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Post by trimster on Jan 5, 2022 9:26:43 GMT -5
Thank you thecrossisback. HC is one of the now 5 worst programs in the entire country out of 350. There may be a couple of others like this so I'll be kind and say 10 worst programs. A quick look at Sagarin’s ratings yesterday showed 15 teams that are winless against D1 competition.
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Post by matunuck on Jan 5, 2022 9:33:23 GMT -5
Basketball was once our premiere sport where we at least held our own against recognizable basketball schools. Now we are a bottom dweller in a mediocre league. Our new AD is going to need the full backing of our new president to right the ship and clear a path to success.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 5, 2022 10:08:49 GMT -5
Personally, I don't care if there are 3 or 5 or 15 winless D1 programs against other D1 programs, Holy Cross should not be one of them. How many of those other teams have the long and storied basketball history that Holy Cross has? I'm betting none come close.
IMO, Nelson has 16 more games to prove he should remain as coach and, no, I don't think if he is let go he should get any of his remaining contract but that's a legal matter that I'll leave to the lawyers and how Blossom wrote his contract. Considering his poor judgement in selecting Nelson in the first place, I don't have high hopes Blossom was smart enough for a cheap buy-out clause.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 5, 2022 10:14:33 GMT -5
Personally, I don't care if there are 3 or 5 or 15 winless D1 programs against other D1 programs, Holy Cross should not be one of them. How many of those other teams have the long and storied basketball history that Holy Cross has? I'm betting none come close. IMO, Nelson has 16 more games to prove he should remain as coach and, no, I don't think if he is let go he should get any of his remaining contract but that's a legal matter that I'll leave to the lawyers and how Blossom wrote his contract. Considering his poor judgement in selecting Nelson in the first place, I don't have high hopes Blossom was smart enough for a cheap buy-out clause. Whoa...Nelson has done nothing we know wrong to be fired with cause. He will have to be paid.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 5, 2022 10:24:21 GMT -5
Foley, that depends on how the contract is written. Failure to perform can be an out if written into the contract, especially if you are hiring an untested coach.
All academic as I'm quite confident there is no such clause and, you are right that we would probably need to eat almost all the contract. From memory, one of our axed coaches (Kearney, perhaps?) had a proviso that any subsequent employment salary was to be deducted from his payout from HC.
There may well be a group of alums willing to defray the costs of getting rid of Nelson, especially if there is not even a glimmer of improvement before the end of the season.
16 GAMES! (or fewer if Covid cancellations. 17 if you run the regular season and lose the first playoff game.)
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Post by joe on Jan 5, 2022 10:49:35 GMT -5
But as you go further up the food chain (power conferences and NBA), wouldn't breaking down guys off the dribble as a primary offense constitute a "plan" for some coaches? And isn't that where our coach has spent most of his time? That’s exactly right! Beating your man off the dribble is actually considered offense and a plan. And it’s okay especially late in the shot clock. People on this forum act like the team doesn’t pass the ball and run offense. We run side and high pick and roll with a wings spaced in catch and shoot spots, we run back screens for deep post ups for Gerrale, we run motion with read and react principles…problem is we’re not shooting well enough…and when the ball doesn’t go in that affects everything more importantly your defense… Read and react is what Bobby Knight taught. Don’t hold the ball for more than a couple seconds. Takes a master to teach this well.
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Post by nhteamer on Jan 11, 2022 11:19:41 GMT -5
apologize for the misnamed thread; it should be ASTOUNDINGLY bad
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