Furman HC Bob Richey

Aquila_Viridis · March 27

Well; do we still feel the same about this with the current staff?

MCMLXXX · March 27

On 3/30/2023 at 6:22 PM, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Though true, let's lock Hodge up and worry about that after 4 more years of competitive 20+ win basketball seasons.

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Actually just 1 year of competitive 20+ win basketball.

MeanGreenTexan · March 27

On 3/27/2025 at 7:39 PM, Aquila_Viridis said:

Well; do we still feel the same about this with the current staff?

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Nice.

Man, TTG nailed it with that long post... at the time.
I just don't know if Hodge left that guy here. To me, the only guys who would fit that profile on our current staff are Coaches Estelle & Herl. Both should get interviews.

Remember, Coach Hodge inherited Rubin, Aaron, Moulaye, & Stone (as far as contributors were concerned).
Coach Herl or Estelle would be inheriting zero contributors unless they could convince Lorient, Newell, & possibly Floyd, if he gets his extra year of eligibility due to the new JUCO eligibility rule) to stay. I dunno if that's going to happen though.

But between TTG's post & now, the transfer portal has really taken on legs of its own. The idea of a roster being completely gutted year-over-year is not a foreign idea. So the requirement to "keep the train rolling along" doesn't make as much sense... because you're basically bringing in all new cars behind the locomotive anyway, you may as well upgrade the locomotive as well if one is available.
Otherwise, the train you keep rolling along is starring guys like Tyran Mason, Alex Cotton, Brock Vice, & Masyn Howell.

NorthTexasWeLove · March 27

On 3/27/2025 at 7:55 PM, MCMLXXX said:

Actually just 1 year of competitive 20+ win basketball.

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Averages homie... gone 2 years too soon.

meaniegreenie · March 27

On 3/27/2025 at 8:19 PM, MeanGreenTexan said:

Nice.

Man, TTG nailed it with that long post... at the time.
I just don't know if Hodge left that guy here. To me, the only guys who would fit that profile on our current staff are Coaches Estelle & Herl. Both should get interviews.

Remember, Coach Hodge inherited Rubin, Aaron, Moulaye, & Stone (as far as contributors were concerned).
Coach Herl or Estelle would be inheriting zero contributors unless they could convince Lorient, Newell, & possibly Floyd, if he gets his extra year of eligibility due to the new JUCO eligibility rule) to stay. I dunno if that's going to happen though.

But between TTG's post & now, the transfer portal has really taken on legs of its own. The idea of a roster being completely gutted year-over-year is not a foreign idea. So the requirement to "keep the train rolling along" doesn't make as much sense... because you're basically bringing in all new cars behind the locomotive anyway, you may as well upgrade the locomotive as well if one is available.
Otherwise, the train you keep rolling along is starring guys like Tyran Mason, Alex Cotton, Brock Vice, & Masyn Howell.

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Yeah, I'd be a LOT more confidant if RH had been in charge for 4-5 years and not just 2. I'm afraid that he hasn't had the chance to find "that guy" along with the rest of the supporting staff needed to keep the train rolling. I suspect some of the pieces are in place, but this is a lot of turnover in a short period of time.

And, like you said, do we have the right people in place that can work the portal to rebuild a team again? I think the players will look at this in a similar way. They would have known enough about how GM and RH worked together to be confident in what RH could do and thus be interested in coming here. I don't know if someone in the portal would be quite as interested in coming here with a much less known situation.

Of course a lot of this is a domino effect. If we start getting a few good portal players, then others will go "hmmm" and give us a look. If not, then we could easily fall back into obscurity immediately.