Frank will be back
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Should have been on the last year of his contract this season.
Haith has a year on his contract but it will never be shorter unless you have a designated coach in waiting. ( We don’t). So the best possible time to retire a coach is at the end of this season. His contract actually starts later in the spring but you have to get a new coach quickly. We might be hoping some schools end their season early so we can contact Coaches or assistants early. There should already be a “ list”. Some may not like this but I think we need to go outside the current program for a head coach. Ctt has some good names. I have a couple.
How can anyone ignore this?
Of course Frank has to keep encouraging his players but the rest of the world needs to be objective.
I was told he was given two years at end of last if he would accept a reduced salary probably about half and greatly reduced buyout. He said his first goal when he got here was to get both salaries in line which he has done. Trust that Rick is aware of attendance being down he hates that the most. I think he will do the right things. He took care of the womens problem and hit a home run
I'm no expert on basketball strategy, but attendance is bad enough that it would be justified to fire him for that alone.
I do feel better that we suck for cheap. It really burned me that we were paying a lot to suck.
- J.D. Barnett was fired Wednesday as Tulsa's head basketball coach, with three years remaining on his contract. The official announcement came one day after first-year TU president Robert H. Donaldson requested the coach's resignation during a meeting with Barnett and TU athletic director Rick Dickson.
Even at the reduced cost were still paying a sh!t ton to suck like we have been, plus it’s costing money at the turnstiles, as well as likely in advertising, in concession and merchandise sale and licensing. Not to mention the cost to the reputation of the program and school.
It just feels like he’s pizzing on the grave of Tulsa basketball. Does that compare?
So going outside the program means no English? Cuz that's the only one internal, worth considering.
We don't know for sure ! But we do know Rick was in on the firing of JD and hired Tubby Smith. On Wojcik's firing : "Since 2005, we have seen a 35 percent decrease in season-ticket sales, a 43 percent decrease in revenue and rapidly growing apathy among our fan base," Parmley added. "Basketball is expected to be a revenue-producing sport and a marquee sport at The University of Tulsa."
yes, that's the cost of having a sucky coach. But you have those costs whether you're paying the sucky coach a lot or a little.
And Donaldson wasn't necessarily a friend to athletics at all. It was under him TU made the admissions standards higher and they eliminated the HPER majors that Rader said made it difficult to recruit JUCOs to fill in the gaps.
Yes it does.....If you are looking for evidence, Isn't that his shovel over in the corner that
has all of the fresh dirt on it?
I'm afraid it's neither haiku nor limerick....It looks like the absolute truth to me!!
Only if the grave is near a Flemings parking lot...
Be kind to Orsack
he promised one thing, that his
tank would be empty
he promised one thing, that his
tank would be empty
Well, I feel that he left completely drained.
Man, that situation really pissed me off.
When it is time you just have to go!
Orsack pissed when the urge hit. TG resigned at Hawaii when it became obvious his support was gone. Frank don't you feel the urge?
Orsack pissed when the urge hit. TG resigned at Hawaii when it became obvious his support was gone. Frank don't you feel the urge?
I would think he would (hopefully will) be dismissed more for the reasons that attendance is down.....
I saw many "walk-thru scrimmages" under Nolan where the players Moved faster than they do
during the last five minutes of our games recently.....
I love good college basketball, but won't watch this stuff......I did watch the last five minutes of the
game before last, but not even a minute of the last one....I just can't handle it....
Haith seems to be in a daze, and his staff doesn't seem much more enthused than he is....Surely,
given the way the season has unfolded, that they have put in an extra effort in practice on end of
game situations....?? Really? It still looks the same.....
I don't think anyone on this board feels we have every last player we need to compete equally every
game with the upper crust of the AAC, but the majority of us do expect to see a team that looks
competently coached....Sadly, for almost the entirety of this season, and many, many games over
the last several seasons, that has been anything but the case.....
Rick needs to take some action....Haith, and for that matter, some of his slow walking staff, can't
possibly be put in the position of "lame duck" coaching next year''s team.....If we're talking about a
disaster with long term consequences, that is certainly one in the making, and the last thing we
need for T.U. basketball........
Why so grumpy you might ask.....I'm running out of time is why.....Reconstruction takes a while, and
I would love to be here.....Sadly, I also feel the program is also running out of time, if we are talking
about getting it turned around in a near-term manner.....
What was the ol' "Smokey and the Bandit" ditty? "We've got a long way to go, and a short time to
get to get there".........
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The University of Kentucky produced a tribute to Tubby Smith as they raised his banner into the rafters at Rupp over the holidays.
He thanked his old boss, JD Barnett, not Rick Dickson or Donaldson or Pitino, for getting him started as a head coach.
Rick’s a great guy doing tremendous things. He’s not going to solve this himself or with suggestions from fans.
He thanked his old boss, JD Barnett, not Rick Dickson or Donaldson or Pitino, for getting him started as a head coach.
Rick’s a great guy doing tremendous things. He’s not going to solve this himself or with suggestions from fans.
Then it won't be solved.....No one below him can, and no one above him will without him and a bunch of
us screaming to high Heavens,,,,The Marxist Bros that run this university don't give a damn, and prob.
wouldn't know how to do it if they did care.....
By the way, I'm having trouble with the tremendous things he has done/is doing in men's major sports.....
I'm having trouble finding them.......We have the worst coaches in men's FB/BB in the whole conference,
and their combined inabilities are the worst I have seen in my long tenure of watching T.U. sports.....
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Tubby always spoke well of jd Barnett who he was an assistant with. Had several crazy stories of Barnett’s antics but always thought he was a really good basketball coach.
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