Originally Posted by springborofan
Just like everyone has an ahole and opinion, every wannabe journalist has a website. While I think he does a good job setting up the problem statement (getting down to 5 potential programs), he gets lazy and easily dismisses VCU and UD because of a coaching change. No analysis of arena, attendance, commitment from the institution, historical records beyond the past 4-5 years.
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I agree that he did a decent job of analyzing the factors that should contribute to the BE’s expansion decision. A much better strategic approach than “who is closer to whom”, Jesuits vs. Marianists vs. Dominicans vs. etc., expanding the footprint of the conference to the left coast, or which University president is on the Board of Trustees for University Zed. But he definitely kept his analysis in the near-term (i.e. a year or less). And, if I was in the BE’s shoes, I might approach expansion in much the same way he did. Let the candidates (UD included) fight it out to see who can consistently succeed while maintaining program continuity.
I only wish the BE would have considered expansion in much the same manner 2 years ago. If they had, we might have stood a better chance of keeping the coach who took us to 4 straight NCAAs, and he might have been more focused on seeing the program succeed once the Class of ‘17 graduated.
One last comment on the author himself: a fair amount of hubris in his attitude about the BE. Maybe the conference should change its name to Mary Poppins, since it’s already “practically perfect in every way”.
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