Coach Abdur - Rahim - Not Impressed!

[Brad]

South Carolina State turned out to be much worse than most people thought they could be?

[Brad]

They are very near bottom of power rankings.  

[Bullcocky]

54 minutes ago, Brad said:

They are very near bottom of power rankings.  

This basketball program is a dumpster fire... besides a few good seasons, it always has been. Schools with a tenth of the resources seem to roll us with regularity. 

[bullieman08]

I don't think this team can even get 10 wins.  How do we have basketball talent in Florida and get the bottom of the bottom in talent.

[smazza]

5 hours ago, bullieman08 said:

I don't think this team can even get 10 wins.  How do we have basketball talent in Florida and get the bottom of the bottom in talent.

we cant recruit

[flsportsfan83]

4 hours ago, smazza said:

we cant recruit

And we make piss poor coaching hires.

[Cpa_bull1990]

VPMK should have given Coach Gregory another year!

[WoolyBully]

We complain about recruiting, which stems from coaching. So, given our half-century-plus of data to review, what coach WANTS to coach at USF? Isn't USF really just an apprenticeship for where you want to be? We're not a destination. It fills up a few lines on your resume. As for recruiting, what would make you want to play at USF? Is it the economics of proximity, so you can be close to mom and dad, and they can come watch you play? Is it an easy program to get playing time and pad some stats (assuming the talent to do so) before transferring out?

It's very much Catch-22. Do you have to get a top tier coach to come here and rely on his body of work (USF aside) to reel in recruits of a higher caliber? This is alarmingly complex, and if there was a quick fix, we would have done it at some point during the previous half century.  It's like we're that guy at the roulette table looking at the tote board: "Hey, it's been black for the past seven spins, it's gonna be red next time! It's due! All on red! Clickety-clickety-clickety...thirty-three. Black. Place your bets!"  

 

[flsportsfan83]

5 minutes ago, Cpa_bull1990 said:

VPMK should have given Coach Gregory another year!

And after he fired BG, he should have brought in the guy that wanted this job for less $. Capko.

[Triple B]

5 minutes ago, WoolyBully said:

So, given our half-century-plus of data to review, what coach WANTS to coach at USF? Isn't USF really just an apprenticeship for where you want to be? We're not a destination. It fills up a few lines on your resume.

Considering the only coach in our history who actually used this job as a stepping stone was the carnival barker, Seth, I'm not sure how accurate that is. There's no reason we couldn't have a Dusty May situation here, just a matter getting the right fit ....... which CAAR may or may not be.