I know what the board wants, but Scott has the final say. What do you think ray has to do to save his job from Scott's perspective?
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I know what the board wants, but Scott has the final say. What do you think ray has to do to save his job from Scott's perspective?
I personally would think he needs to win at least 5 to 6 conference games to even be in the discussion of keeping his job. And that still only puts us at the 12-13 win total. Color me shocked if we win more than 2 conference games at this point and I could easily see us going winless in the SEC.
0-18 or 1-17 is going to force it. The natives are already restless- Keenum is already getting heat from certain people. It will be a lot hotter by March
I agree.
I hope Scott requires at least 5-6 sec wins and for there to be some actual interest in the program. If I'm Scott, ray has to find a way to get the attendance up at the hump. Attendance may be just as much of a death blow as much as the loss count for ray.
7 SEC wins to have a decent shot of holding on...
Remember -- it's an 18 game conference schedule now
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make a run in the SEC tourney and punch a ticket to the dance as a 16 seed because of it.....that is about the only foreseeable way at this point. I am never for firing anyone, but....this thing went from a dumpster fire to a steaming pile in a short amount of time....................
I think Ray has to win 8 conference games and show vast improvement in the remaining games. The last head coach was let go for "not meeting the expectations that he previously set". Well that's fine and dandy. Ray has taken these expectations and drastically lowered them every year. This is Ray's best team, most experienced, and most players are from the previous coach.
I think Scott is fighting his pride. I do think he will look for anyway to keep Ray, mainly cause it was his baby and he probably has an agreement for another year. Ray will make it very tough for Scott though, this team will show up for games, but very little "basketball" will be played. I think the pressure will get too much for Scott though, and the hand will be forced.
So according to Scott's expectations (unless he has changed them), Ray is nowhere close to meeting our basketball standards.
6-7 conference wins AND malik newman
An overall winning record.
I've seen enough. He's fired. Waiting any longer hurts us by the day on our next hire. Stop the bleeding already.
7 or more wins I would bring him back
5 or less I would let him go .
If he won 6 I would have to look at other things such as non conference, SEC tournament play, and how we looked in our losses.
If we wouldnt get blown out by every team we lose to and only lose by a couple of points that would help sway my decision but getting ass raped 15-20 times this year it's hard to gauge that as improvement
Lets face it we are a very bad basketball team. Can't win on the road (30 straight road losses for Ray)
Last in the SEC in scoring
Last in the SEC in Assists
Last in the SEC in 3pt fg%
We can't shoot, cant pass and can't score.
I think Ray is as good as fired now and the only way i see him staying is if he goes 8-8 in our last 16 games, and with an improved SEC I just don't see that happening.
Woah we really have 30 straight road losses? Man every day there's a new stat of unspeakable futility that shows up from Ray's tenure. ****ING FIRE HIM ALREADY!!!!
He's 0-19 in the SEC on the Road going into tonight's game throw in Tulane, Oregon State, this year and a couple others in his first and second years its at 30.
21 straight road losses**
And he's actually 1-18 on the road in the SEC**
On-court futility isn't a good enough reason to justify a midseason firing. Not unless the "next" coach is available to actually be hired in the middle of the season. No need to fire prior to going through the early stages of a coaching search and assessing candidates and interest out there...
Engie I am joking about firing now ,end of season fine with me . Question is will it happen or is one more year . Question 2 is our AD lining someone up or is a like before? Me I be calling someone like the Bucknell coach (Dave Paulsen) .
I think Strick is gauging interest right now and figuring out what kind of $$ figure he is going to have to dangle...
Several here can give you Stans' account of what actually happened(most likely directly from him -- I know Geezer said Stans called him and was stepping down and that actually broke the story if memory serves correctly). I don't really think Strick was planning to have a coaching search last time and thus the explanation of why he was woefully unprepared when the decision came down. I think Stans was given a laundry list of ultimatums, some of which he simply couldn't/wouldn't agree to, and he walked and left us scrambling. I know it's common perception that he was "fired" -- but the people I trust most on the topic have generally told me he had the option of coming back along with some major forced changes...
Paulsen would be a pretty good hire, but there are a few logical options that I like more. He has some great years, but too many bad years mixed in IMO...