Big East: Butler coach leaving
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Another loooooong offseason
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Wow!!! He seemed like a really good coach and person.
Wonder if it is related to the number of players (6) entering the portal? (Rhetorical question.)
Wonder if it is related to the number of players (6) entering the portal? (Rhetorical question.)
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The team was 54-73 during his tenure. I do feel for him because I don’t think he got the same financial support as other programs
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Yet another example of a coach having success at a particular school and then moving on to what should've been a better situation. I, too, thought he was a good coach. One year he lost his two leading scorers from the previous year. I sincerely hope he lands on his feet somewhere.
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Agree that the W's and L's did not tell the full story regarding his skills. Guessing he may take an assistant job for a bigger school and rebuild his resume. Difficult to attract top players in today's NIL world unless the administration is fully committed to the sport.
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"Difficult to attract top players in today's NIL world unless the administration is fully committed to the sport".
As the Boneyard has said many times over the years and Nan probably saying if not thinking "Enough, already" that sentence captures the women's basketball status at the majority of Big East schools.
As the Boneyard has said many times over the years and Nan probably saying if not thinking "Enough, already" that sentence captures the women's basketball status at the majority of Big East schools.
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For a mid-major program, negotiating the transfer portal and NIL is unfortunately more important than actually coaching the game. It is great that you can teach the players, that you can make split second decisions that puts your team in an advantageous state; but it is not going to be positive for the program if you do not have the talent to begin with. And, if what talent you may then develop, ups and leaves at the conclusion of every season?
Who believes that the following teams will not be in the Top 10 next season (and the season after, and the season after) ... UConn, Texas, UCLA, So Carolina, LSU, Notre Dame, Duke and USC? Wonder why that might be? Now, who would believe that Marquette, or St Johns, or Providence will be in the Top 100? Wonder why that might be?
Could it be, um, maybe ... $
It is a very sad state of affairs in modern times. How can you put the genie back in the bottle?
Who believes that the following teams will not be in the Top 10 next season (and the season after, and the season after) ... UConn, Texas, UCLA, So Carolina, LSU, Notre Dame, Duke and USC? Wonder why that might be? Now, who would believe that Marquette, or St Johns, or Providence will be in the Top 100? Wonder why that might be?
Could it be, um, maybe ... $
It is a very sad state of affairs in modern times. How can you put the genie back in the bottle?
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So, we never know what occurs behind the scenes but I did get some insight at the BET this year as I sat next to the families of the Butler team on Friday. The team has been beset with injuries and target recruits not necessarily living up to their expectations. The has also been some "friction" within the program with Austin and the players as he has many enter the portal. Smaller programs can't afford to spend money recruiting players which is estimated at $15-30K per recruit when you consider the time to search, go to the region, see games, set trips for visits and travel. To only get 1 year or 2 years from a player and then to have to start from scratch, does impact the budget. I don't think he had the success they expected and they consider themselves a basketball school. Not all that surprising to me. I am aware that Austin was getting ~$400K+ per year and I know Butler feels they should attract quality coaching candidates. They had previously reached out to Tammi Reiss a few years ago but she declined. Where they turn to now will be curious.