I know of only a handful of fans that are giddy and still see greatness after a loss, so take it with a grain of salt … yes, some power people are extremely disappointed and have been in Harp’s ear. But it wasn’t necessarily because of last night, I don’t think it made a difference either way. Pretty much everyone is upset. But I don’t see it as being some ready to burst volcano, either. Then again, I don’t have a feel at all for Harp. There were a lot of reasons to fire Arroyo besides record and he did what he felt he needed to do. I can’t say how he feels about KK. I do think there’s something extra there when it’s not the AD’s hire. But that does not mean he should pull the trigger (I’m on the side of no, he absolutely SHOULD NOT be fired). I don’t know where he stands. Unless something stupendous is lined up as a no brainer and the deal is done/near done, I have a hard time believing anything is there, then again, maybe Harp is good at keeping things quieter.
I’m disappointed about last nights game but at least they gave us a ride in that game. The season was really bad, hell, I think we lost 13 of our last 22 with most coming in a very mediocre conference. It may be a year in which we don’t have a victory over an NCAAT team (not sure). The OOC was weak and we feasted on it, a lot of garbage wins along the way. If you compare MM’s last two seasons vs KK’s two seasons … not sure, but I’m guessing they are very similar, maybe a slight edge to Munchies? Either way … another blah season with a disappointing ending.
With KK here, I think we need some drastic changes for next year to have success. We can’t just repeat the same philosophy (on the court, recruiting) and expect a huge jump. And yes, I do think a significant jump is necessary or he will be gone. Anybody saying there’s no hot seat for next year is crazy. It’ll be there.
I’m hopeful he doesn’t try to Menzies his way out of trouble by playing Time Life Books and St Katherine’s 12 times next season so he can get to that (lol) benchmark of 20 wins. That’s an old metric that is absolutely useless nowadays. But the uni and press like to use it to designate a special season. Whatever. Eyes don’t lie.
It’ll be an interesting off-season, seeing if anything is approached differently or if we just stick with what we are doing and go with it and hope with crossed fingers.
I’m disappointed about last nights game but at least they gave us a ride in that game. The season was really bad, hell, I think we lost 13 of our last 22 with most coming in a very mediocre conference. It may be a year in which we don’t have a victory over an NCAAT team (not sure). The OOC was weak and we feasted on it, a lot of garbage wins along the way. If you compare MM’s last two seasons vs KK’s two seasons … not sure, but I’m guessing they are very similar, maybe a slight edge to Munchies? Either way … another blah season with a disappointing ending.
With KK here, I think we need some drastic changes for next year to have success. We can’t just repeat the same philosophy (on the court, recruiting) and expect a huge jump. And yes, I do think a significant jump is necessary or he will be gone. Anybody saying there’s no hot seat for next year is crazy. It’ll be there.
I’m hopeful he doesn’t try to Menzies his way out of trouble by playing Time Life Books and St Katherine’s 12 times next season so he can get to that (lol) benchmark of 20 wins. That’s an old metric that is absolutely useless nowadays. But the uni and press like to use it to designate a special season. Whatever. Eyes don’t lie.
It’ll be an interesting off-season, seeing if anything is approached differently or if we just stick with what we are doing and go with it and hope with crossed fingers.
