(03-25-2019 05:30 PM)asucrutch23 Wrote:  

(03-25-2019 05:22 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  Lutz and Mike Jones were added to the conversation.

Who?

I see what you did there.

+1

(03-27-2019 02:32 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(03-25-2019 05:30 PM)asucrutch23 Wrote:  

(03-25-2019 05:22 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  Lutz and Mike Jones were added to the conversation.

Who?

I see what you did there.

+1

Apparently a phone call has been made to or from 281-330-8004 that has removed his candidacy...

(03-27-2019 10:35 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(03-26-2019 11:12 AM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  Lutz is one of the best people and coaches around. He wants to be at app, and is willing to take 250k to do the job.

I make fun of app fans that come to the CUSA board but I came here to back my guy. Lutz would immediately be the best coach in the belt. I can't believe this is even a question.

There's one hire y'all could make that would make me even the least bit nervous as a Charlotte fan, and his name is Bobby Lutz.

Just like Brad Lambert, had he been hired instead of Drinkwitz, would've been the best coach in the Belt had App hired him, right?

Hell no. Lambert was a clown.

Seriously this is basketball and not football. They will find a way to screw this up. Appy has only had 8 winning seasons in the last 20 years and 13 in the last 30. They have also only been to the NCAAs twice 1978-79 under Bobby Cremins and 1999-00 under Buzz Peterson. And the NIT once in 2006-07 under Houston Fancher.

Before the 1972-73 season Appy was NAIA.

(03-28-2019 12:18 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  Seriously this is basketball and not football. They will find a way to screw this up. Appy has only had 8 winning seasons in the last 20

Because Charlie Cobb screwed up the program starting in 2009. 10 out of those 20 years have been under his garbage hires.


Thanks for your input.

(03-28-2019 12:18 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  Seriously this is basketball and not football. They will find a way to screw this up. Appy has only had 8 winning seasons in the last 20 years and 13 in the last 30. They have also only been to the NCAAs twice 1978-79 under Bobby Cremins and 1999-00 under Buzz Peterson. And the NIT once in 2006-07 under Houston Fancher.

Before the 1972-73 season Appy was NAIA.

Marshal has been to the NCAA 5 times since 1955, one of those being vacated. I'll do the math, that's 1 legitimate NCAA tournament appearance every 16 years. Before last year, they hadn't been in 30 years and that one 30 years ago was the one that was vacated. I just want to make sure you know how great your basketball program is since you came on here uninvited to inform us.

(03-28-2019 02:51 PM)APPrising Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 12:18 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  Seriously this is basketball and not football. They will find a way to screw this up. Appy has only had 8 winning seasons in the last 20 years and 13 in the last 30. They have also only been to the NCAAs twice 1978-79 under Bobby Cremins and 1999-00 under Buzz Peterson. And the NIT once in 2006-07 under Houston Fancher.

Before the 1972-73 season Appy was NAIA.

Marshal has been to the NCAA 5 times since 1955, one of those being vacated. I'll do the math, that's 1 legitimate NCAA tournament appearance every 16 years. Before last year, they hadn't been in 30 years and that one 30 years ago was the one that was vacated. I just want to make sure you know how great your basketball program is since you came on here uninvited to inform us.

Vacated. They got caught cheating. Marshall cheating. Sounds about right.

Welcome Coach Kerns.

(03-28-2019 03:32 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  [twiItter]https://twitter.com/AppStateMania/status/1111363465371889664[/twitter]

Is this someone App fans will be happy about?

(03-28-2019 03:40 PM)grumpdoggMav Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 03:32 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  [twiItter]https://twitter.com/AppStateMania/status/1111363465371889664[/twitter]

Is this someone App fans will be happy about?

Depends on what happens over the next several days with recruits and existing team members. I know one look at his brief resume doesn't make it look like a homerun hire. He did provide PC with their first winning season in over a decade and their first as a D1 school. He does come from the Mike Young tree at Wofford. He deserves a chance to prove himself if he can keep things in tact initially.

I think App fans will be happy to get a young guy that is "local" that has very good experience (under Wofford's Mike Young and at Santa Clara under Coach Keating). It isn't the SPLASH hire that Lutz would have been to counter act Troy's Cross hire. But it's probably the hire we needed.

