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That's fair, but as a fan I don't think it matters if the coach can change. Brannen wasn't hired to learn how to coach, he wasn't hired to destroy the program to the point that it requires a fresh rebuild in year 3. He was hired to continue a tradition of greatness and instead ran us into the ground. My view is this, it's going to take a miracle to have an NCAA tournament team next year no matter who is the coach. If you accept that we won't be an NCAA tournament team next year, the question becomes how much does waiting 11 days to fire Brannen hurt us, is it worth 500k? I'd say probably so. Is a rebuild going to be that much harder in 11 days? Probably not. As I said, the worst thing we can do is wait to see what Brannen does next year. If he is on the hot seat with limited admin support, it makes recruiting even harder and means he has to lean more towards grad transfers over projects. Either give Brannen 2 years or fire him now. And if they are going to give him 2 years, I'd think they'd come out with a statement of support in light of what has gone on. Until that statement of support comes out (or until April 2nd) I'm going to hold out hope that Brannen is going to be fired. I'd prefer a new coach who has 4 years to rebuild and who didn't get us into this mess over Brannen who got us into this mess and has at most 2 years to rebuild. |
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That lack of a dancing bearcats is weird, but could be Brannen trying to prevent a bunch of fans flooding the tweet with off-topic (to Spell's commitment) comments. But Brannen talked last year about how valuable he thinks the dancing bearcat is and how he didn't want to leave guys out (there was one he was questioned on, I forget who, did he put a dancing bearcat for Rob Banks?). Trying to read tea leaves. The Saunders post of an door not closed is a strong reading that Brannen could still be fired. Doesn't mean he will be, but I can't believe that Saunder's would be considering coming back to play for Brannen. The Justin Williams articles as good as say that nothing has been decided. In the first an anonymous player (DDJ probably) says he's committed to staying as long Brannen is still the coach. In the second, DDJ is directly quoted as saying. "I think it will come to a head soon"... "We have to see with Mr. Cunningham and the rest of the administration how everything pans out." Last edited by skyblade; 03-20-2021 at 04:53 PM. |
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Sky blade, at least be consistent man. Why do you invest everything in what one player says but then completely write off the ones who support the coach. You act like all the players hate him. That’s clearly not true at this point. I’m leaning more and more towards those guys just can’t handle the heat. I’m still no too happy with Brannen at this point, but your whole outlook is just funny. You keep trying to paint him as some dictator or something idk, some heartless man who mentally abuses and lies to his players, all because a few guys weren’t happy with their role. Mason left probably because his brother did, the rest who really cares, then you’ve got Eason Saunders and Harvey, I could have guess Eason and Harvey would transfer halfway through the season, that leaves one surprise and you’re putting all your eggs in that basket.
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Saunders had two PM's leaked where he said he is leaving because of the coach. Brannen's wife was liking tweets trashing Saunders for leaving. Saunders mom went after Brannen for walking off the court early. This isn't reaching, this is stuff that is easily visible if you've been paying close attention. Hard to believe Saunders would want to come back after that, hard to believe Brannen would want him back. |
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