Yes. Mike Hill had better pay attention to that man.
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He has seen Rons style up close and personal and it doesnât seem to be his style 
Coach hired away after building successful program⌠I canât figure out what any of these words mean.
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Ideally we see that happening in nearly all sports on a regular basis.
Even better would be to somehow find a coach that wins, but doesnât want to leave, that can build longterm success like Davidson had for awhile.
I had hoped that Melvin would have been the one, but even he followed the money. So did Bill Foster. Bobby was good until he wasnât.
Anyone whoâs been around here awhile, has seen what our afters looks like.
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We had a coach who wanted to stay and was successful but we got greedy and wanted more success.
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Donât fool yourself. That coach tried to leave for Tennessee and seriously thought he was going to get the job, but they did not pick him. He was never the same here. He seemed to lose interest in recruiting and his coaching slipped as well.
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Definitely lost interest in recruiting.
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This is true, and I would take Lutz back in a heartbeat.
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I donât expect a coach that stays, if it happens ok but I want a coach driven to step up higher than we are. I want them winning so much we canât afford to keep them.
Our problem is we keep hiring coaches no one wants - including us.
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I want a coach that wants to take US to the highest level.
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Yeah I get that but be realistic about it. About where we are and the amount of money thrown at a successful coach. We had two of our own, one left and one would have left if UT offered. The ones you are thinking are very few and far between. We arenât a blue blood. We arenât a destination school, never will be. There is only a handful of them. Thatâs just the real world.
Iâm being real. Come in, win, get hired away and we do it again. Iâll shake their hand, thank them for helping us win and continue a winning culture. Itâs a model that works at lots of schools - many bigger brands with more money than we have. No shame in that. Give me the driven coach with eyes higher than us not the coach that is looking for a place to stay for 30 years. In any sport and admin. We shouldnât have coaches and admin that are mediocre that we keep around for 15 years. Win and get hired or get fired for not maintaining excellence. If we luck into a unicorn so be it, but that is absolutely not my expectation.
Your opinion, dont act like its a fact. I expect more than just me disagree. I suspect Biff Poggi would disagree as well.
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Biff is sitting on a pile of money that makes it easy to turn down big money. Melvin set his family up for years taking the money at A&M.
I just live in the real world.
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Wasnt talking about him staying forever or the money aspect. I was talking about the expectation that we could never be a âdestinationâ job or one where a successful coach would ever stay long term.
There are only a handful of destination jobs. Kentucky Duke Kansas Chapel Hill Michigan are a few. We arenât ever gonna catch their place in college basketball. Their history and money facilities and resources arenât going to be something we can ever match. Thatâs ok. We donât have to to be successful.
Hell Florida won back to back titles and are in a major league and they arenât destination level.
I like what you want tho, that coach is a unicorn. Hope we find him. I really do.
I thought that was our mantra.
Someone who had lost interest in recruiting and whoâs coaching had slipped? You have lowered your standards.
Lutz is THE STANDARD HERE
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Iâm down for that. I just wish, since weâre all tired of the roller coaster, that we could enjoy a train for awhile that takes us where we want to go and we can just sit back, sip a few drinks, and enjoy the ride.