Hopefully a UVA coach first.
Weād have to have some confidence in the roster and recruiting by that point. If they win 22 games, the players seem to want to stay, and heās being well received by recruits, heās the guy.
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Thats not the path sadly
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This a fun list to put together, Iāll start:
Shaka Smart, Texas edition
Mike White at Florida
Kenny Payne (lol)
Kevin Stallings
Archie Miller
John Brannen
Juwan Howard (?)
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? Is also lol. Good one
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say it aint so
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I vote we call Jason Sudeikis and see if he could come in to coachā¦ but only in a specific persona. We could call JWilly āBeardā!
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RetiredOfItAll
Chris Mack at Louisville
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Anyone who thinks CTBās timing to retire is tied to lack of talent on this roster has not been paying attention for the past 15 years.
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What if we said influenced instead of tied? Have I still not been paying attention?
All the indicators are that Tony was fired up and excited about the rebuilt roster and chance they had to make another run at final four the next two years.
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All of them? I feel like āheās no longer our coachā is a decent piece of counter evidence that he was fired up and excited about it
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Did you listen to his press conference..I hate the incessant need to create alternate narratives to what Tony said in a very open and heartfelt press conference.
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Yes, to the first. Sorry on the second
āI wonder if Tony wouldāve stayed if he had a natty caliber rosterā doesnāt feel like an alternate narrative to me. Feels like a fair question.
Tbh, āI really hate the state of roster rules in the current game and I am burned out but I love the state of my roster despite my burnout and despite those rulesā feels like more of a stretch to me.
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HGN, from late July:
There was a lot for Bennett to be excited about with the talent on the roster. But when enough is enough (current landscape of college athletics), enough is enough.
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Bennett mentioned at the press conference and in the Matt Norlander interview that he just couldnāt give his full effort anymore. Bennett told us why heās done, and insinuating that a better roster wouldāve kept him around isnāt exactly fair to Bennett.
Below is long quote Bennett gave to Norlander. I donāt know why weāre trying to find hidden motives when the guy who shoots it straight told us what his thought process was.
āWhen you have that battle, if youāre not all in and locked ā¦ I didnāt want to have the regret of being 80% of what I could be. Because itās a fine line here,ā Bennett said. "We donāt have all the things the others have in terms of five-stars ā weāve got good players ā but itās a way that you have to build them. If Iām 70%, 80%, thatās not fair to the players. You know what? This staff, theyāre the ones that are thinking they can handle this model better than I can. And until it changes, no one will be able to handle it fully, but thatās what led to it at this time.
āYou do have to be all in, and I donāt know exactly what that looks like,ā he said. āThereās good things about this new stuff. I mentioned that [in my press conference], and I mean it. But thereās a lot thatās not healthy and not good, and itās spinning out of control. There has to be change.ā
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that was from julyā¦itās fair to ask whether once he saw them actually play together every day he was less enthusiastic. And the scrimmage didnāt really do anything to disprove the theory. So again, seems in bounds for discussion and have to say its crossed my mind. Add in HGN saying multiple times that Bennet wanted one more run at itā¦well one could conclude that he didnāt see this team getting there.
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I think Tony knew this team was going to be bad, and in order to set Ron up for success, heās making Ron coach them. (This is a joke)
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