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just win leto !

he who laughs last...

This is funny stuff. ;D : Yeah, let's keep on giving him 'one more year to show improvement'. Real bright idea. With your line of thinking, we'll have a winning BE record in 8 years. Have some freakin expectations. I don't have infinite patience; our bb program is broken, it needs to be fixed. I don't trust that DW will make the best decision for USF. Rueb ~ The voice of reason ok fork over the $5Mil, or should we toss softball and ericson, baseball and leto, Wbball and fernandez, CJL and the dining hall (all sports) under the bus so we can fire CRM, buyout his contract and pay new big name coach $1M (at least) to come to this hot bed of BBall recuiting and be in msg/nit/ncaa in 2-3 years (a place MAC may be on tract to get to, if he cont to improve) and i do trust DW, the dinning hall, softball, baseball improvements ect. will put more pieces in place to to make usf more attactive to the next Bball coach, IMO

Well Joe I would say UF makes it with the BCS, AND the SEC. The SEC pays out more dollars to their members than any other conference, and has the most tv exposure. Additionally, UF has some very deep pocketed donors that have made sure the dollars stay in UF Athletics. Those, as well as the BCS have led to UF's success. Also, UF made some masterful moves in the 80's and 90's on men's hoops that have led to this success. Keep in mind when Norm Sloan was brought back in 80' he had built himself into a bit of a legend, and a coup for a poor UF hoops program. He built them to a Sweet Sixteen team...Vernon Maxwell, Dwayne Davis, Schintzius, Pat Lawrence, Livingston Chapman, albeit he cheated but he got the ball rolling in Gainesville to bring recognition to the hoops program. Bringing in Norm in 80' would be the equivalent to USF bringing in Huggins, Norm had already been in a Final Four and had like 300 wins before returning to UF. He left, and they fell into probation but at that point dollars were flowing in and the O'Connell Center started it's reshaping. They made another masterful move hiring Lon Kruger, and really only experienced two down years during the sanction years. Lon built that program into a Final Four team, a real strong team that was built from a very humble beginnings not the top notch recruits Norm landed (possibly by cheating). After that Final Four support poured in and so did dollars. They hired one of the top coaching candidates in the land in Billy Donovan, and then the commitment flowed in they built the new practice facilities, more upgrades to O'Connell, and the hoops offices. At this point right now you'd struggle to find 10 hoops schools that have facilities equal to UF. So when UF stacks up they can say to recruits that we've got top notch facilities, a top notch coach, since 1980 we've been to the NCAA's 15 times, and 8 years in a row, three Final Four appearance and one National Championship, and oh yeah we put about 12k in the O-Connell Center for every game. Hmmmm, hard to beat that. UF could afford to bring in sloan and kruger for the very points you mentioned. i don't think USF can go that route, we do need to build a solid product while we "wait" for the dollars to hire big name or top up-and-commer...IMO mac has build a foundation and needs one more year to see if he can cont to improve...DW needs this year to find the next "cheap" diamond in the rough to bring in next year to cont. to build if mac fails. just my opinion.

cost. $$$$ talks and with a limited amount we must prioritize it is the next step and will help all sports with recruiting just like the sweet new gym in the "football" athletic facility

esp as we win a be title and play in the bcs game. he is getting $

great! can he coach bball?

hope he does well

if he had gone to msg he should have been considered...not now.

hhmmmmmmmm...2 more games left until the season ends

he stays

win and we become media darlings

did you tell him protect matt?

usf 4 buckley 19 gransberry 14 69%

this is funny stuff ;D :

he has two years left he showed improvement (let the year end) let him coach one more year if we do not improve more (MSG/NIT) then fire him in his last year (buyout goes down, more money raised to pay new coach) i trust DW to make the best decision for usf

Really...easier than tampa to charlotte? something smells

make all home games roadies i drive from ATL.

good news.

biz axiom: employers pay employee just enough so they do not quit employees work just hard enough so they do not get fired. KECH

blah blah blah...omaha or bust?

3 is good

cinderella where is your slipper?

we need wins

ford grothe and two fast sticky finger wr who wants to write this story?