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How soon can we hire a new coach? I know in football you had to wait till the end of the regular season.
Potential players for 2018-19:
Thomas
Touchet
Osborne
Wade
Smith
McGee
Gilyard
Royster
Martinez
Eyman
Ochieng
Highler, Rhyanes and Stephens (walkons)
Add one good scorer/SG like Smart from UNT or Cole from Howard and we are ok. Start recruiting or taking transfers for 19-20 and the new coach could be just fine.
Realistically, some are going to transfer. It happens during every coaching change. Last year Rice's coach left for VCU and 4 starters transferred, 4 quality starters too
We can hire a new coach tomorrow but no coach worth a damn is going to leave their job in the middle of the season.How soon can we hire a new coach? I know in football you had to wait till the end of the regular season.
I agree with this assessment. Even with a few holdovers for the new coach, there is just not enough talent to compete for anything near a conference championship, or an NCAA tournament. In Wade and Osborne, I see athletic guys in the role of shooting guards, who aren't great shooters. They both show some potential, but I'm not sure how high either one's ceiling is. Really, the same can be said for Magee and Gilyard. They are good players, but I'm not sure the are more than complementary players on a good team. It is true that it is easier to turn things around in basketball, but the program as a whole next year, could be as low talent wise as BG's first year.The priority for the incoming coach will be to convince Smith, Wade, Osborne, and either Magee or Gilyard to stay (I don't see both Magee and and Gilyard staying). I like both of them but one of them is not going to be starting and is going to want more playing time. I think those 4 guys would give the new coach a good base to build on. Assuming the new coach can get them to stay, I feel like those 4 could get us 10-15 wins.
If 2 or more leave, I see less than 10 wins, sadly.
I thought we were trying to get a new start. Cantu was a very big part of the Floyd underachievement era. Floyd talked him up a lot but name 1 good recruit that he brought here that contributed more than 1 year. Definitely never proved himself as an X's and O guy. What has he ever done especially here that would make anyone think he could be our head coach. He only strength seemed to be tweeting.