I am curious to know from the fan base what constitutes Fearne receiving a contract extension after the season
If Fearne wins on the same level as Sanchez last year, are we going to sign him to a multi-year deal on the hope that he recruits “his guys”, and implements his system
Does a regular season record of 17-13 or 18-12 overall, .500 or below in conference play convince the fan base that he is our best prospect moving forward?
Does Fearne need to win multiple games in the AAC conference tournament, or a CBI invite and deep run?
The argument is going to be that this is a team assembled by Sanchez, to play a Sanchez system and that Fearne needs time to recruit players that fit into his system
Are we as a fan base willing to gamble the next 3-4 years in basketball based upon this argument? Is he our best option with Richey and McCollum available?
Are we going to let the players influence the decision because they like playing for Fearne?
Will we stick with Fearne because it is the best decision financially?
Obviously, we need to see how the rest of the season plays out, but I am not seeing anything so far that makes me want to extend Fearne over seeking the services of a Richey or McCollum type of candidate, so far I dont think that Fearne has won/lost any game that Sanchez would have won/lost
Whatever the threshold, and the ultimate decision is, Hill should be feeling immense pressure to either get this right or know he will be shown the door. This should not be a place to come for 10,15 years and have zero winners in the only sports average Joe cares about.
I think he has to be top 4 to get serious consideration. Only a NCAA appearance makes contract extension a lock. We said interim so we could go through a regular cycle. If we extend and make him perm without doing a search and due diligence on other candidates then I’ll be upset. If Mike misses on this hire then Biff needs to be going 10-2.
It will be interesting to see how he gets the team put back together after the loss at Duke. I think the next 10 games, rest of non conference and beginning of AAC play, will tell the tale on whether he has a chance to be our Head Coach.
If he does extremely well, I think it might make sense to sign him and thus allow him to recruit HS kids to the program.
I think we are making this harder than it has to be.
No extension before end of season.
Normal coaching search at end of season in which Fearne can compete for the job.
If he’s the best available then he gets the job. If not then he doesn’t.
Being the interim coach does not give him an inside lane to the job in my mind.
This is an opportunity to hire the best coach available and we need to do what’s best for our athletic department and not let any heartstrings be tugged. We need to be aggressive in our search for the best we can find.
This might be fair. Nine games in we are one game over .500. Barring a much more successful remainder of the season, if he’s the best choice we probably aren’t even trying. I want to give him a fair shake and he’s doing better than I thought but we have got to get someone in who can right the ship and quickly.
finish with a winning conference record and win 2 games in the aac tourney. I dont want to invest a lot in a possible one hit wonder. not saying he is but I want to play it safe this time.
Play it safe by bringing in a retread coach that got fired somewhere else?
Or play it safe by promoting a lower level coach to AAC and hope he can make it happen ?
I have not seen a name yet that tells me instant winner and game changer for us.
He will get extended if he can get to over .500 in conference during the season, 1-0 or 2-1 may do it…
Dont think administration would want to take on any additional risk to go out to the market on hoops until football situation is stabilized. A 3 win football team probably doesnt merit spending on the bball program.
So you think if Fearne puts together a respectable season Hill keeps him rather than rolling the dice on a new coach.
Hmmmm……
I see the logic but it’s seems like a big risk when he has the opportunity to grab a higher upside coach.
Could it be that they are going to funnel money from the basketball staff to the football staff and they have to go with lower cost coach’s in basketball?