Ultimate Nate Oats Thread - Future/Staying/Growth/Articles
I figured we would have a long chat in here instead of game chats.
Let's pick up the conversation on better conferences/Donors/Oats as a coach here.
I personally think he loves it here. He makes sure to say that. My biggest point is this: anyone can recruit with a big conference/name. His job becomes so much harder in the P5 not to mention one key factor - will Power 5 teams agree with the aggressive route of growing through JUCO? It's very faux pas and only fits a certain mold.
Gonzaga is not Gonzaga because they have made a lot of NCAA tournaments. That is what made New Mexico State and other programs like them.
Trying to draw parallels between UB an Villanova is asinine.
It is hard to put together a top-20 team. Few do it. Which is why we are loving this season!
But it is even harder to do it again and again. Even when coaches stick around they rarely repeat it.
We hope there is no drop off after this year but the team is filled with senior
