I am not sure that Doug is not trolling. How many 20 point blowout losses are on tap for this year?
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Yeah, heād have basically been in the same āno-winā roster dilemma, but heād be working off of an immense amount of goodwill that heād built up over 4 years of his career, 16 years as an assistant, and several years as more of a PR face for our team for loyal hardcore fans than Tony has been recently.
It might ultimately be better for Jason in the long run, though, to have not been the interim?
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I do wish they would name Ron the coach, yes. For the team now and recruiting etc. I also dont see anyone real interesting to be our next coach (that I think would come)
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Not trolling. How many 20 point losses we have last year?
I dont see a difference. I was of course mad initially that it wasnt Jason. But I think Ron and staff are doing a decent job and have a chance to get things better
Nothin easy for sure
Dont forget before TB quit I said I had a bad feeling for this season
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Expanded to 15+ then it is 8.
WI
Mem
ND
NCS
WF
VT
Duke
CSU
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This is the best argument. Unless they can pull someone unlikely or someone off the radar weāre not thinking aboutā¦thereās no slam dunk candidates out there. Almost no matter who they choose, itāll be a risky hire.
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Not so sure about that. The guy from MO wins games but what do I know?
The best hope would have been Sanchez getting 15-5 in ACC and winning vs Memphis, giving him a super super UVA friendly 3 year contract and in the mean time the buyouts for Rhoades Byington Smith Devries etc. etc. all get lowered.
But that earlier Mark seems unlikely and I hate the cultural timidness of players that have me transitioning to the fresh start no matter who camp
There are no slam dunk candidates out there. But there are guys in the vast amount of real estate between āslam dunkā and ādidnāt win a postseason game including conference tourney, outside of the CBI, in 5 years coaching.ā I think we can find a guy whoās significantly past the midpointā¦
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Our postseason coverage is gonna be @UVApride7 giving his weekly updated top 5 coaching candidates for me to nitpick and crap all over haha
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Iām trying to think of a good example of a recent-ish power conference ānot great, not terribleā external hire, with bonus points for situations somewhat similar to ours. Like, Archie Miller probably looked like a good hire for Indiana at the time? Maybe Woodson is in that category now. Mike White at Florida? Mike White at Georgia? Hard to find comparable situations, obviously, so Iām stretching some.
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Mick Cronin, sorta?
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Seems like Johnny Dawkins. Introverted, thoughtful, sincere ā¦ good communicator but ultimately not an elite program coach.
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Itās all to the fates. Hires that we think would be grandslams could end up being the worst coaching hire ever.
Iowa State got so lucky that they were so bad that they couldnāt pull better candidates than TJ Otzelberger who was mid at UNLV and boom they have their golden ticket.
That being said, Porter Moser and Shaka Smart
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Yeah thought about him, though I think heās a straight-up success, right? Though Steve Alfordās 5-year resume stacks up surprisingly well with Croninās.
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Dennis Gates? I like him (although last year was roughā¦year 1 at Mizzou was good), but heās most likely taking over for Coach Ham at FSU assuming this is his last year.
Ah, thought you were asking more āat the time of hireā
Guy at MD who came from Seton Hall? Whoās so not bad but not good I canāt remember his name? (Kevin Willard)
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Devries buyout is already extremely reasonable. Porter Moser looks like heād coach here haha.
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