He might say that but deep down he knows what we all know - whatever resource level Konkol has, he will underperform. Give him $10m a year and he'd give us a $5m/year team. You're literally flushing money by having Konkol as coach.Unfortunate.
Perhaps our structural issues were enough of a problem through the latest recruiting cycle that Moore feels we can do better in recruiting this year.
That's the only rationale I can come up with.
I am glad they came out with it this quick. I'd rather know quickly if he was canned or not. I don't know if there might be room to bargain with his payout when he gets canned. But that bargaining power would be gone, (if it ever existed) if we didn't give him nil this year. That wouldn't look too kosher to the coaches interviewing to replace him if we did that to him. I realize it sounds good on the surface, but players would all transfer this year if we did that, and the next coach would have to start from scratch if we did that.He might say that but deep down he knows what we all know - whatever resource level Konkol has, he will underperform. Give him $10m a year and he'd give us a $5m/year team. You're literally flushing money by having Konkol as coach.
I assume the real reason is that for whatever reason, we can't fire him. I see no reason at all why we wouldn't if we could.
Honestly I'd prefer to give Konkol $0 NIL next year and save that money for the new guy who will come in 2026, who might not squander whatever limited money we have.
So.... extend the crappy guy you have?Too much uncertainty in the future of college basketball for mid majors to go spend on a coach right now. Make sense to keep him with or without an extension.
The problem isn't his recruits. He's a bad coach.The bigger question is if he is given more NIL , can he spend it wisely on the best players ....this is still a recruiting talent job. We also know there are staggering deficiencies in the offense and getting the players ready to play for 40 minutes......money can't cure that..........
Penny is a bad coach, but he bought Cisse, Dainja, Haggerty, Hunter, Rogers, and Carter for about 5 million . Look how much FedEX improved his "coaching".The problem isn't his recruits. He's a bad coach.
Cue conversation about bringing back baseball, on-campus parking garages, and/or urinal troughs at skelly!!!This is going to be one hell of an off season...
You sir are a close student of our program.We can crown Konkol as Jim King II. He’s that bad and he isn’t even an alumnus of the university. No reason not to cut him loose. Retaining him is ridiculous and inconsistent with cutting Wilson after two horrible seasons and supposedly “demanding excellence”. The only difference between Wilson and Konkol is that Konkol seems to be less of an a-hole.
FedEx also built the Forum with help from the taxpayers. They also don’t have the perception of being a difficult school academically, though on the margins the schools are basically the same if you schedule it right and there’s little difference between who they recruit and who we recruit. Memphis is a great town for kids who want to play pro basketball even before we talk about payroll. We could spent $5 million and could get players. We could get them but we wouldn’t see a return on investment. More importantly, the location, the state of the program, the coaching and facilities means we won’t be getting the same players at the same price as Memphis. If you don’t believe me, ask any Indiana, Louisville, or Kentucky basketball student wondering why they go to a football school now despite throwing millions at their basketball players the last five years and seen the best go elsewhere. Or UNC is throwing money at an NFL coach instead of that big man from Europe or whatever.Penny is a bad coach, but he bought Cisse, Dainja, Haggerty, Hunter, Rogers, and Carter for about 5 million . Look how much FedEX improved his "coaching".
A silver lining of bad things at TU is we see old friends who don't come around much anymore, carrying buckets of official, administration-sanctioned water. Let the powers that be know I appreciate them showing enough respect to admit this decision is not based on past performance or expectation of future success, I guess that's too absurd for them to try at this point.FedEx also built the Forum with help from the taxpayers. They also don’t have the perception of being a difficult school academically, though on the margins the schools are basically the same if you schedule it right and there’s little difference between who they recruit and who we recruit. Memphis is a great town for kids who want to play pro basketball even before we talk about payroll. We could spent $5 million and could get players. We could get them but we wouldn’t see a return on investment. More importantly, the location, the state of the program, the coaching and facilities means we won’t be getting the same players at the same price as Memphis. If you don’t believe me, ask any Indiana, Louisville, or Kentucky basketball student wondering why they go to a football school now despite throwing millions at their basketball players the last five years and seen the best go elsewhere. Or UNC is throwing money at an NFL coach instead of that big man from Europe or whatever.