Times are changing. Miami was talking to one of Duke's assistants a few days ago. They went on and hired him (I'm pretty sure). The transfer portal opening almost right after the championship has made it to where teams need to consider hiring a new coach before the season is completely over.
There were several 'Why are we underachievers - we stink' questions on that post. Here is what the guy replied with on roster talent evaluation:
How can a team be 11th in the standings but 17th in the net rankings? I don't know the math behind this site but it's possible that being 110th in the Net is still under performing the talent on the team. Penn State, USC and Iowa are even bigger underperformers.
Well, I think this is the question, isn't it? I'm sure there's a thread from a few months ago with opinions on what the Gophs should have to achieve to get Ben a fifth season. And I would doubt that anyone said, avoid being shut out of the BTT and play on Weakling Wednesday.
When was Coyle last seen alive?
I saw him at the Washington home game yucking it up with Hollins and Banham
When he and Whalen announced their mutual decision.
Can someone do a wellness check?
Lindsey was pretty upset...
My only question concerning next year is who will be on the team?
Because predictions are based on nothing but reputation and gut feeling. So when you have a whole new roster that no one knows, of course they will be picked at or near the bottom.
Was he pre-promising NIL dollars to their kids?
No joke, we need to get dibs.
Could be like a Weekend at Bernies thing.
That's almost worse.
Did Coyle have a "guide dog" at the game? Since CBJ is still coach, I'm beginning to think that Coyle must be blind as a bat. /s
No disagreement that the times have changed, but that hire is not currently a head coach - a criterion that this board has deemed a requirement. Utah and Fla St. did similar things. Their calculus is that it's more important to have a coach in place when the portal opens than it is to have a proven track record. That's a choice - we'll see how it goes.
Totally agree, especially with the last part. In a perfect world you have new coach in place right when the portal opens but if you want a current head coach that likely isn't going to be possible.
Get the right winning coach and he brings 2-3 players with him.
That is my hope. A coach who could bring a player or 2 with him to add to whatever we have coming back would be a great way to get a jump on building the roster for 25/26 which will have lots of holes to fill.
That seems incredibly short sighted.
It's risky but if the guy you want for the job is available then moving quickly makes sense.
Fair, but sometimes those kids go off the board quickly too.
Probably pretty safe to assume that once there is any there will be at least 5 new threads started about it within moments.
Ohhhh okay. I didn't know it was that nuanced with what Utah and FSU did.
Twitter is down most of the day and Mark can't risk trying to give a statement to the local media. Will he send out smoke signals instead?Probably pretty safe to assume that once there is any there will be at least 5 new threads started about it within moments.