 from the field and 1-15 from three in both games and had 6 of our 21 TO's against Towson.


Ok. Now tell me what coaching issues you saw in the last 2 games we lost vs. the first 3 games where we went 2-1? And do you think the loss of Phillips was irrelevant?

I know for a fact, if this loss was one that CB had as a coach, you still would have had the blame on him. Can't have it both ways. I'm not sure why you have such a boner for Burke after 3 good games. I want the guy to succeed too but what we are seeing is a clear reason you don't make snap judgement and give the keys to someone after a 3 game stretch