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Originally Posted by ZCat
I'm disappointed with what Chad said that we can't pay anywhere near what is needed to get top rate assistants like Stubblefield. That is the life blood of the program. It is much more valuable to me and LT would agree to get top flight recruiting assistant coaches. That's much more important than a new arena. New Arena will bring money but we need top-flight recruiters. End of story.
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To get money you need butts in the seats, plain and simple. Number one gripe is the arena. New football stadium opened up a new revenue stream, new arena hopes to do the same. Bearcats fans (not you in particular here) gripe so much about everything but it all comes down to dollars which nobody wants to shell out. UC is a public school, they're not using tuition dollars and tax dollars etc. to fund sports. It's all done in private donations. UC doesn't have the fan support so they don't have the money. For everyone who gripes at the job Cronin is doing, and some of its fair, doing so from their living room does nobody any good. They need donors, the basketball team needs support. When the fans put money into basketball then Cronin can finally get the assistants and recruiting budget to compete. As of now they're doing it on minimum dollars and minimum results is what we are getting.