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I like his potential as well, and have been an advocate. But, what else makes him a better fit than craft other than being from Kingsport? My only concern is that I figured his old mentor at wofford might tell him to stay away from AppHoopster wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:09 pmKerns won 20 games at PC this year. Averaged 15.5 wins per year. Ten years prior to his arrival PC averaged 8.9 wins, with a high year of 14 wins. Again, an impressive job and a better fit than Craft. Kerns is from Kingsport, TN. Craft is from Fla. Judge for yourself.
It's certainly complicated. It's late March and we know that at least one candidate has declined our offer. We appear to be down to a couple of Big South coaches with lackluster experience and/or success and a former Duke football player (if a tweet from out of the clear blue yonder can be believed). The Board of Trustees meets tomorrow. Athletic matters are on the agenda. This puts DG between a rock and a hard place.
In fairness, this could be taken out of context.
Of the two, I would prefer Kerns based on his background and what he has been able to accomplish in a short time at PC. Frankly, I'm not excited about Craft. My biggest concern is we wind up with someone who hasn't had head coaching experience and we know that hasn't worked so well for us.Hoopster wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:09 pmKerns won 20 games at PC this year. Averaged 15.5 wins per year. Ten years prior to his arrival PC averaged 8.9 wins, with a high year of 14 wins. Again, an impressive job and a better fit than Craft. Kerns is from Kingsport, TN. Craft is from Fla. Judge for yourself.
Do we really know that a candidate has declined our offer? I tend to think “turned us down” often means “withdrew from consideration” without an offer being made. Admittedly I don’t know for sure what happened here.asu66 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:25 pmIt's certainly complicated. It's late March and we know that at least one candidate has declined our offer. We appear to be down to a couple of Big South coaches with lackluster experience and/or success and a former Duke football player (if a tweet from out of the clear blue yonder can be believed). The Board of Trustees meets tomorrow. Athletic matters are on the agenda. This puts DG between a rock and a hard place.
This may be the reason he says he's not in a hurry. Rushing to hire one of these three candidates by 3 PM tomorrow certainly qualifies as being complicated and high risk.
I'm with Stonewall. IMHO, it's time for a complete "do-over."
I don't know for certain, either. It's really semantics. Jones probably used us to get a better deal at Radford so he can stay there and coach his son for the next four years. The guy's a slick operator. He's improved his base salary from $205,000 to $300,000 in under 8 months and didn't have to move to do it.EastHallApp wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 3:25 pmDo we really know that a candidate has declined our offer? I tend to think “turned us down” often means “withdrew from consideration” without an offer being made. Admittedly I don’t know for sure what happened here.asu66 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:25 pmIt's certainly complicated. It's late March and we know that at least one candidate has declined our offer. We appear to be down to a couple of Big South coaches with lackluster experience and/or success and a former Duke football player (if a tweet from out of the clear blue yonder can be believed). The Board of Trustees meets tomorrow. Athletic matters are on the agenda. This puts DG between a rock and a hard place.
This may be the reason he says he's not in a hurry. Rushing to hire one of these three candidates by 3 PM tomorrow certainly qualifies as being complicated and high risk.
I'm with Stonewall. IMHO, it's time for a complete "do-over."
Our budget wasn't a factor. He used App to get more money to stay home.app97 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 1:24 pmBetting our budget was a factor as well.appstate24 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 1:16 pmSounds like the Lutz ship has sailed. Just listened to his interview on the David Glenn show and he pretty much said App is looking for someone younger.
Truly sounded like he really wanted the opportunity to coach our team. Really hope we don’t regret passing on him.
firemoose wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:58 pmThis is my one and only post on this topic. A LOT has changed since the post about a hire being announced today was made just three days ago. Given all that has taken place, today has gone from probably to doubtful and is heading towards not a chance in hell.
That is all. I now return you to the normal MMB posting.
The Moose has spoken. And we didn't even have to pay for that nugget!firemoose wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:58 pmThis is my one and only post on this topic. A LOT has changed since the post about a hire being announced today was made just three days ago. Given all that has taken place, today has gone from probably to doubtful and is heading towards not a chance in hell.
That is all. I now return you to the normal MMB posting.
Still just a tease though. Well played moose, well played.appstatealum wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 5:58 pmThe Moose has spoken. And we didn't even have to pay for that nugget!firemoose wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:58 pmThis is my one and only post on this topic. A LOT has changed since the post about a hire being announced today was made just three days ago. Given all that has taken place, today has gone from probably to doubtful and is heading towards not a chance in hell.
That is all. I now return you to the normal MMB posting.