Then we should have stayed in CUSA. If we want to win at the AAC level we need AAC money and an AD that can get the money for salaries, facilities and NIL. As long as we canât we wonât win.
Maybe when NIL comes in house and some structure I will get some hope back.
I like being an AAC member but an argument could be made that we would have been better off staying CUSA. We seem to be stuck in a kind of inbetween âno manâs landâ. We are high enough to attract good talent, but if they are successful we are not high enough to keep them.
CUSA is a trash bin of a league. We need to stop making excuses and properly run an athletic department to compete in revenue sports in a real league.
Problem is that hoops isnât a priority for the AAC. And Iâm not talking about a basketball vs football thing. Just looking at reality.
I donât get how thatâs a problem. Shouldnât that mean we can excel in AAC? If we treated basketball like the priority it should be, we could dominate a relatively high-tiered (overall) league in the 2nd leading revenue sport.
It doesnât matter how we treat basketball it matters how much we can pay players. If we had more money we could have retained last years team.
The idea is treating basketball like a priority should mean more money for basketball and then more money for mercenaries.
Even if we finish dead last in every sportâŚthe AAC is worth it for the TV money, exposure and better name brand competition.
Just need Mike Hill to go away so we can stop looking like an embarrassment to the league
I think it comes down to do you think Fearne can coach. I think we saw last year he can. It used to be then can he recruit, but thatâs not really the issue now as does he have the money to pay the players. If we did go out an hire a different guy but with the same financial resources to pay a players would the results be different?
The LIU L was on coaching, but since we elevated him there havenât been many games where I felt coaching was an issue. I think itâs mostly talent.
FWIW, I wasnât really saying anything about Fearne one way or the other. Just the general principle of treating bball as a priority. I donât know all the inner workings, but when the AD is incentivized the same for non-revenue as revenue, it speaks to our priorities.
I know people are getting hung up on the incentives - I havenât seen how they compares to other aac ads. Any AD knows the more you win in the sports that matter the better it is for them.
This isnât thenjudy says where she was mandating that menâs programs and womenâs programs have equal recurring budgets or equal marketing budgets.
I just think it comes down to money to pay players.