(03-22-2020 04:29 AM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  Certainly we need to become winners again, but our program needs energy beyond winning. I want fire. I want the man to come out of his jacket with passion. Those who weren't around to witness Campanelli in action really don't know how JMU MBB was built.

From his book, "Lou spent nine years at JMU and never had a losing season. In 1985, he was hired to coach the University of California Golden Bears. He resurrected a sleepy program immediately, scoring the school’s first win over UCLA in 25 years and taking the Bears to the NIT. He not only challenged his players to succeed, but aimed his electric personality at the fans. More than once he turned around and yelled, “Cheer or go home…this isn’t an opera!” In 1990, Cal earned an NCAA bid for first time in three decades."

We need Coach B to have that delicate combination of commanding the most of people (fans, players, University), while making you want to invite him to dinner.

If he turned around and yelled that opera thing this past season, he would have seen a bunch of old folks air-playing the violin.