Except for the fact BU is the 14th highest paid coach, not in the top 10. BU only makes $50k more than Hoiberg at Nebraska.
I can agree with this. Like I said, I have my own issues with Brad. But meeting an absurdly high expectation isn’t one of them.
What is the story here again?
Good post, at the end of the day we are all on the same team!
I will agree last year team was very good but I also think the team 2 years ago was
. I also think that this year team is . Throw in all the staff construction problems and lack of correcting issues with the team. I think a coach that is getting paid as a top 10 coach should have been better prepared by putting together a staff that can cover up his weaknesses so there are several glaring problems going on. Some that I feel are inexcusable so BU is definitely trending in the wrong direction over last 3 years imoIt doesn't seem that this is true, though. My understanding is that he spent $200,000 on Carey Booth and at least twice that on Ben Humrichous. This money could have brought in much higher level assistants than Hamer and TU. People on this board were pointing out how messed up Booth's shooting form was as soon as the signing was announced and Ben's stats at Evansville last year have been discussed ad nauseum. We need much better player evaluation than last summer, and that starts with having better assistants.
Gonzaga and Mark Few would like to disagree.
If we lose in the 1st round, things may get interesting….
I guarantee that if we would have kept an X’s and O’s AC as a primary importance after our last one left, we would have at least a couple more deep runs. A basketball game is fluid. If you make a wrong adjustment or no adjustment when the change initiates it, you will lose 75% of the time. Only superstars like Ayo, TJ, etc. allow you to overcome your in game adjustment deficiencies. If we’re willing to pay O for his recruiting and big man expertise, isn’t it just as important to have in game coaching of those same talented kids that O (and Geoff) brought into your team?
The point is that they were both in the same spot. Will Wade inherited a bad program and turned it around quicker. Brads first two years were terrible.
How do you achieve an aspiration if you don't set expectations accordingly?
By having realistic expectations.
Gonzaga would be the closest
Since Wade was fired, in the last four seasons, LSU has a total of 17 SEC wins. Considering 9 of them came two seasons ago, you have three seasons with 3 or fewer SEC wins. You add in the limited resources provided there, then Indy's assessment is very accurate to the current environment.
Also, the two are not tied together at all. They can be, but they do not have to be.
Wade also had his best season/only S16 at LSU in year 2. Year 3 was Covid (worse record though). Year 4 he made 2nd Round. Year 5 bounced in 1st round. That's worse trajectory than BU any way you slice it.
