I can't tell what is and isn't sarcasm anymore. Do you think 2 wins this year would make us "on track?"
A little bit of both sarcasm and serious comment. I think I predicted two wins this year with the comment that was my prediction until we have data that shows otherwise. So nothing that we have seen so far changes that. It is in that sense relative to my prediction that they are right on track.
(If I predicted three wins, my apologies. It was awhile back.)
No, I do not think that two wins are "on track" to achieve anything other than justification for ending the program and stopping the financial bleeding. And quite frankly, with the ease of portal transfers, as soon as UConn develops people they seem to leave for greener pastures, Peart, RVD and TJ being notable exceptions so far. So, is there a pathway forward to success? While I do not advocate firing coaches before five seasons (re the NYT article), I now have my doubts that Edsall is capable of pulling this off. Different times, different environment. While I admire his values, he seems like a dinosaur in his strategic and tactical approaches.
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could go out and get a young dynamic guy from FCS or the MAC or D2/3 or somewhere for perhaps what little money they seem to have. But that means a whole new style of play requiring different player personnel with different skillsets and a completely different playbook. We would be looking at another three or four years of two win seasons. The program would be gone by then.
And do we really know that the buyout stands at zero? When contracts get extended, that is a T and C that usually gets modified.