Thank you again to @wrenbaker, @gordongee & the rest of the administration for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to lead our storied Mountaineer basketball program.
— Josh Eilert (@josheilert) June 26, 2023
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Given the timing, they really didn't have any other choice. They could either hire an interim or lose their entire roster to the portal. This is an attempt to make lemonade from the great big pile of lemons Huggins left them.IowaBear said:
Terrible hire, it looks like this was done to keep that vaunted transfer class together in hopes of making a run this upcoming year. Not sure a hire like this is beneficial to the long term success of their program
There's no time to get a proven coach. It's almost July. You'd need a couple of weeks minimum to make the hire, and then you'd be asking that guy to build an entire roster after the portal has already been picked dry of Big 12 caliber talent.IowaBear said:
That's my point. That's not going to work in the long term. Unless this guy ends up being some hidden gem (unlikely) this was done to win this coming year and nothing more. All these prize transfers have 1 year left. They could have went and got a proven MM coach. But they panicked and hired this guy hoping for some miracle season with a thrown together roster of high level transfers
They'll lose some. But if they would have tried to make an outside hire, they would have lost their entire roster before the next coach's introductory press conference.IowaBear said:
You realize they're still losing guys to the portal right? They have 2 guys who've announced they're staying so far in Battle and Kerr. I'm sure there's plenty of proven MM coaches who would jump at the opportunity to take that gig regardless of the fact it's June.
parch said:
It's hilarious they put a giant INTERIM on his welcome sign, like 70 font points bigger than anything else, and then had him pose next to it.
