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I don't think we have the budget for flying anymore. Alnutt sending a staffer to pick him up

HoopDirt was saying Washington didn't even interview, but who knows at this point.

I don't believe many of us are wallowing in Alnutt's incompetence. He has royally messed up this search and shouldn't have a job at UB.

I don't really care if you block me for calling out your continued BS. Unfortunately you wont see this, but yes, I would like you to stop posting what you hear from clearly unreliable "sources."

Is that going to be official last week too?

Truer words have never been spoken. LOL

Cohen, McCollum, and Calhoun have all reportedly turned down offers. Hodgson was hired elsewhere. Washington apparently hasn't been interviewed. Unfortunately, that leaves you, ChubbyHubby, to be the leading candidate at this time.

I tend to agree 🙂 Really just anybody that wants the job at this point.

He would not be a good hire. He took over for Anthony Evans, who seemingly did better at Norfolk St, and then struggled at FIU.

Coming from the person who said Cohen would take the job and also that it would be done last week. Not sharing information is fine. Lying is disrespectful.

I'd be fine with that.

Hope he just leaves on his own, but he is so bad.

I actually had the opposite effect. Initial look got me really impressed. Basketball experts speak very highly of him. Diving into his teams stats, made me think he had a fluke year.

Hodgson, Washington, Cohen, McCollum. All have likely turned the job down (or weren't officially offered). Not really sure what happened with Kenya Hunter, seemed to be in for a short time, but nothing since. Now on to Calhoun, a very well respected coach in a bad situation. Is he better than the others? I hope so.

Sounds like coach-speak for "thanks but no thanks" We are really grasping at straws now

He's much better than his record indicates. People continuously say how it is almost impossible to win at YSU (for a number of factors). Best friends with coach of the Celtics, he definitely knows basketball. With that said, he interviewed for BSGU and didn't get the job (might have turned it down) and he really does only have one good season, which featured a whole bunch of seniors. Lost in semifinals of conference tournament as 1 seed, and then lost at home in the first round of the NIT to Oklahoma State.

At this point, just give the job back to Whitesell for one more year. I've lost all confidence in Alnutt.

Same. If he didn't like what he saw yesterday, he's out. Can't see what the holdup would be at this point if he wants the job.

Let's hit our own portal players first. Hopefully he can get a few to stay.

Which would likely mean McCollum and will be announced today? (One day after campus visit)

That could result in him keeping Foley, a seemingly above average recruiter.

To put him in perspective, America's hottest coach, Tobin Anderson, had a .771 win percentage in D2, never advancing past the elite 8 in 9 seasons at St. Thomas Aquinas. McCollum has a .811 win percentage in D2, advancing past the Elite 8 four times (with 4 national championships) in 14 seasons at NW Missouri State

Is it possible that Washington, Cohen, and Hodgson have all turned it down, so now it's Plan D? Just seems like a low level candidate considering the other choices

It's really only a factor at the bigger schools. You can actually argue that it hurts more than it helps, if donor money shifts from Program to Player. Unless more money enters the system (NIL + School), the facilities will ultimately be affected negatively. I'd much rather keep investing in the school and in the facilities than to give an 18 year old kid $50,000 to sign.

Yeah, Oats really builds team culture. If your teammate asks you to drive your gun over to you at 1am knowing that you've been drinking, you should 100% do it, because that's what Coach would want. 🙂