Re: HART: Who REPLACES Jank? What about Steve Alford?
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:45 pmmavsrage311 wrote:JasonB wrote:
Over-react much? You guys are right, this is the exact same scenario as June Jones. The first sub-par season, lots of frustration heading into the new season. Lots of stories about difficulties on the recruiting trail. Frustration with the assistant coaches. Complaints about practice. Honestly, exactly the same.
And, very similarly, nobody blindly backed June Jones. Or Jank. All we are saying is that things will play out. We made a point that June had earned one year to turn things around. He actually had one game and the plug was pulled. This is Jank's year to turn things around. And if he doesn't (and of course it very clearly looks like he won't), the plug will be pulled. We all know that is going to happen, and it will be the right move when it does. And SMU will go and do the work to find a high quality replacement, just like they have done in football and in BB over the past 5 years. Rip on Hart and the admin all you want for the disaster of the reseat (much deserved scorn), but they have actually done a good job recently of identifying good coaches to bring in.
I agree with you on Hart. He's not perfect but his coaching hires have been very good. What I'm afraid of is that like June, we will hold on to Jank a year too long. I'm afraid the "year to turn things around" would be next year for him when we are "finally off sanctions". By then, like June, we would just be twisting the knife. Unlike with football though, I know the basketball booster/s can afford to pull the plug on Jank with a couple years left on his contract. Lets hope that's the case.
With June, we had to give him the one year to turn things around after 5-7. Mostly because of our horrible recent history in football and the consecutive bowl games. Once that next season was a disaster, he was out.
Same situation with Jank. Last year was his first stumble after a 30-5 season and having been the assistant for LB. You give him one more season to show it isn't a fluke (this year) and then he is gone. I don't think there is any way the big money boosters or the rest of us season ticket holders will allow it to drag out beyond this year.
Luckily, unlike football, you can recover the roster really quickly in basketball. The right coach can add a couple of nice pieces to the roster and have us winning immediately.