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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 465340" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>I disagree there is no hope and only despair when it comes to basketball. And Basketball is a good example of how context matters. </p><p></p><p>In 15-16 we went 21-15, 8-10 in conference and made the NIT. We fired our coach and people were ecstatic we did so. </p><p>In 16-17 we went 21-16, 8-10 in conference and made the NIT. Our coach won ACC CoY and fans were ecstatic for that season. </p><p></p><p>So why did two seasons so similar produce almost completely opposite effects? Because one was the culmination of a coach who had failed so miserably that his, by far, best season, gave no hope of the program going in the right direction. In contrast the other was a new coach who did the same with less and provided reasons to look forward to the future. And even though the following year was bad, in no small part due to a ton of injuries and one of the weirdest off the court stories I can remember, there is still far more hope than we had with gregory after the 15-16 season. Now that doesn't mean there isn't a lot of work to do with the program, there is, but as long as there is a good reason to hope then the situation changes. </p><p></p><p>Also basketball shows the importance of the head coach when it comes to recruiting. For all his other faults Hewitt was able to attract talent here. It wasn't the best put together teams, often times with messed up PG situations, but at least they had talent. When gregory came in it became very apparent very fast that he couldn't recruit. Once we bring in Pastner we are back into the conversation for a lot more highly rated recruits. We need to start landing them, but the impact of a different coach should be obvious. </p><p></p><p>So no, maybe there isn't a superstar hotshot that will come here and sprinkle his magic and make us amazing instantly. But you don't need that to re-energize a base. Pastner was in all sorts of trouble at memphis and his hire was a gamble. But it has payed off and even if in year 4 or 5 it becomes clear that he isn't working out that doesn't mean we should have stuck with gregory. If there is no reasonable hope of things getting better, you don't just stick with what isn't working. You change things up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 465340, member: 2299"] I disagree there is no hope and only despair when it comes to basketball. And Basketball is a good example of how context matters. In 15-16 we went 21-15, 8-10 in conference and made the NIT. We fired our coach and people were ecstatic we did so. In 16-17 we went 21-16, 8-10 in conference and made the NIT. Our coach won ACC CoY and fans were ecstatic for that season. So why did two seasons so similar produce almost completely opposite effects? Because one was the culmination of a coach who had failed so miserably that his, by far, best season, gave no hope of the program going in the right direction. In contrast the other was a new coach who did the same with less and provided reasons to look forward to the future. And even though the following year was bad, in no small part due to a ton of injuries and one of the weirdest off the court stories I can remember, there is still far more hope than we had with gregory after the 15-16 season. Now that doesn't mean there isn't a lot of work to do with the program, there is, but as long as there is a good reason to hope then the situation changes. Also basketball shows the importance of the head coach when it comes to recruiting. For all his other faults Hewitt was able to attract talent here. It wasn't the best put together teams, often times with messed up PG situations, but at least they had talent. When gregory came in it became very apparent very fast that he couldn't recruit. Once we bring in Pastner we are back into the conversation for a lot more highly rated recruits. We need to start landing them, but the impact of a different coach should be obvious. So no, maybe there isn't a superstar hotshot that will come here and sprinkle his magic and make us amazing instantly. But you don't need that to re-energize a base. Pastner was in all sorts of trouble at memphis and his hire was a gamble. But it has payed off and even if in year 4 or 5 it becomes clear that he isn't working out that doesn't mean we should have stuck with gregory. If there is no reasonable hope of things getting better, you don't just stick with what isn't working. You change things up. [/QUOTE]
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