Welcome Coach Canales.
Alea Iacta Est, we've crossed the Rubicon. I get it, if I had millions and had promised around $10-15M of it to Weber, I'd want a say in who would be coming to coach at my alma mater. He has a lot of work to do. I thoroughly trust Dame to follow through with his commitments. To get resources flowing back into the program, build a practice facility, and get other deep pocketed alumni excited and donating. As for Canales; he:
1. Needs to get Weber back in the WIN column with conference championships, end the drought and get us dancing again.
2. Rebuild a broken relationship with the community. To me, that means getting Utah/regional kids back on the team. Out of the players who have announced intents to leave, Whitting has caused the most heartburn. He is a local guy that the community loved to cheer for.
3. Get butts back in the seats at the Dee and fire up the student body. That starts with seeing players on campus. As a student, you saw the team all over campus. Supaman went to school dances and was always getting students to come out to games. When he was at Weber, it was the thing to do. EVERYONE loved Boyette...Uh, we still do. He had help with Pat, Tal, Brad, Nick...etc etc etc.
4. Gotta build the fan base and get younger donors supporting the program. Too many former student officers get chubs for the Y, when they never went there. Not going to call out any names, but they know who they are.