by HJS on Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:15 pm
What’s worse?
A. Jarmond thinks JC and his staff are good people who have the program headed in the right direction, or
B. Jarmond thought that BC would fire a coach months after giving him a major financial commitment
If it is A, it calls into question MJ’s ability to hire a coach. All objective analytics say that Jimmy Mac hasn’t gotten it done and likely won’t. Jarmond being seemingly overwhelmed by his “good guy” charm would be of major concern.
If it is B, it calls into question MJ’s competency. How could he possibly be so oblivious to the fact that BC is cheap and wouldn’t whimsically bailout Marty on a multimillion dollar mistake?
I think B is worse and would show someone who is so clueless that I wouldn’t want them making any hires. Accordingly, the more I think about this, the more I believe that JC was never being fired this year. Whether or not he coached a 6th season was a decision made 12 months ago. There were no feelers, no financial gathering of Board committees, no assistants being told to leave... nothing. This “OMG WE NEED JC FIRED!!!” was never much more than phantom hysteria generated by the 7 fans who still follow BC BB. Jarmond made the decision to keep JC based on a strong season last year at a time they thought Robinson would return. While he probably genuinely likes the staff, I think there could also be an element to more needing to be done (support-wise) to land a much bigger fish. So, last year, the decision to give JC 2 more seasons also bided time to get necessary concrete plans in place.
I wouldn’t have hired JC, extended him or kept him, but...
Dispassionately, putting aside the horrific finish to the season, I think that, if Bowman returns (and be should), this team is the most talented roster we’ve had since Dudley left.
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