Bison137
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02-02-23 10:44 PM - Post#350651
In response to candyfan
The problem remains not with Davis and his staff coaching abilities, but with the rather mundane recruiting these last several years. We don't know if that's mostly on Davis, who, ultimately is responsible for it. However, it may be that the coaching staff is just not getting the better recruits? This team has no Stephen Brown, Zach Thomas, nor Nana Fouland?
Few teams do in the Patriot League, but we Bison fans expect this level of excellence. So does AD Truax, who outlined as much in his open letter to the Coach and the Fans last year.
Another last place finish in the PL will surely come down hard on Davis and his staff and raise the question: release him with a year left on his contract OR pay for one more year, then hit the jettison button.
I completely disagree about the coaching. You are correct that Davis and staff have recruited poorly. But imo they have coached just as poorly. The defense the last few years has been abysmal, and it started all the way back in 2018–19 when Davis and Harrison came up with the ridiculous idea of switching on every screen, thus allowing the opposition to have any matchup that they wanted. Beyond that, however, the team has very poor fundamentals and it has shown in their terrible defensive performance. Unfortunately the offense is not much better. In general this team is much less than the sum of the parts.
As far as recruiting goes, you are correct that it has been poor. But you make it sound as if everyone in the patriot league is just as poor when it comes to landing players and that is not the case. Over the last few years, a number of PL teams are definitely bringing in better players. That is disgraceful when you consider Bucknell’s basketball tradition and the fact that it has the best facilities in the league. Based on the number of visits and offers, it seems like the staff is just incapable or uninterested in landing players.
As far as buying out the last year of his contract, in the long run it would be much cheaper for Bucknell to do that since we are at a tipping point where fans, alums, students, and everyone else may totally revolt. I heard some alums a few weeks ago talking about organizing a movement to boycott Bucknell completely as far as donations go. Not just boycotting the athletic department but boycotting the entire university. Abandoning the basketball program could cost BU a lot of money if this movement gets off the ground. Personally I hope that it does.
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