(01-29-2020 12:45 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(01-28-2020 09:04 PM)Gary Miller Wrote:  Herb Sendek didn’t make th NCAA tournament until his 6th year at State. If they give Keatts the same amount of time, I think he’ll be fine. Especially with the class he has coming in next season.

When Sendek took over at State, they hadn’t had a winning season in 6 years. They had won no more than 6 ACC games in a season in that span. The year before he arrived, under Les Robinson, State went 3-13 in ACC play. Sendek got the program turned around and then turned State into a regular NCAA Tourney participant.

That’s a very different situation than the one Keatts walked into. Gottfried wasn’t a good coach but he led them to 4 straight 20+ win seasons from 2011-15, with 9+ ACC wins each season in that span.

Gottfried also left the program with an NCAA investigation that I guess is still going on... idk I really don’t keep up with it. Seems relevant though. Gottfried's last two seasons were awful too. While I don’t think Keatts has done a very good job there yet, he’s been ok. These things take time when you’re a middle of that road job in a big conference like the ACC. No way he’s on the hot seat until at least year 5 would be my guess. Whether their fans like that or not, it will be interesting to see.