BC needs to decide what kind of school it wants to be in the ACC. What are the goals for the basketball program?
- #1 Win a national championship?
- #2 Compete for a national championship?
- #3 Win the conference tournament?
- #4 Just get into March Madness (if possible, every year) or
- #5 just graduate the players and keep them out of trouble?
Those are five different things and as I've read this board, I'm not convinced all you Eagles are on the same page here. And if you are not on the same page, perhaps the BOT and Leahy aren't either?
Look at Northeastern its real simple, we want #4. That is all we ask, get into March Madness. And that is asking a lot. Now in order for Coen to accomplish that he MUST complete #3. There is no other way. So #3 and #4 go hand-in-hand in our little, stupid, conference. But BC has many more options that are not available to Coen.
If all Leahy and the BOT wanted was #5, that could be accomplished with Christian. They should have just kept him. Obviously, #5 is not good enough so they allowed Kraft to pull the trigger. The school wants MORE than #5.
But how much more? Perhaps the BOT, Leahy, and Kraft could be happy with just #3? I think that is all they are asking of Hafley (someday.) I don't think they could ever ask any more of Hafley beyond #3. And if that is all they want for the basketball program, that is a certain kind of hire, a much easier (and cheaper) person to find than anyone that would be asked to accomplish #2 or #1.
If they want #2, that is probably not going to happen with Gates, probably not going to happen with ANY of the names I have seen mentioned by any of you actually. The BOT, Leahy, and Kraft would have to hire someone who breaks the rules (or at the very least, bends them almost to the point of breaking.) And if that is a non-starter, then I think #1 and #2 will always be out of reach for this program. As tre said, this is a flawed game, an unfair game. He's right. You want #2 or #1, see Nick Nolte in
Blue Chips. But given its flaws and given BC's circumstances, only a cheater will get to #2 or #1.
What is it that you guys want? You want #1, #2, or would you be happy with #3 or even #4? I'll be honest, for me, for BC, I want #1.
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