(03-18-2020 10:07 AM)Gary Miller Wrote:  

(03-18-2020 09:01 AM)dan10 Wrote:  I dont think Miller to Wake is that much of a long shot, to be honest. I do think they will throw darts at guys like Beilein, first, but realistically I think Miller is probably the guy at Wake. That is unless the virus makes them decide to go one more year with Manning. There is also no chance in hell he ends at JMU. A guy like Miller could end up at CofC but not JMU. CAA is worse than the SoCon right now so you would have to be serious to get his attention. Right now I saw on the JMU board that CofC pays the most at 650k for their coach. It would take closer to 1M to get Miller away from UNCG.

And yes the virus is strong in that group at JMU. Expectations and reality are only worlds apart. Their fanbase better be ready for a very swift letdown. Last spending numbers available was like 2.9M basketball budget for JMU, yet their fans think spending half of that on a coaching staff is realistic. If they did, they would really need coaches to be amazing since they would be hampered in recruiting budget.

It's pretty clear that JMU fans want a hire that will get their basketball program to a level where they can leave the CAA, so their football program can become bowl level. However, I've never gotten any indication from their administration that this is their goal. If they get Mike Jones, he would be a tremendous hire. It's pretty sad a lot of them consider him an underwhelming hire.

EZU has sucked at basketball forever and it hasn't hampered their moves in football conferences. Basketball isn't their path to a football conference either.