And I prefer the āCompete for Championshipsā bill of goods that weāve been sold.
But I am beginning to believe that āGold Standardā is more in line with āCupcake Schedules, mediocrity and irrelevance.ā
Weāre basically back to āKnow your roleā and āManage Expectations.ā
Thought Mike Hill was differentā¦and better than that. I guess not.
You do realize Mark Price has a better winning percentage in CUSA than Ron Sanchez. I know Price was really bad but Sanchez hasnāt really moved us as far in the right direction as you would like to think.
Agree this is crazy in isolation, though I do wonder if heās protecting his player a bit. Option one on the play was obviously Williams but he was covered, but if option 2 was Patterson driving to the low block, then thatās just illogical. They had time for a drive and kick or a 2nd pass option once Williams was covered (should have called timeout to talk about it after the foul), canāt believe they were thinking Patterson driving in on their athletic taller guards was a good option. He got blocked by about 3 guys at once, someone had to be open.
I donāt know what to say about Sanchez. Probably time to move on, but Iām not excited at all about another new hire at this point. I also like the players we have even if theyāve sometimes struggled so Iāll be bummed to see them most likely leave. The team was much better this year than last, but thatās not saying much, and how much do those close losses come down to style of play / coaching rather than bad luck? Hate that we are changing coaches so frequently for the wrong reasons. Weāre basically hoping for another Mullins-like miracle now, which doesnāt happen very often.
What if we hired a Pitino or someone potentially as impactful?
Also, while I get pretty passionate on here and may not share opinions with everyone here, I have no desire to personally attack any of our other fans or see anyone else do it either.
Just remember guys - I think we all want the same thing in the end. We just disagree about the best way to get there.
Wowwwww. I didnāt think it could get much worse then the price years.
An embarrassingly low bar and Ron couldnāt even get over that.
Why do many think If Ron is fired we will lose a lot of players? You can see the disgust on the players faces at the end of games. I think a fresh face with a new game plan would give many of these guys hope. Most of our best players do not fit Ronās style of play anyway. I believe with the right hire we could actually improve greatly next year. Iām certainly willing to take that chance. Going nowhere fast right nowā¦
But I think youāll agree, that had we taken a 3- pointer, even a wide open one and missed, there would be just as many on here saying it was a bad play and we should have driven to the basket and tried to draw a foul or get a layup and it would be fire Ron for calling a bad play. Hindside is a lot clearer than knowing what the result will be in the moment.
Would hate to see Ali go. But you take Ali and Threadgillā¦ Iāll take Milicic and Braswell. I like my sideā¦
I donāt think that most would had specifically called for his job based on one play such as the one that occurred or one that could have occurred during the game. It comes down to a complete season and not one play, and in this case, numerous seasons. If his past seasons and this season would have been at a level that many think it should had, then the last play of the game would had just been a ādamnā moment. But history tends to always repeat itself and Ron is not exempt from that., and with that being known, the last play turned into a āFāing damn, WTH, Ronās got to goā moment. I canāt speak for everyone else, but that is where I stood at the end of the game.
A little off Topic, but relevant the players do not fit Ronās system.
Not sure if this is by design by the coaching staff, but the players we have brought in are mainly offensive players that need to learn to play better defense while Ron is a defensive coach. I find that kind of odd. Outside of Musa and maybe Folkes, all of the players came in as more offensive minded.
And some people have been bashing Ron nonstop for three years.
I am not defending Ron. I am trying to be objective about coaching alternatives and the cost of getting yet another coach to start ārebuildingā.
clt says this yearās team seemed to get along very well, they just need a new coach
I didnāt realize that, wow.
I just donāt feel the hype for Sanchez next year. We are going into a new conference with little to no excitement with recruiting. Everyone is holding their breath on who we will lose from the roster. I feel like Ron hasnāt been terrible in his time, however he has lost the big games. I think had we handled UTSA, lost to UAB in OT, beat MT, and lost in a tight one to FAU he would have earned enough to stay. However, the way we lost the UTSA game and the MT game should seal his fate. Hill has a tough decision, but I will still watch next season even if Ron sticks.
In year 5ā¦shouldnāt the coach and his philosophy and his roster and his recruiting be 100% set?? His system is fully implemented 5yrs in. All of these players are āhis.ā His recruiting relationships and his recruiting pipeline should be established and his recruiting strategy and plan should be set as well based on positional need and experience.
That leaves the only variableā¦and that is the teamās response to him and their effort. Have they bought in and do they play hard for him. Itās pretty obvious that they do. They play hard for each other and for himā¦they play their tails off.
Soā¦if he has 5yrs of implementing:
His teamā¦his rosterā¦his systemā¦his recruitingā¦his philosophyā¦his cultureā¦his gameplanningā¦his strength and conditioning programā¦is all set. And the team plays together and hard for each other and for him.
And yetā¦9-11 in a bad Conference is as good as all of that gets youā¦what is missing? Whatās the excuse? What else can you possibly point to that could lead to improvement going forward? Thereās nothing else left at this point that will get any better.
It canāt be talent either. He has accumulated 5yrs of his hand picked talent. All of his recruits for 5 yearsā¦the cupboard should be as full as it can get (barring injuriesā¦which ALL teams deal with).
If not thoughā¦Does that mean he misses on talentā¦mis-judges talentā¦if soā¦thatās pretty damning as well.
Just donāt understand those that think weāre getting better and showing progress so the assumption is that we will continue to get better and show progressā¦what exactly is going to improve with Sanchez here? Everything should be as set and stable as it can getā¦what can get better??
His horrendous rotations and in-game coaching are 2 things I can think of but he has shown ZERO interest or ability in getting any better at that to this point.
So those that want him hereā¦what are you optimistic about that is missing and will improve under Sanchez that will get us to the next level? And what makes you believe that will change/improve?
The only case to keep him is roster stays together and we see what he can do if he runs it back Problem is what has he done to make us think it will be any different? Heās under performed two straight years.
Mike loves Ron more than Healy loved West so I expect him to stayā¦but if Ron stays and Brice leavesā¦I may go scorched Earth on Mike.
I donāt get the feeling Mike is that big a fan of Ron. Heās not going to say anything publicly besides support the coach.
I expect there to be some kind of roster turnover. Question is how much and who.
