You look at where things stand right now in the league and I like where we are situated with Grant. Rhoades at VCU should be rock solid every year. Schmidt is developing tenure. McKillop already has it. Dambrot made one of the youngest teams in the country a big PITA this year and the
Dukes will be contenders the next 2-3 seasons.
But everyone else is either suspect or on the hots. Ford is sort of an enigma at
SLU. Im not sure he was ever their primary or even secondary choice. Excellent recruiter but even at Okie State his teams never lived up to the hype. Martelli has had injuries Im not sure any coach could completely overcome this year. He can recruit and develop guys into the best players in the league. But guys 5 through 9 on his teams are always suspect. He's never really been super consistent. NCAA seasons usually follow .500 seasons or worse Rinse repeat.
As Fly said, McCall hasnt shown much at
UMass. Mooney has to be out. Paulsen has done more at Mason in the last cpl seasons to make them competitive than Hewett ever did. I think they can come around some more. Neubauer, Howard, and Joseph are in dead-end jobs. Neubauer has to be gone after this year alongside Mooney. Cox at
URI has one of the better jobs in the league, but Rammie fans havent been too impressed with him thus far. They can win or lose to anybody by 25.
Grant with the talent we have returning and guys we have coming in? I dont think there's a better program to bet on over the next cpl seasons. Nobody has to be the second-coming at their specific job. They just need to do their role.