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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 216569" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>No it wasn't. </p><p></p><p>Last year we could get away with bringing him back without an extension. This year we can't, and after the stunt he pulled letting the fanbase think that the buyout wasn't impacted last time, any extension would have been met with way too much backlash regardless of impact on buyout. </p><p></p><p>Last year after retaining him MBob publicly all but said he wante dto fire him and flat out told him how to do his job. He said "It's not as much about a number as showing clear signs of progress and a belief in the future of the program," . That means this year, in order to retain gregory he would have to make an argument why he has belief in the future of this program under gregory. 20 wins and an nit spot mean all of nothing when it comes with one of the most senior dependent teams in the nation. An AD who was at a basketball first school and publicly told the coach how to do his job isn't going to turn around and act like the team wasn't going to tank like the number one pick in the draft was on the line next year because of a mediocre nit year on the backs of a ton of seniors who wouldn't be there. </p><p></p><p>The only message retaining gregory would have sent is that our athletic department had no intentions of supporting the basketball program and were willing to trade away another season and suffer the long term negative effects that retaining gregory would have in order to save a couple hundred thousand. And no coach worth a damn is going to come to a place where he believes the administration doesn't support the program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 216569, member: 2299"] No it wasn't. Last year we could get away with bringing him back without an extension. This year we can't, and after the stunt he pulled letting the fanbase think that the buyout wasn't impacted last time, any extension would have been met with way too much backlash regardless of impact on buyout. Last year after retaining him MBob publicly all but said he wante dto fire him and flat out told him how to do his job. He said "It's not as much about a number as showing clear signs of progress and a belief in the future of the program," . That means this year, in order to retain gregory he would have to make an argument why he has belief in the future of this program under gregory. 20 wins and an nit spot mean all of nothing when it comes with one of the most senior dependent teams in the nation. An AD who was at a basketball first school and publicly told the coach how to do his job isn't going to turn around and act like the team wasn't going to tank like the number one pick in the draft was on the line next year because of a mediocre nit year on the backs of a ton of seniors who wouldn't be there. The only message retaining gregory would have sent is that our athletic department had no intentions of supporting the basketball program and were willing to trade away another season and suffer the long term negative effects that retaining gregory would have in order to save a couple hundred thousand. And no coach worth a damn is going to come to a place where he believes the administration doesn't support the program. [/QUOTE]
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