No one has ever done what Cignetti did before and no one is ever going to do it again.
That's one hell of a sentence. I'm kind of ashamed that I understood it.
Will Wade Leaves NC State, Returns to LSU
After just one season with the program, Wolfpack coach Will Wade opted to return to his old job in the SEC.www.si.com
In the not really news, news department…
done …I completely understood it, and for that sentence alone, it was worth a like.
Yeah, the difference between Cignetti and Stevens is Cignetti truly built the most dominate team in college football last season, whereas Stevens built good, not great teams that had special NCAAT runs (they were #12 in KenPom and a 5 seed on their first run and #36 in KenPom with an 8 seed on their second run. They were also #15 in KenPom and a 5 seed the year before he took over).
At the risk of repeating, your last comment is a dramatic overstatement
Granted, Cignetti may have had the greater collegiate, success, but saying someone was the first of a type doesn't necessarily mean they are equals in terms of their overall accomplishments.
Lacking the GIF, I'll verbally invoke Ron Burgundy debating the origin of "San Diego" with Veronica Corningstone: "agree to disagree."
Is LSU even going to fire their current HC before hiring Wade?Massive deal for Wade … 7 year contract … That with easily achievable incentives will put him right at $5 million a year …
Resources over $15 million and nearly double the amount of $$ for staff …
NC State just couldn’t compete with that … And Wade wanted back with his buddies who will 100% let him do his thing and how he wants to get
With all due respect, I would imagine he has his sights on a situation much better than Eastern, which is a on the very low end of mid major. That would be career suicide.
I've reminded myself of this "new era of accuracy" multiple times over while filling out my brackets for the past few years, and I still manage to underestimate the chalkiness of the current paradigm.
I know LSU has a lot of money, but my goodness—between Lane and Wade, they’re looking at $45–65 million in NIL commitments, and that doesn’t even include Kim Mulkey, who you know is getting a significant amount as well. I’m honestly curious who their donors are that can supply that kind of cash, and how we could ever build something similar.Massive deal for Wade … 7 year contract … That with easily achievable incentives will put him right at $5 million a year …
Resources over $15 million and nearly double the amount of $$ for staff …
NC State just couldn’t compete with that … And Wade wanted back with his buddies who will 100% let him do his thing and how he wants to get
The "upset era" of CBB is almost exactly bounded by the advent of one-and-dones at the beginning and the advent of free transfers and NIL on the back end.
Well, I certainly hope I'm wrong since the ILLINI may meet Nebraska in the Elite 8 after we beat Houston tonight, but Fred Hoiberg at this point COULD still potentially win the National Championship at Nebraska, which given that they had never even won an NCAA basketball Tournament game in 8 previous appearances before this year would arguably place Fred in Cignetti's league when it comes to doing something no one has ever done before . . .
Yeah, there's zero chance Tyler would leave Illini for Eastern.
Insert strong a$$ offer joke here.Massive deal for Wade … 7 year contract … That with easily achievable incentives will put him right at $5 million a year …
Resources over $15 million and nearly double the amount of $$ for staff …
NC State just couldn’t compete with that … And Wade wanted back with his buddies who will 100% let him do his thing and how he wants to get
These are ALMOST as bad as..
That is a fair point, it's pretty difficult to recruit here in Charleston. I teach and Coach HS girls basketball here and it's a tough place to bring in recruits, let alone have any resemblance of basketball success. That's why we don't fire coaches at EIU, there's really not a lot of people vying for the position. Just wishful thinking on my part.
If Hoiberg won a national title at Nebraska that would be extraordinary, no question.
I had a friend on the staff not that long ago & all I'll say is...that's not a good job. Not too many Henry Domercant's out there going to Eastern these days.
Why we should have googled him
