hoopmanx wrote:lollaperuna wrote:The man that transformed our basketball program doesn't deserve a share of the profits in the form of a 5 year contract?
Moody went from a few hundred in attendance to sold out because of Larry Brown. I used to pay much less for my season tickets in section 204 than I what I am now required to pay for the privilege of purchasing those tickets.
Larry deserved whatever he was asking for.
Umm, no. I'm a Larry homer, maybe the best teacher I'll ever have the privy of watching. That said, he wasn't just asleep at the wheel on over half his job description, he was beyond reckless. think about this, when faced w/a second postseason ban for APR, he went over his lead recruiters head, see KT, and took Kapita and Bruno's verbals. That's positively insane, rantings of a lunatic, crazy. Again, love LB, but his handling of Kapita in particular, was off the reservation. Staff was shocked, admin shocked etc.
If This is to be done at SMU, in some sustainable way, we have to dot our I's, cross our Ts. We don't have to be beyond others, but we can't operate like 90s UNLV. There was no future w Larry, ever. This was always about who was next in line and now we get to see. I have my issues w Jank, but the most overrated thing I hear around here is 'there goes recruiting.' What a farce. Every single guy we brought in, was bc someone in the organization had an in. Larry barely even hired his own staff, cause he was so out of touch. You really think, after snacks left, that LB had any idea who KT was? You think he found Duncs or was he handed Duncs, same w the players. He hasn't had to have personal knowledge of the college game or industry yet, and that's on the basketball side and of things. Beyond that, he treated our commitment to charters like his own personal airline, all while creating donor fatigue. Nobody chartered the way LB chartered. Guy would fly anywhere, on no notice, to see kids we had no chance at.
Again, LB is greatness, but open your eyes to a future w/the same culture, no appreciable drop off in recruiting, more youthful exuberance, and actual checks and balances. This was and is our shot at sustainability. Larry just liked to fly too close to the sun, all the time, cause he liked how it felt. Never once cared for us, the program, even Jank. He told Jank 3 years when he took over. Think of the balloon payment Jank was about to get by not being named head man, all while we go on APR probation. You gonna guarantee LB for 5 years, knowing he's going to get fired for APR anyway, all while paying Jank twice as much as he makes now? LB wouldn't bump up Duncs or stout bc he was hiking buddies w Jersey guy, Hobbie. Hobbie has been here since Doh and has 1 skin, Blaise Mbargorba. We have video guys w more skins, even interns at one point.
Sorry, but I want SMU to be good long term and this our chance. LB got us here and we would have still won w him, cause he's that good a teacher. That said, the kids like Jank more. He out coached LB by a ton last season, and his style of play is more conducive to ball and recruiting in '16.
I have a very close contact at SMU at one of the highest administrative positions. This person told me over dinner that LB was risking the overall integrity of the athletic department as stated above. The sentiments this person held were very consistent with Hoopman. I'm gonna miss LB but I always felt he would be gone (one way or another) in a short period.
