Lutz should have never been fired. It appeared both Judy and the Chancellor were opposed to Lutz.
It has been told that Lutz was instructed to tone it down on the sideline or lose his job. The chancellor wanted Bobby to be a choir boy on the sideline. So, when people say Lutz lost his fire it was because of the administration. I saw it too. It had a huge impact on his coaching style and the atmosphere inside of Halton Arena.
But, donāt blame Bobby. The chancellor was more focused on appearance than Championships. Iām sure the Chancellor was being instructed by the UNC Board that cared nothing about Charlotte basketball being successful.
Remember, Chancellor Dubois said āit is more about the UNC system than it is about Charlotte.ā He subscribed to us playing our role and it had nothing to do with successful athletics.
Previous leadership was the demise of Charlotte basketball; not Bobby Lutz. Had we retained Lutz we would have been in a much better place over the last couple of decades. For those that believe otherwise, you are just buying into a false narrative. Itās just too bad we canāt change the past.
I see FAU and SD St make the final four but Iām told by some on this board that my expectation of making the tourney about half the time is unreasonable.
To me, theyāre the ones being negative. Not us that not only strive to that but By God saw it happen.
Yes and I would get rich by placing a bet, that the very day that Ronās replacement is announced, one if you will start the āfire (fill in the blank name)ā thread for the next coach, or just rotate over to fire Mike, or Biff if he doesnāt win.
Except we didnt start the fire ron thread during his 1st season. We did after he proved that he cant coach. Do you think hes doing a good job? Also, you never answered what our expectations should be
Iām in a weird place with basketball right now, I get why they kept Ron this season. Iām excited about playing AAC ball next year and I think could end up being somewhat competitive again. The real issue is that I donāt think weāll ever be great with him at the helm and its hard to be excited knowing that.
I am not excited about watching us in the AAC when it comes to basketball, barring some wind fall of new talent
I donāt think we will be competitive this n the AAC next year
I donāt think we will ever be good with Ron, much less great
The only cure for Ron is for him to get a sudden injection of new, talented basketball players before next season. The types of players who could be talented enough to win despite Ron, would be coming to Charlotte for reasons other than Ron Sanchez. There are only 5 dudes on the court, so a few talented ready to ball players can swing a program from Sanchez bad to Sanchez serviceable. But all that is speculation and fantasy now based on the current situation
A coach gets a runway to win, but once that runway is up, if they donāt win they need to move on. If they HAVE won in the past but canāt win anymore same thing applies. Winning matters and more so now than ever. Academics really donāt mean crap anymore, building young men doesnāt apply because they just move on.
