I think if we have a crappy 2018, none of those great kids will want to be here in 2019. It’s hard enough with 2 back to back losing seasons. Three?
I think Hurley’s main job is to put butts in seats.
To do that playing exciting competent and mostly winning basketball is a must.
I agree it has to happen from the start.
JC had more leeway because of the status of the opponents in our league
Georgetown
Cuse
Nova
St Johns
Even Seton Hall were all national names In the late 80’s
Their coach’s were iconic media stars.
Even
BC
Pittsburgh
and PC had success.
I remember how great it was when we got a chance to see these teams close up.
But being competitive in that crowd was not easy.So JC had much more slack
His first year was an understandable disaster when he lost his two best players for 14 games . But even the NIT championship team was near the bottom of that group.
I think the year we had 3 teams in the FF and 4 in the final 8 was the most remarkable achievement by a conference in BB. Not being successful against that bunch immediately
Is nowhere near the same a being unsuccessful in our current league.