Thursday, March 8, 2012

How to destroy a basketball program

Be thankful you're not a Northern Arizona fan.

True, this isn't WAC-related but it is worth posting. The Hoop Dirt site, which covers coaching changes at all college basketball levels, recently offered this:

"Now NAU hopes to have an AD in place in 8 weeks, with the new men's basketball coach to follow after that. It's crazy to think that Mike Adras was the first coach fired this season (12/9/11), and that NAU may be one of the last schools to hire."
The exodus of current players will likely become a torrent, with newcomers a trickle. Whoever lands the opening better be willing to accept suffering big time next season and probably for seasons to come. So why be a fan?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The NAU fans are not asking them to be Kentucky, but as Ben Howland showed years ago, they can good when the right coach is in place. There are plenty of recruiting targets in Arizona, Nevada and Southern California who would be great at NAU. Just get a good coach who can connect with all of Arizona, not just a 10 mile radius of the Dome, recruit your area(SW USA) and get er done. Fans want to come!