You and @Indy Illini Fan have been on the opposite ends of seemingly everthing lol.
I mostly agree with you with a couple of caveats.
That's good. As long as we still have booster/donor support - ie continuing NIL resources - to try correct our roster mistakes for next year than I want Brad to have a shot at getting back on track next year.
I could maybe see a case where a coaching hire that really excites their donors could lead to a temporary surge in NIL that passes us. But I would find it very hard to believe that KState's long-term, year-to-year NIL potential is higher (or even particularly close) to ours.
Just a logistic question but what’s the difference between buyout and what is listed here?
I have a hard time believing a school is paying a $15 million buyout to the U of I to get Underwood. That’s a lot of money for a 61 year old coach who has made 1 Sweet 16 and doesn’t know Xs and Os and isn’t particularly well liked by his fanbases, players or coaches
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To be fair, I am stressing about the current season. All coaching speculation on my part (and it is exactly that: speculation) is to distract me from the dumpster fire that our team has become at the moment. I also recognize the possibility that they get healthy, break their slump, and start playing decent again (though I have stopped holding my breath).
Being proactive can also mean that he has feelers out now (and basically at any time) and has a pretty good pulse on what other coaches on his list would have interest in any given off-season. It doesn't have to mean that we are the first domino.
Do we have an Insider standoff happening here? Is Underwood's agent NOT actively looking at other opportunities for his client? And if he is, is any of it serious or just fodder to throw at Whitman ("See, my client is still a hot commodity!")?
Completely agree, and would only add that part of this is that I think we've identified seem glaring roster construction issues with the benefit of hindsight, and those aren't fixable until next year, obviously. But I'm optimistic that they can be fixed for next year. Oh and same goes for the assistant coaching situation - tough to fix that mid-year, but confident it can be fixed in the off-season.
Negative Hater Gritty sees the BU quitters in this thread and will make a note of this next time he's being yelled at in portal season for doubting "Ben Humrichous is an NBA player and will replace Marcus Domask's role"-type punditry.
1 - Agree. This has rubbed me the wrong way every time he's done it.
Expectations are always tricky, because you have to balance short-term and long-term. I also am somewhat careful on exactly how much to weight the NCAA tournament, because single-elimination events do sometimes produce unexpected results. I'd probably start with these. Others can tell me if I'm way off base or not.
I think the moral of the story here is that I should really get back to work.
again, do you think Brad is a top 10 coach? Do you have any concerns about the future direction of the program? Do you doubt Whitman's ability to hire an excellent coach? Is it acceptable for our program to get beat by 43?
