I think it is better than playing powerful teams on the road that you have no chance of winning just to make more money. Last years schedule for such a young team was very hard.What a joke.
Marshall basketball wants its ‘mojo’ back
HUNTINGTON — Not many coaches will admit to building a weaker schedule to give their team confidence early in the season, but Marshall men’s basketball coach Dan D’Antoni didn’t shywww.herald-dispatch.com
You think last year's schedule was very hard? Come on.
You mean like the FB team playing at Notre Dame?
Based on the current state of our sports teams, we should pay Grassie a "bonus" to host a coaches clinic during the summer next year and make it mandatory attendance for all MU coaches.
Yep. I know it's a long shot to ever get an at large bid, or NIT; but to readily admit it and schedule to reflect that thought just doesn't sit well with me. I can't imagine any recruit worth anything would consider playing here if he knew we don't expect, or try to make the post=season unless we win the league. Call me crazy.
No, they were not.
Kinsey was injured much of the season. George and Beyers were not very good .Goran and Marko have not played to their full potential and the bench consisted of many freshmen having to play. This years team is a year older and the addition of another 3 point shooter and a non injured Kinsey should make Marshall much better this season but not great.
Maybe he can be our Cam Henderson and coach multiple sports.
you lost me after Kinsey. He started every game and logged more minutes than any other player.......
MAC might be a one bid team. But beware of any big school wanting to play them on the road.
So what we've learned here is that every single claim you originally made was incorrect.
This could backfire on old Danny. If he doesn't have a good season against this wet T.P. schedule he'll be even more exposed.
I dont think it will backfire as they will be a much better team this year with a healthy Kinsey and all the better players a year older with the addition of the tranfer three point shooter will help also.
The sad thing is, there is no reason why we can't do what you propose... But we won't.
Basketball has almost always proved different . I know all collegiate major sports has turned into nothing more than trying to make money. Big money wins in sports now and Marshall supporters probably will never spend what it takes to be with the elite again. I sure hope I am wrong.
I believe he is a very good coach and you guys are sore losers after one bad season. Winning and money from supporters will bring in good recruits . Playing teams that are superior to you will only get less recruits and more sore losers like you.
1 bad season? A very good coach? Take away his worst season and his best season and what is left? Not one time has Dan had our team in position for the best regular season in the conference.
. . . and if MU had won 25 games or so we'd wouldn't have heard a single word about these "problems"!
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Three weeks have gone by since that win over Notre Dame and I have not seen one single player recruited for football in that time.
I believe the better recruits want to play against the best competition they can. It makes them better and helps their case if they want to move on to tje NBA after school. I am sure Kinsey, Taylor and Co. would love to play against Duke, NC, UK and others for the opportunity to show their stuff and play in those arenas. If they don't want to play the best and be the best, I question their whole desire to play the game in the first place.
Good to see sunshine and rainbows Stowers -- er, I mean Perkins, is back to help smooth over this asinine decision by the administration.
You really believe players couldn't play to their potential because we didn't have a school president? Or was it not having an AD. Or was it covid? Or is it charter flights? Or is it lack of a practice facility.
