You can lead a horse to water but you canāt make homey post there.
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5177 posts. Really do think we will get closer to the truth in like 600 posts I feel it. 300 of them will be me gassing up Jerrod Calhoun who probably isnāt even on the shortlist but by golly we will get there eventually
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I think weāll easily do 1,000 in a few days once the season ends. Flight tracker szn should get the views up to #1.
Fun game and Liberty has shown some good offensive action but no interest in McKay as our next coach. Donāt get the same vibes I do watching VCU or Vandy. Also the UTEP team is legit; their coach is a fan favorite for the Oklahoma job if they go the mid Major route again
30% roster turnover is probably about average year to year. But if the players like UVA, like their coach and their teammates and believe they can be good next year, who leaves just for basketball reasons? Everybody but Power is getting good minutes and can have an important role. Gertrude returns but Taine graduates, so thereās a spot. Power could leave but so what. Lang is available but heās not displacing anyone until he proves it.
I donāt know what the individual players are thinking but if they finish strong, and if Ron is kept and all are happy, is it a stretch to think no major attrition? Even developmental room for Mallory. Maybe Mallory or Gertrude pulls a Jimmy Chitwood and says I play if Ron stays.
(Iām not a RIBāer yet but I do see enough to believe we continue to wait and see. Itās possible they have turned a corner like a few of the Bennett teams did.)
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There is not a player involved in this program right now good enough to affect the coaching decision.
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No there isnt and nor should there be. Bennett kicked Landesburg off the team. You do whatās right for the program.
Iād argue no player ever should really impact a coaching search, unless itās like a LeBron James or Kareem level talent. Weāre trying to hire somebody to build a program that lasts many years at a high level. You donāt alter that plan based on a few guys who will be here another two years or something.
Thatās why I donāt put much value in the āretentionā discussion re Ron. Making a decision based just on whether this group could do something decent next year is a terrible way to make a head coaching hire.
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100% agree, love Chance and hope heās a hoo but the 55th recruit in the country certainly shouldnāt do it lol
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McKay would be solid no idea on ceiling though and heās not the ānext best thingā. But he will make donors who want some sort of continuity happy while also changing things up offensively some. Not really a long term solution either. And tbh Ive seen what Byington Odom and Calhoun can do with instilling natural offensive confidence in their players/ I want that.
McKay would be a guy who is here for 5 years and makes 1 or 2 round of 32s I think.
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Wait a minute. Rick was two years ahead of me in school. Let me be clear, I havenāt been to a Sizzler in four decades and I donāt intend to break that streak ever!
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This would be an out of nowhere hire but he has UC San Diego at 22-4 now this season including a win @Utah St (Calhoun).
Currently 40th in Ken Pom.
He coached them from a D2 team consistently making the elite8 into their D1 era and has them back on track. Seems like all he knows though is UC San Diego and Alabama (where heās from). Thereās an Oregon fan who wants him as their next head coach when Altman retires
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Iām āanybody but Odom.ā Coached at VPI and gave them Lawal. He can kiss my ass.
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Essentially, my attitude remains the same as it was in November. Keep Coach Sanchez and remove the āinterimā from his title. The team is showing serious improvement, and morale seems to be high. Let Sanchez stay, hopefully, minimize premature attrition, and the team is poised to do some nice things next year. If this squad can stay intact, it is so young that there really arenāt any pressing recruiting needs. I hope continuity is maintained.
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It goes against human nature but youāre going to have to get used to uncertainty. There are no long term guarantees for any in the game. Fans of UF and USF woke up and found their coaches in the news. It can happen at any time to anyone.
Intriguing did he win any COYs?
Every RIBer is greatly overestimating his ability to do this. Maybe if we just moneywhip them with the savings from getting him cheap, but that seems like bad strategy, and I still donāt think it keeps Cofie or Blake. I think a best case retention scenario has him looking for at least 2 starters next year, probably more, at which point itās not really a retention play anymore.
Even then I just really donāt think the team is only one year of development away from being great. Tournament? Maybe, but second weekend team Iām not sure I see.
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And the whole āthe team is showing improvementsā. A lot of teams get better. Doesnāt mean we should handicap the ceiling of our future program
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Agreed, iām glad Sanchez has made adjustment later in the season. Our defense isnāt worth keeping him. If he was fielding āin the ballpark of a TB defenseā and still scoring 70+ a game iād be all about keeping Ron. But i donāt want mediocre, TB gave us a taste of being able to win a championship i want us to be in that conversation each year, thatās why we need a coach with that type of ceiling.
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