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.
Will Wade can do with less.
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...
Title ls a pipe dream make the dance every 2-3 years with a periodic win.
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.
C’mon man?!
CSU has made the tournament 3 out of the last 4 years? You mean to tell me we can’t at least look to that as a bar.
You ain’t got to be selling cars up there on the podium but don’t be trying to sell me on some also-ran type of stuff either.
We should be in the top of the MWC every year!
The days of 5-7 football teams and once in awhile basketball teams aren’t the norm around here anymore!
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The lower majors and lower end of mid majors have good teams and yes, are under that amount.
The pool of good players is way deeper than it used to be. You can get players that are good without a lot of hype connected to their name.
Please explain... I'm not talking about realistic F4 candidates. But we just completed year 12 I believe of not making the NCAA tournament. There are plenty of mid-majors that are good teams that aren't paying millions for NIL.
Mullen has the past history and charisma, so I expect big thing, and hope the new basketball coach is cut from a similar cloth!
Talent evaluation is key. Why is it we always have the most of work with and we never have player of the year. Or very few team first team all-americans in the Mountain West
Or an NBA draft pick?
CSU has its 3rd in 3 years coming up this summer!
That’s just so frustrating. We’ve done such a poor job of hiring MBB coaches. Can’t imagine any school has had a worse run than UNLV.
There has been alot but not with what we have to work with. We have the most to work with and have done the least in comparison.
Sure that would be great and yet...we haven't made the dance in more than a decade. And we haven't won a game in well over 15 years. Going to the dance every other year with a periodic win would be a huge leap over that. I would also rather go a little less but actually win a game here and there vs CSU which has one first four win and that is it.
Probably DePaul. Once a great program like UNLV rated number 1 and had great nba players but hasn't been squat in 35 years.
I hear you but I’m going to say this to you.. it’s okay if things turn on a dime too, look at football, won 20 games in 2 years after not winning a bowl game since 2000! So I hope the new coach, whoever he is wins 22-23+ games next year and gets us the regular season crown, a MWC tournament and a game or two in March madness. And then in year 2, I hope we exceed year 1 results in the regular season, MWC tournament and NCAA tournament and he gets 1 or 2 guys to the league to boot.
Just like our football team did this past season! 😉
None of it matters until the NIL pot grows. Need a rich ultra fan to kick in real money.
Getting rid of KK is a HUGE start. Next step is getting the right coach.
They got ditch stomped by Kelvin Sampson.
Let’s see DTR was 300,000 a year. Whaley, who knows and Kevin was how much.
What a mess.
The right coach will also work the boosters to build the NIL pot.
Lon got boosters on his side. Hauck didn't at all.
It's part of being a coach nowadays.
Boosters are the easiest to talk into it since they have a love for the program already. You aren't out making cold calls to people who have no rooting interest in the school. Then those boosters show their friends the pictures with Coach and tell others with money how nice he is, so more people with money get on board.
People hate Gorman but stop by Gorman and glad hand with everyone you can there. Take pictures with the Librarian if need be. Spread the word about how you love Las Vegas.
Sarcasm part - Maybe one day that coach will have a son who needs a HC job so your booster friends can get him in the door.
