I think Akinjo is the real deal, not tre young level but good enough with gilbert, vital, and company to lead us back to the tourney. Losing KO almost certainly means losing Akinjo and a lot more, the next coach would have no roster and it would likely be 2 years (if optimistic) just to get a real roster. I think that’s something that’s being over looked by the fire Ollie crowd. We won’t get better this year, next year, or the year after that by firing KO.
I think "likes" are the most underrated criteria when assessing a posters inherent talents. Just like in life the more people that like you the more money and success you have. This isn't rocket science/Einsteinesque stuff here. JMHO
I think "likes" are the most underrated criteria when assessing a posters inherent talents. Just like in life the more people that like you the more money and success you have. This isn't rocket science/Einsteinesque stuff here. JMHO
It’s doesnt take 4 yrs to rebuild
I'm in great shape then.
It takes 2 full seasons to rebuild usually in CBB, but why fire a coach and rebuild again when you’re already in year 2 of a rebuild. Firing Ollie this year makes 0 logistical sense, if we struggle next year I’ll be the first to call for Ollie to be gone. But dysfunctional programs and pro teams make the mistake of firing coaches too soon and being stuck in the eternal rebuild. Heck even the Browns are giving Hue Jackson one more year. Turnover at the coaching level is the number one thing that keeps programs irrelevant, we have to at least give KO the 2 years needed to rebuild.
To be sure, some people game the system by being unpleasant and wrong headed.
What team have you been watching this year? We stuggled against Stoney brook and Columbia and have had our doors blown off more times in program history. It really can’t get much worse...
Stop being dramatic this team is bad, but you know what would be worse is if we fired KO and lost half the roster to transfers. The new coach won’t be able to salvage a decent team recruiting in the 2018 class, because by that point most impact kids would be signed. If that happens count the 2019 season over before it starts, also the new coach would be behind on the 2019 recruiting front. Count out essentially every kid we’re in on we would have to start over with the whole class. Best case scenario if the coach can recruit we would have a team full of freshman and transfers for the 2020, just like this year. So the fire KO crowd is looking at the 2021 season before we have a team that can compete again. Does this sound like a better or worse scenario than we are currently in with KO if we allow him to try and turn it around next year with a team that has sophomores Carlton, Polley, and Whaley with shooters coming in Akinjo and Williams.
That depends on the level of coach. The right guy could maintain the incoming kids and keep the current guys in place. That would make it a 2 year process.
I envision hell as spending eternity trying to read the conference realignment tea leaves.
He’s been given that chance and then some.
Ohio State says hi.
So basically you’re saying they should fire the GM that left him this roster? Wait a minute...
I think you are missing the point. KO might be a marginally good coach which I'm not seeing any signs of it since 2014 when he had great assistant coaches around. Being a college coach is more than be a good X and O man which I believe Ollie is marginally at best. It also means he knows how to build a program and sustain it. KO has failed miserably at this and there is nothing on the horizon that will change that. KO might bleed blue and white but it is time he understands it is better to accept a buyout and have a potential program builder take his place. I mean one top 3 finish in 5 years in the AAC is totally unacceptable and only the most die hard KO fans are still behind him at this point.
It doesn't mean we can't find a good coach that can get us to the top of the AAC in few years. Nobody is thinking, I hope not, that we will ever get back to the consistent level of winning and competing for national championships. We just want to be able to compete in the AAC and have a chance to make the tourney every year even if we don't get past the second weekend that often. I think we can find a coach that could do that. KO surely isn't the right guy to lead us there.
Well then that is sad considering our current predicament in the college landscape. I'm definitely not one of them. I do believe we can find a better coach than KO though that can sustain us at the top of the AAC with a chance to go to the Tourney every year. I do believe the best we can hope for is being an Gonzaga type of team. Good chance to make the tourney and do some damage but a very long odds to win it all. I will take that.
