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That's too bad on Walsh. He's is a solid mid-major recruit based on what I've seen so far. Somebody that could give you 10 min a game as a freshman. Zyree would be the 6th man on this team.

How do you know that? We offered them first.

Clearly. And I wish Mack well at his next P6 job, where he's had a long track record of success.

I think reality has set in and MBMs realize a proven winner who is in the midst of a winning season is not in the cards. You're either getting an unproven coach who's currently winning or a proven coach who's not. A guy who checks both boxes is in line for a P6 job. So Schertz two weeks ago -- meh. Schertz now -- perfect fit.

The BOT will continue hiring glorified secretaries because they like it that way. MBMs know they can't do anything about the root cause of the problem, so we attack the figurehead. They get away unscathed and we get somebody to throw fruit at. It's a win-win.

Other than one of us striking the lottery and taking over the Board of Trustees, I'm not sure how you get rid of the mentality. Nothing I've read on any of these threads convinces me that they will ever do business differently.

There are players in the NBA who are poor defensively. It doesn't mean they lack character. It means they're poor defensively. It's not something they value. You can say that someone who doesn't share your values lacks character, but I think that's overstating it.

It's almost as if Coach Ford believed that he could teach a group of poor defensive players to become good defensive players. You can't. As far as I can tell, no one can. And if you're not halfway decent on defense it doesn't matter how many points you score. I am shocked that this team has only gotten worse defensively as the season progressed. That's a humongous coaching fail.

A Ford-coached team with Davell Roby as his best player, Mike Crawford as his second-best player and Aaron Hines at point had a better record than this one does. That team was average on defense. It doesn't take a huge NIL budget to bring in a couple of standout defenders to at least bring the defense up to average. I have no doubt that a man looking to save his job can accomplish this. It's just bizarre that a coach who has put some pretty good defensive teams on the floor over the last 20 years, put us in this position. I've beaten the drum that the Board of Trustees has to be the change we're looking for. I just don't think they have it in them. I'd love to be proven wrong.

Deep down, I think every MBM understands what I bolded from your post. But it's a depressing realization. At least flogging the current coach and AD keeps the dream alive. Maybe the powers that be can change our plight by accident? The universe conspired to give us Majerus. Maybe it can happen again.

Pitino recruited lots of Minnesota kids when he was at Minnesota. He probably went heavy on the transfers at his new gig because New Mexico isn't exactly a basketball hot bed.

He's a name, he's having success at the mid major level and he's only 41 years old. There's a lot to like whether you are Board of Trustee member or an MBM. He's done a good job of reshaping his reputation as a coach.

The old Jimerson was without Yuri and Parker for 15 games and was averaging nearly 17 ppg. He disappeared at VCU and has never been seen again.

If we can get the old Jimerson back, the Bills at least have a chance to a respectable end of the season. I've given up hope on marginal improvement to the defense. First team to 80 wins.

This isn't football. All you need is 2 players to totally overhaul a basketball defense. You put a strong post defender and an experienced ball hawk at point guard on this team and most of our defensive problems go away. The issue is why wasn't this done in the offseason? You don't need a ton of NIL money to get those players. You need a ton of NIL money to get extra-talented players to cover up the coach's lack of an offensive and defensive philosophy. The player Travis Ford was a basketball thinker on the court. Why does the coach Travis Ford construct a roster that he has to do all the thinking for?

Coaches were not making that kind of coin 20 years ago. If you would have offered a $500 stipend to athletes back then, 99% of them would have gladly taken it. Instead they were told they were getting a free education and shut up.

Passing a rule to pay the athletes a $500 month stipend seems like common sense today. It was only fair since they were not allowed to have summer jobs and college sports has grown into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. But the institutions involved, both the NCAA and its member schools, were too greedy. And too short-sighted. The folks who could have addressed the issue 20 years ago are retired or gone today.

If Coach Ford is the coach for the next several years, how many MBMs plan to cancel their tickets next year?

I really do believe that recruiting is 75% of the job. Brian Conklin and Dwayne Evans didn't suddenly become leaders because Majerus recruited them. Their leadership qualities were part of the reason why they were recruited. You need players on your team that other players naturally follow. When those players are also the best players on your team there's a multiplier effect. If Coach recruited fiery undersized perfectionists like himself he would be better off. At least his teams would have a consistent identity.

This team goes as its leaders go. Specifically Jimerson. When he doesn't bring it, there's a domino effect on the rest of the team. Once the pressure is turned up in the 2nd half, the game is effectively over.

That's what quitting looks like. Davidson could smell it on our guys and embarrassed us on our home court. What a mess.

This is an excellent point. The big donors are free to do whatever they want with their money, just like we are. Dragging big donors on social media when we can't replace their money doesn't seem very wise.

Oklahoma State owed Coach Ford 7.5 million and both parties agreed to a lump sum payment of 3.9 million. I assume the same situation would apply here. But we'll never know what the lump sum payment is if it comes to pass.

Agreed. Basketball is a team game. If Perkins doesn't get hurt, all the accolades you mentioned would have been in addition to an NCAA appearance. But Perkins did get hurt. That's life.

How did we go from a five point loss at Dayton, to Tim Dalger leaving and Gibson Jimerson disappearing the last two games? We didn't even compete in the second half last night. What happened to all the fight that was in this team two games ago? Was Dalger the only one unhappy with Coach Ford or was he just the scapegoat? It doesn't matter how much talent you have once the coach loses the team. Jimerson looked defeated last night and eventually the rest of the team fell in line. I'm not sure how Coach Ford comes back from this. If Jimerson has given up, Ford is done.