Post by jkh67 on Jan 22, 2019 20:28:07 GMT -5
I agree that the old days when HC was a recognized factor on the college basketball scene are fading memories that are not going to repeat in this day and age. Old timers like me can bemoan that reality and castigate Brooks all we want for not grabbing that BE brass ring when it was there for the taking, but he's dead and buried and we are where we are, like it or not.
The question is where we go from here. First thing we need to do is show that we are top tier in the PL on a regular basis, with a crack at the title and an NCAA bid every second or third year. We are nowhere near that state of grace today. Once we establish that "street cred", the A10 or the CAA (but not the BE) may become possibilities, but I'm going to guess that we will always opt to remain in the PL for a number of good and sufficient reasons. In any case, that's hopefully a question we will want to consider once we have that "street cred".
The issue is how we get to top tier PL status in basketball. Football may show us the way. It is admittedly early days, but I'm betting that Coach Chesney will turn that program around with his youth, energy, winning attitude, and (dare I say it?) charisma. We need to find someone like Chesney to have any hope of resurrecting HC basketball. Someone who can recruit quality players and coach them well. Not an easy task in the swamp that is PL basketball, but not impossible (I hope!). Carmody's done his best, no doubt. But it ain't workin'. Time to move on!
You were on a roll until you called the PL "the swamp". And recruiting should not be insurmountable either; we just need to be a more attractive option than the other PL teams.
My "swamp" reference was to basketball only. Your specific ideas about how we make ourselves "a more attractive option than the other PL teams" would be most welcome.