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(03-12-2022 05:59 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(03-12-2022 03:33 PM)ODone Wrote:  Folks, we have not been basketball-first since that CUSA logo went on the court - and it’s been basketball 1-b since day one of football. I mean, you do not play in CUSA or Sun Belt if you’re basketball first. And if you’re football-first with a new coach and happy happy football fans; and leading your league in basketball attendance, you probably aren’t spending 700k to fire your basketball coach.

We have a legacy fan base in basketball. It’s dwindling and will continue to do so unless we make a change and make exciting, winning hoops a priority again. UAB, Memphis, WKU, Boise, SDSU etc seem to have the ability to be good in both. There’s no reason we can’t too. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.

To your point I think we could probably sustain another season with Jones and let his contract run out and retire on his own terms and it won't sink the program. We have a lot of solid legacy fans but if we let things continue as is for another 5-10 years then I think you might be right as there won't be a succession plan for the fans.