johnbj14

I’ll never understand the reluctance to appeal to more than a small group of donors. Eventually the core group they tap on now won’t be around. Future versions of this BVF event should be 75 dollars, and open it up to try and draw a big crowd. You can still work the big fish for more money once they’re there.

Considering how confidently Chris spoke about him publicly on radio appearances this off-season, I wouldn’t be so sure of that.

UMass kicked the tires on him before hiring Martin. A few articles came out from the Amherst newspapers and he was allegedly removed from consideration after negative backlash.

NIL isn’t the problem. Recruiting fell off long before NIL came into effect. It’s the guy in charge, period.

Nesbitt was a Ford player, not associated with He Who Shall Not Be Named.

Crazy that a guy has 27 years of track record and people expect anything differently to happen in year 28. This old dog ain’t learning new tricks.

Grad transfers are always immediately eligible under the current framework.

That last sentence is important, and a double edged sword. Sure, there’s security of who the head coach will be. However, if you’re a mid-major program and your coach is never a candidate for bigger jobs, that isn’t necessarily a good thing.

So what you’re saying is… Travis built up a team of juniors and seniors. He didn’t get it done, so we have to wait 2 years to get to that point. But next time it will be different?

Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m advocating for. Hence the “might”

Curcic might just be the best guard on this roster. Definitely looks like the best shooter. If Meadows can’t go, need to give him extended minutes.

I agree with your last sentence. SLU should aim higher. Mack would be a dream come true.

Because we had a clown at the helm of our program.

The greater point is we really shouldn’t be rebuilding in year 8 of a coach’s tenure who is paid this well. Especially when the years that have had high expectations have ended short of them. I don’t think a coaching change would blow things up. Rather, it would jumpstart things.

4th quarter collapses aren’t becoming a thing for Ford teams. They’ve been a thing for 5 years now. He switches to an extremely conservative approach the last 10 minutes and it simply doesn’t work. I get slowing down a bit and only taking good shots, but his offensive sets don’t generate those in large quantities.

SLU pays the highest head coaching salary in the conference. Maybe I have unrealistic expectations, but if this job opens up, May should be able to attract more proven, and likely better, options. All this is pretty pointless in the near term though, since I severely doubt Ford will be somewhere else next season.

More likely to end up at North Texas than here. Thanks Phil Forte.

Would somehow be less slippery than the Chaifetz court surface

Great post. My only objection is Travis being on the hot seat. He should be feeling the heat, and held to high expectations, but there’s pretty much no indication he actually is. Based on how many international frosh they took on, he’s operating like a guy who knows he has job security.

We shot 36.4% from the field against a bad defense. Probably a little early for Warriors of the A-10 talk.

Travis has 25 years of a resume to prove he can’t. Not holding my breath for a minute.

Raw numbers, sure. But we have the second or third largest arena in the league by seats, and are in a major metro area with access to 2 million people. A more fair comparison would be % of seats filled. Last year we averaged 6,694 fans per game, which equates to 63% of what Chaifetz can hold. Sure, we put up good raw attendance numbers, but our fanbase is far from rabid, and Chaifetz feels like a morgue for a lot of games.

Some of it over the years is luck, but a degree of it is self-inflicted. Hopeful the international issue is resolved, with many other schools going through the same process right now. Not confident on Brad though.

Trying not to beat a dead horse, but yes. There were legitimate talks of top 25 last preseason, and they missed the postseason entirely. That alone isn’t enough, but combined with other seasons where expectations were fallen short of, it is a pattern. As for the exciting candidate you’re hoping for, it’s not a guarantee one will be lined up whenever SLU does pull the plug. Coaching searches at this level will always have a leap of faith element to them. I’d personally take that leap, because for all of the negatives that have been acknowledged on this board about the changing NCAA, I still feel SLU has potential that can be unlocked with a new voice at the head of the program.

A key thing for these waiver decisions is having things filed early, and filed in a complete fashion. Stories about denials that get reversed in appeals usually involve information being incomplete, like in UNC’s case. Additionally, the NCAA has a deadline for waiver applications by sport. If you file after that deadline, it’s usually an automatic decline.