Except for Orr, I've never thought that we've had bad coaches. I've always attributed the mediocrity to the larger context.Globetrotter wrote:Just a couple months away from the 4th season in a row of less than the allotted number of scholarships. Might have to let freedom ring and give up on the basketball team just like I did the football team. If the head coach doesn't care as much as the fans it's not worth taking part in.
The university and student body have a steady, long standing tradition of not caring about and de-prioritizing men's basketball. This has been stunningly consistent. We had small blips for Antonio Daniels and Keith McLeod, but those were small blips. Currently, student interest is near zero. Fans from the community are sparse and the average age is well north of 50. Interest is so low I wonder if winning would even make a difference.
Given this scenario, some questions
- How ambitious can any coach effectively be? How many roadblocks and apathy does a coach face when trying to do something?
- If nobody else cares, why should you? How much difference can your partisanship make? BGSU is institutionally designed for mediocrity in men's basketball. After 40 years of this pattern, do you see anything concrete on the horizon now that will bring consistent success?
If we ever make the NCAA Tournament, it well be one statistical outlier nestled among several other decent years where we don't come close.
