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I realize the team's performance last season might not lead someone to assume a big role for any returning player other than GJ. But I doubt Hughes and Thames would have stayed if, after meeting with Coach Schertz, they believed they would be at the end of the bench going forward.

I imagine CJS is a "you can never have two many PGs that can shoot" type. But between Swope, Hughes, and McCottry I don't see that as the greatest area of need. I'd be more concerned about finding some complimentary size up front.

Steve Spagnolo was a perfect example of this when he coached the Rams.

Once all the lawsuits work out and unions form we'll see the college teams in revenue sports become professional organizations that are merely "sponsored" by the universities. The universities and their donors will seed them with assets and kick back operating profits to the unis as a way of paying for the right to use the unis' facilities and trademarks. With that we'll see a complete and total end to transfer restrictions, red-shirts, and academic requirements. We'll probably also start seeing kids getting multi-year contracts as programs try to keep teams together. They'll finally just be professional athletes.

My assumption as well. Hopefully it is a sign that CJS is confident enough about who is coming in that he could honestly tell Curcic his chances for minutes would be limited.

They are actively working on that. And merch.

I’ve always gotten the impression no one noticed when Romar left for Washington.

Yikes, imagining a weirder looking member of the Bird family.

You are presuming they didn’t start looking until Ford was gone. They’ve been looking since at least January. Schertz was not the only one considered, even if he ends up being the only one offered.

Yeah I had to chuckle when, I think the same poster, suggested Schertz has brought their program so far already that moving to SLU would be a step down for him at this point.

He's also been fired from every job he ever had, usually after failing and embarrassing himself and his employer in some way. He's currently listened to by dozens of people on the town's third choose for sports talk.

SLU was a lower seed (as much as the WNIT has seeding) than either Min or Troy. I assume it is a road game unless perhaps our opponent's facility isn't available.

The latest a SLU basketball team has been still playing?

My autocorrect will make it official when he does.

Gregg Doyel acknowledges in this column it is an open secret that Schwartz may bring 4 starters with him. Julian Larry though is expected to stay.

After that performance, we'd all be perfect additions.

If the commish has a move to make, it would be to pounce on any/all basketball only schools that are made second-class citizens in the Big East the moment any ACC refugees join the conference.

In this era the AD needs to have the next coach in mind at all times. The good years, the bad years, always. The AD (and boosters) should have 3-4 names whose agents they are prepared to call with very little notice. Sustainable success will involve being able to have your coach poached and immediately turn around and make another good hire..

ISU MBMs are saying Schertz was briefly following some guy named Chaifetz on Twitter before hiding it this weekend.

Given the timing of how it came out Martin (and undoubtedly Frank and others) have had the news for weeks and agreed to hold the scoop until the Bills season officially ended.

After the last few years I don’t blame him for not be too enthusiastic about starting over somewhere. But time might heal that up and help him get that fire back.

Rothstein and Norlander reporting it as well.

Two years too late. Hope for his sake he takes a year off and resets.