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If a coach's system can succeed without standout athletes, that's a good thing.  Expands the pool of players from which he can recruit.

It's standard operating procedure for social media to announce a a firing days before the actual firing.  That's literally how Trilly Donovan got his reputation.  

Agreed.  Unless the player proves he is starter quality by year's end, you're always looking to upgrade the point guard position.

Same thing that system coaches have been doing since the beginning of time.  Subscribe to a system, build a roster of players that is compatible with that system and teach that system.  Mooney had some bad years over the last decade but the AD stood behind him and the pendulum has finally swung his way. 
Other than bully ball -- which Coach Ford abandoned the last two years -- he doesn't have a coaching north star.  There is no system.  He's recruiting the best local/regional players he can get, filling in the roster with some transfer role players and apparently, hoping everything works out.

Same thing that system coaches have been doing since the beginning of time.  Subscribe to a system, build a roster of players that is compatible with that system and teach that system.  Mooney had some bad years over the last decade but the AD stood behind him and the pendulum has finally swung his way. 
Other than bully ball -- which Coach Ford abandoned the last two years -- he doesn't have a coaching north star.  There is no system.  He's recruiting the best local/regional players he can get, filling in the roster with some transfer role players and apparently, hoping everything works out.

Same thing that system coaches have been doing since the beginning of time.  Subscribe to a system, build a roster of players that is compatible with that system and teach that system.  Mooney had some bad years over the last decade but the AD stood behind him and the pendulum has finally swung his way. 
Other than bully ball -- which Coach Ford abandoned the last two years -- he doesn't have a coaching north star.  There is no system.  He's recruiting the best local/regional players he can get, filling in the roster with some transfer role players and apparently, hoping everything works out.

Same thing that system coaches have been doing since the beginning of time.  Subscribe to a system, build a roster of players that is compatible with that system and teach that system.  Mooney had some bad years over the last decade but the AD stood behind him and the pendulum has finally swung his way. 
Other than bully ball -- which Coach Ford abandoned the last two years -- he doesn't have a coaching north star.  There is no system.  He's recruiting the best local/regional players he can get, filling in the roster with some transfer role players and apparently, hoping everything works out.

Jay Wright left just in time.  The coaching landscape is a mess.

Jay Wright left just in time.  The coaching landscape is a mess.

Jay Wright left just in time.  The coaching landscape is a mess.

I have no doubt that Coach Ford can grab a couple of pieces to restore the defense to a level to which we've grown accustomed.  But that just gets us back to 18-20 win territory.  I don't see a path to an NIT bid next year, never mind an NCAA bid.

Every program needs fans who will write checks and go to the conference tournament, rain or shine.  The rank and file boosters are not the problem.  The problem is the Board of trustees hasn't changed the way they've done business in 30 years.  More basketball savvy and nimble boards have blown right past them.

Because quick turnarounds are hard.  We laser focus on the 10% of programs that manage it and mock the 90% of programs who don't.

I've been listening for 3 minutes and Schertz made it very easy to understand what offense he runs.  He runs the offense through the 5.  He understands that guys at that position who can pass, dribble and shoot don't grow on trees.  Curious as to what his roster construction would look like if he doesn't have a 5 to build around.
I don't enjoy watching the NBA but I do like that Jokic is making the passing/shooting big man fashionable again.

I don't disagree, but that still doesn't make a jesuit from Creighton someone who cares about our athletic programs.

I've been listening for 3 minutes and Schertz made it very easy to understand what offense he runs.  He runs the offense through the 5.  He understands that guys at that position who can pass, dribble and shoot don't grow on trees.  Curious as to what his roster construction would look like if he doesn't have a 5 to build around.
I don't enjoy watching the NBA but I do like that Jokic is making the passing/shooting big man fashionable again.

I've been listening for 3 minutes and Schertz made it very easy to understand what offense he runs.  He runs the offense through the 5.  He understands that guys at that position who can pass, dribble and shoot don't grow on trees.  Curious as to what his roster construction would look like if he doesn't have a 5 to build around.
I don't enjoy watching the NBA but I do like that Jokic is making the passing/shooting big man fashionable again.

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

Some of us MBMs have been waiting 30+ years for the AD to work in an advisory capacity to the Board.  All we've ever seen is the Board or the President running over the AD.  That's the culture at SLU.  We have no reason to believe that hiring another AD will change the culture.  A small group of boosters will determine who the next coach will be and whoever the AD is will rubber stamp the decision.  I'd love to be proven wrong.

Some of us MBMs have been waiting 30+ years for the AD to work in an advisory capacity to the Board.  All we've ever seen is the Board or the President running over the AD.  That's the culture at SLU.  We have no reason to believe that hiring another AD will change the culture.  A small group of boosters will determine who the next coach will be and whoever the AD is will rubber stamp the decision.  I'd love to be proven wrong.

The high school talent in the St. Louis metro area has been solid but unspectacular in the last two years.  That's not Coach Tate's fault.

The high school talent in the St. Louis metro area has been solid but unspectacular in the last two years.  That's not Coach Tate's fault.

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.

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