Harper....The next UNLV head basketball coach
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I don’t think hear any news until Harper has his replacement committed and the $$$$ committed
Solidify funding for football, then take care of basketball. If we can do both this year, that’s the best outcome imaginable. If we can’t take care of #1, we won’t get to #2. And for God’s sake don’t ignore #1 to address #2.
I agree the $$$$$$$$ need to be committed, plus if I were the next coach I'd need to see at least a $ 3 million NIL. UNLV fans demand National relevance. With a weak NIL you'll just be the next UNLV coach to get fired after a four year run.
3 million NIL for a college basketball team? Come on man, we will be lucky to get half of that. There are plenty of good teams that will be playing next week that don't even have a million in NIL.
The average p4 is around $ 171,000 per player or $ 2.5 mil. BYU alone is 20 mil. A new coach needs to make an immediate impact and can't nudge up to being competitive. So $ 3 mil is reasonable.
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Nothing personal but I’m glad you weren’t correct! 😉
At least there will be hope of a better day for men’s basketball at UNLV!
Not gonna lie I hope Bedford comes back, he was my favorite player to watch in some stretches.
Also I think I owe two people here $20 bets on us finishing in the top 2 of the conference—- I’ll make a $100 donation to St. Jude for that lol
Also I think I owe two people here $20 bets on us finishing in the top 2 of the conference—- I’ll make a $100 donation to St. Jude for that lol
I would love to see both UNLV football and basketball ranked in the top 25!😎
That is what the Big12 is looking to see!
We aren't a P4 school. BYU has several millionaire donors. We also don't need to just fork out cash to win and make a tournament... it hasn't worked just paying players or trying to bring in all the talent. Just bring me players and a coach that work hard and are hungry to win
Thinking you can win without top players is a dream. And now you have to buy top players.
You're talking about winning something completely different... My goal for the next coach isn't winning a F4 or even a S16 appearance... I'm talking about just competing and maybe winning our conference or conference tournament to go dancing...
How much do you think CSU/Boise/Utah St have for NIL budgets for basketball? Yet all 3 have managed to make NCAA tournaments consistently...
We shouldn't worry about winning NCAA tournament games as an expectation for success for the next coach. The expectation alone should be getting to an NCAA tournament and winning thr conference. Anything else is a bonus and you can do that without forking out 3 million dollars in NIL
Take the”govenor’s off masked_rebel!
We don’t need to approach things with caveats any more, let the next guy come in “calling his shot at the plate” at the press conference!
I get what you are saying about being like CSU or BSU as far as success goes but let’s have a “take no prisoners” type of attitude while doing things too!
We don’t need to approach things with caveats any more, let the next guy come in “calling his shot at the plate” at the press conference!
I get what you are saying about being like CSU or BSU as far as success goes but let’s have a “take no prisoners” type of attitude while doing things too!
That's also not what I'm saying. What good does it do to have the next hire come in and say "he's confident UNLV can return to the national championship stage" when we haven't even win out conference since like 2000... I want the next guy to want to win conference titles and make the NCAA tournament.. anything after that is house money. As a mid-major that should be the goal every year.. not "make a S16 or compete for a Final 4" which is what some fans think every hire has to do to be successful...
Actions speak louder than words. Charisma, a good speaker, yeah, it draws, but you can do all that well, be shiny and intense and that doesn’t make you a good coach. If you talk a good game but can’t back it up, it’s used car salesman.
Odom wasn’t impressive or unimpressive with his pressers. Sanchez was more fiery and animated, liked to evoke emotion. So did Rollie when he came here, really tried to fire people up. Used car salesman.
Substance over style.
Now if the guy is fiery and he has a track record of success, boom. But if he talks more neutral and wins, that’s great too.
