I want TB to stay as long as he wants, but if he did leave, I like the Florida Atlantic coach.
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Itâs going to be Sanchez with most of the current assistants, except J Willy, who will look for opportunities elsewhere.
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The FAU coach is getting a job somewhere before next season. Most likely Ohio State, Michigan or Indiana. Even if our job was open, itâd be at best his 4th choice.
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There are a lot of good coaches out there and Tony has built our program so that we should be desirable to a lot of them. I just hope we donât settle for a hire from within. I think that would be a mistake.
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Isnt it like a given Wilford will get the job with Tony retires?
Talking of who will replace a head coach even a year from now much less several years is pointless. The batch of hot up and coming coaches will be totally different.
As for assistantsâŚall depends if when TB moves on if he goes out on a high note. Williford would be more likely considered than Sanchez, imo. McKay probably before either. But again, pointless exerciseâŚis Williford still at UVA? Did he have success as a head coach elsewhere already?
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I would love an offensive specialist to come in next year on staff. Our offense has been butt 4 of the last 5 seasons.
Itâs what a renowned college football program would do.
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I think that all makes sense, but a consistent pattern for U.Va. coaching hires is that, first and foremost, find someone who wonât embarass the University off the court/field. That seems far more important than winning. Even Leitao, despite his foul mouth, behaved himself while he was here.
Williford, Sanchez, and McKay are all good people, and would easily meet that standard. My only hope is that, whoever is hired takes a long look at what needs to change to bring back some of toughness we saw in Tonyâs first 10 years.
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My guess is whoever it is will fail because itâs tough to be the guy after the guy
Go back to the same well and hire Kyle Smith and make WSU fans really mad and sad again.
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Yeah a lot is gonna change in a short amount of time. McKay would be a wonderful option right now but assuming that Bennett does go for at least 3-4 more years that would put Ritchie at 62 when we hire him. Not really a long term option. Also would imagine a wish list guy like Otz would either have made it clear by that point heâs staying at Iowa State for a while or will have already moved to a higher profile job.
Who knows whatâs in store for us and Tony in the future. What I do know is that while I understand things look particularly bleak tonight, Iâm gonna make sure I appreciate the TB era while itâs still happening. No guarantees that things stay afloat after heâs gone.
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This! Would be great to see some acknowledgement from CTB that he needs some new looks/schemes/strategies on offense. Would also help with recruiting to say that we are looking to tweak our offense. The easiest pitch in college basketball recruiting warfare has to be âWatch UVAâs offense. You want to be a part of that?â
Heâs a great coach but the inability or refusal to change/tweak things offensively is a glaring weakness.
And can we please practice/implement some kind of press for when we get down? Trying to create turnovers when youâre down AND throwing a curve-ball at a team to give them something to think about is a basic principle.
I donât think we pressed one time but canât say that for sure as I started watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer re-runs on the CW the last 10 mins of the game.
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Seriously what is a âbusiness yearââŚ
In this case the same thing as an âacademic yearâ.
Well, the only way you develop and grow in coaching - really anything - is to imitate, assimilate, and innovate. Maybe Tony will slowly reconfigure his thinking regarding schematics and NIL in the offseason. I have no faith that anyone on this staff will attempt to engineer that from within.
But hey, as they say, itâs better to burn out than fade away, and if our future is a âgood but never greatâ ACC program comprised of undertalented personnel meddling around 18-19 wins per season, maybe an NCAA berth every 2-3 years, and low margin between floor/ceilingâŚas opposed to maybe lower lows every now and then but much higher highs year to year, the latter is temptingâŚ
I do think our marketability to high-profile recruits has taken a hit recently over the years with our results. What sort of kid watches a game like that last night and gets excited about playing in this system? Win or lose, it used to be a thing early in Tonyâs career, but now itâs in nuclear mode as far as garbage offense. This is systematic and itâs bad.Itâs happening pretty consistently now.
Iâm certainly hoping Tony turns it around and is here for a long long time, but I think the program is at an inflection point. And rehiring Sanchez, to me, should raise alarm bells for everyone. Tony wonât change, in fact heâs signaled that heâs digging in. Crazy saying that with 20 wins
But why say it like that? A business day is M-F. 21 business days is a month.
Thereâs always a meaning to the words he uses â or heâs just clueless about the meaning of that particular word.
Guys pretty sure he was just trying to be funny 
business years wasnât some coded message
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haha that was my read too. Just being cutesy
I took it as he wasnât counting the rest of this season in his imaginary countdownâso 2 or 3 years starting with next fall. But just my take.
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