I will preface this by saying that I'm not trying to be argumentative when I ask this.
Do you have any real insight into how the school is run and its fiscal condition? What their priorities are and where the pain points are? Based on what I know or believe I know (and Herbst has told me directly that she cares about the direction of the program, the conference affiliation, etc), they will spend the 3 dollars. You may disagree on the timing, but I believe they will invest in the program until I see FACTS that prove otherwise.
i hope they spend the 3 dollars, i really do. but they have made 1 move so far that tells otherwise and it has nothing to do with the fball program.
here was the right move for the bball program
-you name DB coach this year. long time asst here and much respected. has he been getting old? sure and hes lost is touch some on the court. fine all valid. but this year is a throw away year. you can not put that year on KO's resume and in any way judeg him good or bad off that. its a crap shoot. if u judge him bad then it wasn't a fair chance. if its good how coul u say so based off things outside his control. you name DB coach for 1 year andd let him tell everyone he is retiring at years end and we can have a party with cake, jc can be guest speaker.
-what u also do is name KO coach in waiting. many here are either blind to it or refuse to realize it but the recruits from the past 2 years are 100%, 100fucking% ko/Kayleigh Heckel and the boys. JC was doing the joepa thing on the trail recently. he shoed his face at certain times and watched certain aau games and stuff. it was all ko/Kayleigh Heckel and crew on the trail. so based off that i think he could have had better sucess longterm if he was in this position.
-what this does is allows him to not only continue to tell kids hes next in line buy into me and this school but its now a fact that can be confirmed. it allows the fanbase in a down year to watch him and get excited about the future without havingg to worry during the throw away year if he can get it done and if its fair etc chance wise.
-the school as result for doing this could have signed KO to a somewhat cheap 5 year deal in march next spring. for $$ wise vs other big time programs KO could have been a great buy $$ wise for years before his next contract where he weither gets the long term your the next JC deal or bye bye u went good enough handshake.
-what happens if ko takes a ok team and makes a huge run and goes 27-2 for the year or w/e the numbers will be. then hey lets hire him blah blha and he gets his contract. you could have gotten a better deal $ wise the other way, way better deal and who is to say a certain pac school doesn't throw a bid out there just to see whats up and push uconn $ wise in a bidding war. KO would be stupid to pass up 3mil a year down the street from home vs 1 mil a year at his 2nd home. would this happen? i dont think so, but if u can't sit at your desk and atleast think about the risk of something like this then your blind.
edit add-lets talk recruiting. now instead of telling kids hes the coach of the future but teams will anti recruit and say yr deal blah bla he can go to kids and show them with proff of the furute he will be there. big boost imho.
-what we have now is a throwaway year with a fanbase split in many ways. fair chance vs not a fair chance. coaching search vs ko all the way. warde and susan have created a bunch of issues where there di not need to be issues at all. every issue is a negative one if we are talking about it. the issues they created aren't ones that will gets fans in seats for a throw away year. they are ones that turn off causal fans long term over disgust or just plain boredom as to why even bother when the school creates issues.
based off what warde and susan did so far with bball, i'm very worried money and decision wise for this atheltic dept.
edit note- dont get me going on the new policys with grades/scores for recruits. were not yale. either play ball or dont.
