The argument for Ron is continuity of the Tony Bennett era.
Can you imagine a Tony team ranking 115 in defensive efficiency and being out-rebounded by 1 player in a half of a basketball game?
There is no continuity under Ron. This isnāt the talent. This is the coaching. At least compared to the ācontinuityā argument.
I will never underestimate the University of Virginiaās ability and willingness to shoot its athletic department in the foot in pursuit of doing the perceived ārightā thing.
Odom would have us in the tournament next year. Ron would have us maybe only lose by 18 to Duke at home instead of 25
Hire Odom. Get some fundraising excitement to give him an extra few hundred K for transfer recruiting (plus TJ Powerās salary) and we are a 5-7 seed next year
You give Odom or Calhoun this exact same roster and its a different product.
I would agree with that but it doesnāt make what I said about them being the most and second most likely outcomes false
A lot of DeVries to Iowa smoke today. That would mean Calhoun to West Virginia.
Someone got told by a Florida State donor that they inquired about Richard Pitino and his camp told FSU to look elsewhere/not interested. He is interested in our job along with Nova and Miami (as @USSoccer13 also shared)
I canāt believe we are paying multiple Aldrichās worth of salary to TJ Power Jesus Christ
Just anybody but Ron man. Literally anybody. Iād rather have a cat as head coach than Ron.
Lol I am catching up on this in real time. I love Tony as much as the next guy but the Tony Bennett model is dead. Itās a system built for a bygone era of CBB that is never coming back. Trying to maintain continuity with a dead system led by an extremely poor manās version of Tony will be a disaster.
The Fran step down and Devries take over path just makes too much sense for all involved. Time for a new profile pic?
Also wonder what it would mean for McCollum long term.
I wanna see a heartwarming moment where both teams cheer on TJ Power as they let him score an uncontested layup to end the game.
Slow paced basketball excellent at something or some things (defense, rebounding, getting open shots) isnāt dead. Tony screwed up roster management the last few years. But there are plenty of schools that have shown getting old and staying old still works (eg Marquette, Purdue, mostly even UConn).
What we have seen this year isnāt Bennett ball. All but one of his teams were top 50 in defense. His worst team (his first year) was top 75 in defense. This abomination (115 in defense and among the worst rebounding teams in the country) IS NOT Bennett ball.
I hope we can find a good defensive coach who can build some roster continuity as our next coach.
Tony Bennett literally quit the game. Literally. Like not that long ago. What more evidence do you need to understand āBennett ballā is dead?
Should have clarified I was referring to his roster construction and development, not on-court strategy.
The teams that stay old these days are doing it by replacing graduates with upperclassmen transfers. You canāt plan your roster out years in advance anymore. If a Diakite comes along these days, heās not agreeing to redshirt year 1 and play sparingly for another 2 years before getting a meaningful role as a fully developed player in years 4 and 5. Redshirting a talent like Deandre Hunter would be a complete non-starter. He either plays a lot in year 1 or heās likely gone.
This is like trying to recasting Ironman with Robert Downey Jr.'s understudy right after you killed off RDJ.
If itās not THE guy, itās not the same no matter how much he learned.
Prophetic!
Vegas ever gonna catch up to Ron? Total was 131.5 today.
Tonightās result was disappointing.
Well we got five games left in the regular season and then the ACCT, presuming that weāre a near lock to make it in.
Again trying to look at this as objectively as possible, because I know Iāve generally been in the anti-keeping Ron camp up to this point, I think in order for him to even get consideration for being retained from our administration heād have to finish the regular season no worse than 4-1 and then win at least one game in the ACCT. Unless thereās an undercurrent of important donors who are adamant about giving him more of a fair shot than heās been given I just donāt see how his resume will be enough for the people making the coaching hire to justify that decision without facing significant backlash from the fanbase.
Maybe Iām wrong on my view of the situation but Iād be surprised if heās done enough up to this point in the eyes of people who will be making the decision.
Honestly, I doubt the administration is giving Ron much thought at all. Itās fun (sometimes) to fight about the RIB possibility among fans, but he doesnāt really have a case.