Les Grossman
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Read carefully. The point is quite simple. We have lost our sense of community.
Beyond the coaches, our B ball players have few mentors on campus (academic support staff don’t count). They certainly have no connection to the general student body (some games attendance is about 30 total students not required to be there).
Thus, if the relationship with the coach/coaches disintegrates, they have no reason to stay. Disagree, sure, make a counter, sure, no worries. I mean have you not noticed the direction the school has gone under Hatch? Not good.
is this “take” any clearer?
No. It was clear the first time I just thought it might have been sarcasm because it was so dumb. Clearly, you’re being serious that the problem we’re having in keeping players is because we don’t have as many “good ole NC boys” on campus now.
Yep, I am sure if you polled all the top 100 basketball players in the country as to what would make them decide to stay in school v leaving early their answer would be if the school had a bunch of rednecks from NC.
Our student section is empty because we suck. Becoming a more national school and less of a southern regional school has nothing to do with our program sucking. Clearly, you don’t like it for your own personal reasons. But, to attribute that to the failure of our basketball team over the last 8 years is completely absurd.