We need a turnaround specialist who can get the program on solid ground. We are too far gone for an inexperienced coach.
we need a good coach. the rest will take care of itself.
We need a turnaround specialist who can get the program on solid ground. We are too far gone for an inexperienced coach.
Sure. Who is a good coach?
I take the UNCC coach, a product of Tony Bennett, in a heartbeat over Manning.....
I take the UNCC coach, a product of Tony Bennett, in a heartbeat over Manning.....
Utah State is historically a pretty good program no doubt. Murray State is too.
But, Utah State had never won more than 18 games since joining the Mountain West. In Smith's first year, they won 28. It took McMahon 4 years to get there, while coaching in an easier conference and taking over a program that had won 29 games the year before he was hired. At South Dakota, Smith took over a program that had been in D1 for 6 years, added 5 games to the win total in his first year, and took them to 22 and 26 his 3rd and 4th years.
Also, per your other post, McMahon's first conference regular season title came when the OVC was still split in divisions. 4 teams in the other division had more conference wins than Murray State.
Look.Look, kids, just admit it. Wake basketball is over. It's better to just ignore that it even exists. We had a good thing for a while and now we don't. Not the end of the world, and those of us around for the good times regret it. At this point it is not going to change.
I believe Currie already knows he's gonna fire Manning. The question is....why wait one more fucking day? Doesn't make any sense.
I suspect it would be impossible to raise the necessary funds for a new arena while the team completely fucking blows and we have a lame duck head coach.
We're going to need to solve the coach part of your equation first.
Unless you plan on building an intimate 100 seat arena.
While I disagree that we could not do it now, your thought is an interesting one. The justification for the disaster of 1989 was "we were broke...we had no money." Ok, then why didn't we wait and get it right? Why sentence us to 30 years of disaster? And even worse, why are we using our financial disaster of 30 years ago, and subsequent bad decision, to justify what we are doing from 2020-2050?
If now isn't the time, let's admit it (and why) and announce tentative plans for 2025. Quit throwing good money after bad with the disaster LJVM and open it up for a discussion about what is best for 2025 and then try and get there.