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(03-16-2021 10:31 AM)skyblade Wrote:  

(03-16-2021 10:20 AM)The Big O Wrote:  I'm one who thinks Brannen needs to be given more time, but if the players aren't giving him time, there isn't really much you can do. It's still very early, but we're at a tipping point where things could get really ugly really fast. I feel like you still need to give him a third season, though. Covid has really screwed things up. Who knows if Jarron Cumberland is in these guys ears or what is really motivating them to enter the portal. A little bit different situation, but I don't remember this being a problem at NKU.

If you give him a third year, how is he going to recruit? How many quality recruits are going to a program that seems to have major locker room issues and a coach is in his last year if he doesn't pull a massive turnaround?

Brannen has no shot if he's on the hot seat next year. You'd have to be willing to commit to him and guarantee him a year four and five as well, so he can try to rebuild from scratch.

But seeing as Brannen already had one chance to rebuild and completely blew it. Not to mention the second rebuild would be harder for him (he's not going to be a popular guy on the recruiting trail).

Get a new coach, give him 4/5 years and be prepared for a complete rebuild. Better get a good coach, because the next 4/5 years probably determine our basketball future.

I'm just not ready to pull the plug after what has gone on in the past couple years. Giving the next coach 4-5 years now means potentially 7 years without a tournament birth. I'd rather give Brannen one more year because at that point, 7 or 8 years without a tournament birth is really bad either way. Now if we see Davenport, Eason and others transfer in the next few days, then yeah, it's time to pull the plug.