You picked this guy over Bobby Lutz?


You guys understand you have to be somewhat respectable in hoops or you’re never getting out of the belt, correct?

(03-28-2019 04:04 PM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  You picked this guy over Bobby Lutz?


You guys understand you have to be somewhat respectable in hoops or you’re never getting out of the belt, correct?

UNC-C's last winning season was 2013-2014. Slow down.

Went from 11 wins to 20 in two years at PC. Not too shabby.

(03-28-2019 04:16 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:04 PM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  You picked this guy over Bobby Lutz?


You guys understand you have to be somewhat respectable in hoops or you’re never getting out of the belt, correct?

UNC-C's last winning season was 2013-2014. Slow down.

Yea,and you had a chance to hire the winnigest coach in the history of our program who was openly pandering for your job. Admittedly, firing Bobby has turned our once proud program into a total dumpster fire for a decade. He probably never would have left app, as he’s from Catawba county.

And you passed on that guy.

Enjoy your next coaching search in 4/5 years.

(03-28-2019 04:04 PM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  You picked this guy over Bobby Lutz?


You guys understand you have to be somewhat respectable in hoops or you’re never getting out of the belt, correct?

To be fair I don't think basketball was much of a factor to get us in the Belt in the first place. Doubt it would matter as long as football pulls its weight.

(03-28-2019 04:33 PM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:16 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:04 PM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  You picked this guy over Bobby Lutz?


You guys understand you have to be somewhat respectable in hoops or you’re never getting out of the belt, correct?

UNC-C's last winning season was 2013-2014. Slow down.

Yea,and you had a chance to hire the winnigest coach in the history of our program who was openly pandering for your job. Admittedly, firing Bobby has turned our once proud program into a total dumpster fire for a decade. He probably never would have left app, as he’s from Catawba county.

And you passed on that guy.

Enjoy your next coaching search in 4/5 years.

Yeah, this is a head scratcher. At least we didn't fire him.

(03-28-2019 04:56 PM)southcharlotteapp Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:33 PM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:16 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:04 PM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  You picked this guy over Bobby Lutz?


You guys understand you have to be somewhat respectable in hoops or you’re never getting out of the belt, correct?

UNC-C's last winning season was 2013-2014. Slow down.

Yea,and you had a chance to hire the winnigest coach in the history of our program who was openly pandering for your job. Admittedly, firing Bobby has turned our once proud program into a total dumpster fire for a decade. He probably never would have left app, as he’s from Catawba county.

And you passed on that guy.

Enjoy your next coaching search in 4/5 years.

Yeah, this is a head scratcher. At least we didn't fire him.

It's not really a head scratcher. When someone takes a putrid program and turns it around it gets AD attention. It's the same reason UNCC hired Healy for FB. Kerns worked for 7 years with Young, had some of Wofford's best recruits and took a school that had never had a D1 winning season to 20 wins in two years. In fact, this is a better hire than Healy is for UNCC.


Better than Lutz? Don't know, but it isn't a bad hire at all.

(03-28-2019 05:02 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:56 PM)southcharlotteapp Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:33 PM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:16 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 04:04 PM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  You picked this guy over Bobby Lutz?


You guys understand you have to be somewhat respectable in hoops or you’re never getting out of the belt, correct?

UNC-C's last winning season was 2013-2014. Slow down.

Yea,and you had a chance to hire the winnigest coach in the history of our program who was openly pandering for your job. Admittedly, firing Bobby has turned our once proud program into a total dumpster fire for a decade. He probably never would have left app, as he’s from Catawba county.

And you passed on that guy.

Enjoy your next coaching search in 4/5 years.

Yeah, this is a head scratcher. At least we didn't fire him.

It's not really a head scratcher. When someone takes a putrid program and turns it around it gets AD attention. It's the same reason UNCC hired Healy for FB. Kerns worked for 7 years with Young, had some of Wofford's best recruits and took a school that had never had a D1 winning season to 20 wins in two years. In fact, this is a better hire than Healy is for UNCC.


Better than Lutz? Don't know, but it isn't a bad hire at all.

Not saying it's a bad hire. However, picking an unproven HC over a proven one has me scratching my head. It's a gamble. Hope it pays off.