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OT: Coaching Changes
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Kneepad McKinney
Bench player
My son said these three are now referred to as "The Lyin', the Bitch, and the Wardrobe"
carolinaspider
Bench player
With these three coaches, there is nothing classy about LSU. Told my NC State buddies that
hiring “Wee Willie” was a huge mistake.
hiring “Wee Willie” was a huge mistake.
Section9_RowD
All A-10 player
I will say after one night in Waterloo in late '21 I was ready to move on as well.
Tennessee assistant and former Wolfpack player Justin Gainey heading back to Raleigh.
And not a coaching change, but Jon Perry gets a long-term extension at Navy after rolling to the Patriot regular-season title in his first year before stumbling in the tourney to come up short for an NCAA bid.
And not a coaching change, but Jon Perry gets a long-term extension at Navy after rolling to the Patriot regular-season title in his first year before stumbling in the tourney to come up short for an NCAA bid.
Bona lining up to hire Mike MacDonald. From everything I've heard, he's a great guy, but I don't know if he's the right guy. Been in the Buffalo area his entire career.
He started as an assistant at Canisius and Beilein kept him on, then he succeeded Beilein and spent nearly a decade as the head coach there but didn't have a lot of success. Spent some time at D-III Medaille College in Buffalo (now defunct as of a couple years ago) and had success, then stayed locally in shifting to Daemen College as they moved into the NCAA at the D-II level. He's built a real winner there, going 33–2 this past season after going 28–1 the year before.
But the A-10 is a big step up, and his lack of success at Canisius really gives me pause. Granted, that was 20–30 years ago, so he certainly could be in a better place now, and Canisius is always a challenging place to win (though Beilein did it).
He started as an assistant at Canisius and Beilein kept him on, then he succeeded Beilein and spent nearly a decade as the head coach there but didn't have a lot of success. Spent some time at D-III Medaille College in Buffalo (now defunct as of a couple years ago) and had success, then stayed locally in shifting to Daemen College as they moved into the NCAA at the D-II level. He's built a real winner there, going 33–2 this past season after going 28–1 the year before.
But the A-10 is a big step up, and his lack of success at Canisius really gives me pause. Granted, that was 20–30 years ago, so he certainly could be in a better place now, and Canisius is always a challenging place to win (though Beilein did it).
Eight Legger
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Uninspiring hire for the Bonnies for sure. Jacobsen leaving for Utah State is very interesting. Candidly I'm surprised he could get that job, but I guess Utah State is tired being a stepping stone?
That and they probably have burned through their top target list. Hard to keep up that kind of pace on the coach replacement front.
Jacobson's 60% beats Mooney's 55%. Only three losing MVC seasons in his career at UNI. Five NCAAs, would have been a bubble team in COVID year as well after then won the MVC but shockingly got stomped by 8-seed Drake in their Arch Madness opener.
Finished mid-pack in the MVC this year but parlayed a miracle Arch Madness run out of the 6th seed to get back to the dance for the first time in a decade. Struck while the iron was hot to move up. Surprised he did it after 20 years at UNI, and also not the flashiest hire for Utah State. Might work out for them, and a lot of unknowns there with the new-look Pac-12 debuting next season, but wouldn't be surprised if he has them in the mix more often than not.
Finished mid-pack in the MVC this year but parlayed a miracle Arch Madness run out of the 6th seed to get back to the dance for the first time in a decade. Struck while the iron was hot to move up. Surprised he did it after 20 years at UNI, and also not the flashiest hire for Utah State. Might work out for them, and a lot of unknowns there with the new-look Pac-12 debuting next season, but wouldn't be surprised if he has them in the mix more often than not.
MDSpider8
Bench player
One of the biggest reasons Bona is going with MacDonald is that it lets them underpay him relative to the rest of A10 coaches and use that extra $$$ on players. "St. Bonaventure is going to pay MacDonald more than half the amount it was paying Schmidt" according to this article. I believe Schmidt was around the 1.5M annual salary range.
A lot different than how our administration views things...
A lot different than how our administration views things...
Guess Mooney will have to do some extra prep against St Bonney. He sure doesn’t want this model to succeed.
sman
All A-10 player
that savings buys them one player these days. we'll see if that's enough for MacDonald.
MrTbone
All A-10 player
Not true. I for one care that our athletics administration demonstrate that they have an actual plan. It’s a totally reasonable expectation.
Arachnid
Bench player
if he said he and moonman were retiring immediately…..
Wood Hall
Bench player
"I'm retiring" would work.
MrTbone
All A-10 player
I’m more than moderately offended that there seems to be no demonstrable change in strategy other than we’re going to raise the NIL investment.
After the terrible seasons we’ve had, you normally fire the coach. If you don’t fire the coach, there’s usually at least a token firing of one or more assistant coaches and a statement what you’re doing to fix your approach.
UR just doesn’t bother with any of this. I really don’t get it, the lack of leadership is shockingly poor.