Did the bald guy retire?
Did Souhan write an article regarding the diversity history of our Volleyball coaches? If not, someone should be demanding answers : ) Do better Souhan
We know Coyle can identify coaching talent, I refuse to believe basketball is his only weakness. Having said that, he never really had to worry about that sport in his days at Syracuse.
Already reached the quota of bald white guys! Sorry Craig Smith ...
What if we get PJ to wear a piece?
Not him or his 27 predecessors.
Which one?
I think he's certainly gambled with both hoops hire's, I get it with Whalen if he strikes gold there,Women's hoop is no longer the biggest red number in revenue loss. I understood the logic to hiring Coach Ben, but I think there were candidates who wound up with a smaller salary elsewhere and some that wouldn't costed much more that we could have gotten, will see where we are at in 2025 with that one. Overall Coyle brought in Motzko, but that was more the hockey community telling him what to do. I was surprised when he promoted from within for wrestling after the pill popping scandal, but that worked out. Obviously Fleck fresh off a Cotton Bowl appearance was fantastic. Be interesting what happens with Baseball when 14 hangs his spikes up
Tupe?
The fact that we are clearly a top ten volleyball program in the country makes the applicant pool much more substantial than for poor historically revenue sports. Not happy about low balling revenue sports, but this isn’t an accurate comparison. Lots of outstanding volleyball coaches wanted this job. We can’t say that about basketball.
Dance line!
Fair enough. So you are saying that it isn't coming to the tundra that is stopping people, its that we are a perennial failure at basketball. That's probably true. That's probably why you break the chain with a big time hire, not with a guy with zero experience. I like Ben but his odds are long, even if he is good.
Perhaps the most discouraging thing is that the conference gets better and better, making the job harder to do. I’ll go out on a limb and say the spring portal is make or break for Ben’s career as a power 5 coach.
Clem (6 NCAA in 13 Seasons), Monson (1 NCAA Bid in 7 Years), Tubby (3 NCAA in 6 Years), Pitino (2 NCAA in 7 Years).
There can't be too many jobs that pay more than the U with more realistic expectations.
Ben gets a minimum of 4 years unless we are dead last by a mile for the first 3 seasons, even then he's probably safe. He will have every opportunity to succeed. I just hope the success is sooner rather than later.
If there aren't glimmers next season, I think it starts get dicey. I don't know if he gets year 4 if we are 13-47 in the Big 10 in his first three seasons.
Remember this is not just Coyle saving face, this is an entire search committee. I think he gets 4 seasons on that fact alone.
I don't think the committee that picked Johnson gives a crap about basketball. In my opinion, because academia is full of backstabbing weasels, if anyone gets blamed for Johnson's failures (if he fails), it'll be Coyle. Don't worry, they'll be there if Ben is successful.
The fact that they don't care about basketball is probably why Johnson will get more time than he deserves if they continue to be biblically bad. Just my opinion.
Yeah, it's really hard to tell what they'd do. Your guess is as good as mine. Hopefully, Ben turns it around and we never find out
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Amen to thatYeah, it's really hard to tell what they'd do. Your guess is as good as mine. Hopefully, Ben turns it around and we never find out
Unless it is beyond salvageable I think Johnson is getting at least 5 years if not a 6th season to see if this thing works out.
I guess it depends upon your definition of beyond salvageable. It's obviously a spectrum but I just can't see the U sitting through 5 really bad years.