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MBB Head Coach Hire

Yes, let’s be objective. For every former NBA player you listed who had or is having success coaching at the college level, he cites as many duds. We just don’t know how this experiment will turn out.
 
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Hornet25 said:
Not really an objective source. This guy's shtick is to bash all things Sacramento sports related. Well, he bashes everything, but since he's from Sac, it's his favorite.
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Yeah he's critical of our moves based on historical track record, which is valid. The issue is some of the criticism doesn't consider the facts. He had a past video critical of the stadium effort and never once mentioned the fee increase that will no doubt bolster the financial side of the issue. For those of us that follow this stuff pretty closely, the major difference with this current push and past ones is the fortitude by leadership to force through various fee increases that will likely be used to cover a significant portion of the costs.

Regarding this video, I think he misses the mark on the Bibby hire being a big risk. Dr. Wood is obviously capitalizing on a flashy name that resonates with area hoops fans to sell tickets in the new venue that is coming online in a few weeks. Our MBB program slowly declined back to garbage status after the lightning in a bottle season a decade ago, I just don't see how there is much to lose with a gimmick hire this time around. College athletics have changed tremendously due to the portal. There is less emphasis on player development and more about assembling the best talent on a year to year basis via free agency.

I also don't agree with his assessment on Dr. Woods "FBS or bust" statement and the FBS Indy vs CUSA argument. FBS Indy would allow scheduling regional foes that would sell tickets at a much greater clip than CUSA membership would. Either option would be better than staying in the FCS.
 
Super Hornet 2.0 said:
I just hope this doesn't go the way UOP went when they picked up a former NBA star as HC. Well, Damon Stoudamire DID stay five years, but the program stagnated that entire time before he bolted to the Celtics before hooking on with GA Tech. I could easily see Bibby pulling this....
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In my opinion, he was good for Pacific, they were coming off scandal, and total irrelevancy in WCC. He yo-yo’d but they were the most competitive they have been in WCC. Two bad years (1st year , expected, and 3rd) two solid years in top half (2nd and 4th) and a bit of let down in year 5, but not horrendous as that was Covid year.

Damon had real collegiate experience on the bench however. Bibby has not.
 
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StockonLB said:
In my opinion, he was good for Pacific, they were coming off scandal, and total irrelevancy in WCC. He yo-yo’d but they were the most competitive they have been in WCC. Two bad years (1st year , expected, and 3rd) two solid years in top half (2nd and 4th) and a bit of let down in year 5, but not horrendous as that was Covid year.

Damon had real collegiate experience on the bench however. Bibby has not.
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StocktonLB: You make a good point about UOP having to distance itself from scandal. That was a huge thing on the fan board for years, and it's still hovering to some degree. For many UOP fans, it felt like a carpetbagging stop, and I'm concerned that's how Hornet fans will take this. Your assessment of their relative experience is probably fairly close. I'm hoping Bibby turns out better than what would have happened in Dallas had Jerry Jones gone through with his threat to hire a guy with essentially a year or two of experience at the HS level (yes, he did win a state title in that time), simply because he's a legend in town....
 
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