Penndemonium
PhD Student
Posts: 1903
Reg: 11-29-04
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03-22-24 01:57 PM - Post#366075
It's obvious things aren't right with our program at this moment. It's unclear what the impact to the Ivy League will be as classes roll over. Mid-majors will *probably* be at a disadvantage to big conference teams in the longer run.
Things are changing in NCAA basketball. Even Coach Calipari, who ruled the NCAAs for years, needs to rethink his approach. I despise Calipari, but can't deny that he is among coaching royalty.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/another-early-ex it-kent...
So... let's start a thread. What should Penn do about this? How should it shape a strategy to be competitive within the league? How should it find a way for the team and the league to be relevant? Or should Penn just let it wither?
So my ground rules are...
- This thread is not about whether Donahue should be fired. I'm fine that many people think that he should be, but the longer term issues of NIL and the transfer portal are bigger than him - just as it may be bigger than Calipari. Let's make this a strategy that considers what we would want to have happen, irrespective of who the individual leading the team is. Let's have separate threads about the coach.
- Let's ground this in realism. Pie in the sky won't help chart solutions. It would be easy to say start recruiting better, developing players better, and pouring money at this. Obviously we want a coach who can do that. But how do we deal with the systemic issues?
- At least on first thought, the main issues for this thread are how to overcome issues with the NIL, transfer portal, concentration of major conferences, financials of sports programs, and apathy of the Ivy League.
Maybe we can come up with something useful instead of just heaping criticism. Or maybe we come to the conclusion that there is no way to win here.
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