Is there something I’m missing?If Caputo is the “right guy”-and no one can know for sure-then who gives a shit if it was an inside job.Rising is way to close to the situation to see this thing clearly.Let’s get a coach and 
move on.I’m getting fed up with the unnecessary drama.My issue obviously.I have no vested interest in Caputo 
or anyone else.
 

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Rising if you read my post carefully you will see that I said/ -“no one can know for sure”.That’s true about 
anyone GW chooses.Your emotional response adds credence to my intuition that you art overly
invested in this decision process.By the way ML worked pretty well until it didn’t.

Probably worth point out that GWRising is correct a lot regarding this program.  Not perfect, but correct a lot.

This does not sound to me like a "sour grapes" situation.  It does sound like some stuff could have gone on that would have enraged or at least concerned Rising even if he had no relationship with the aggrieved party.  Moreover, the point being raised is that immoral or unscrupulous activities were in fact going on behind the scenes, they were going on at OUR school, within OUR program.  I only hope the day will come when we can truly get to the bottom of this, in a perfectly transparent manner, so that there are not divided camps over this move.
 

Gwmayhem wrote:

Probably worth point out that GWRising is correct a lot regarding this program.  Not perfect, but correct a lot.

This does not sound to me like a "sour grapes" situation.  It does sound like some stuff could have gone on that would have enraged or at least concerned Rising even if he had no relationship with the aggrieved party.  Moreover, the point being raised is that immoral or unscrupulous activities were in fact going on behind the scenes, they were going on at OUR school, within OUR program.  I only hope the day will come when we can truly get to the bottom of this, in a perfectly transparent manner, so that there are not divided camps over this move.
 

 Exactly. I can be persuaded to support the next guy but this has to be a "clean" process. I believe there is some direct and also more circumstantial evidence pointing to the fact that this is not a clean process. We can all agree or disagree on a purely basketball basis who the next coach should be. Just want to ensure we hire the next guy for the right reasons not the wrong ones.

If the reports are true...

UMASS offered Schmidt $1.8 million per season
St. Bonaventure matched this

Am fairly confident that GW has never paid out more than about 50% of this amount, excluding legal settlements.

Incidentally, average attendance at SBU games this season was 3,974.  At UMASS, this was 2,219.  GW's attendance was paltry this season (1,119) but we've had plenty of seasons where average attendance was close to or around SBU's total this season.  We are not talking about programs like Dayton and SLU who play in much larger arenas and can well afford to pay their head coaches $1.8 million.  This is SBU and UMASS willing to pay $1.8 million.

Another example of this program really needing to make a decision as to whether it wants to play ball (i.e. try to be competitive) in the A10 or not.  If not, it would absolutely suck, but let's move down.  No point in being a near cellar-dweller year in and year out.

 

If GW put the money into the program that they paid off Nero, ML, woman’s coach, and JC we would probably not be in the position we are in. In regards to dropping down level or levels as a donor, season ticket holder, and former scholarship athlete I would lose all interest in the programs. The powers that be are saying they are going to put the money into the program and further say they want to compete and be a factor every year in the league. I hope so but the next hire will make it or break in my eyes. By the way anyone who thinks we have a shot at keeping the players in the portal are kidding themselves. Place feels like the Titanic to me.

on the other hand, this guys says otherwise about becker: https://twitter.com/WDEVRadioBrady/status/1507090008590753794

Gwmayhem wrote:

If the reports are true...

UMASS offered Schmidt $1.8 million per season
St. Bonaventure matched this

Am fairly confident that GW has never paid out more than about 50% of this amount, excluding legal settlements.

Incidentally, average attendance at SBU games this season was 3,974.  At UMASS, this was 2,219.  GW's attendance was paltry this season (1,119) but we've had plenty of seasons where average attendance was close to or around SBU's total this season.  We are not talking about programs like Dayton and SLU who play in much larger arenas and can well afford to pay their head coaches $1.8 million.  This is SBU and UMASS willing to pay $1.8 million.

Another example of this program really needing to make a decision as to whether it wants to play ball (i.e. try to be competitive) in the A10 or not.  If not, it would absolutely suck, but let's move down.  No point in being a near cellar-dweller year in and year out.

 

I get sort of Oakland A's/Moneyball vibes with the program.  Because there's been success with a lower-tier budget, the powers that be think we can just consistently compete on the cheap.  That strategy can work from time to time but more often than not you are just sort of stuck in the middle of the pack and the constant churn does not endear yourself to the fans and not investing in the facilities does not entice athletes to come to the school.  Even with our most recent success under ML, we saw the team sort of fade down the stretch and end up in the NIT in 15 and 16.  Maybe there was something the school could've done with respect to travel or strength and conditioning that could've prevented that? I realize that is a big hypothetical but I don't think that it can be completely discounted.  The financial rewards of making the NCAA tournament those two years would've paid for those "perks" many times over.

Gwmayhem is right that the cost of business is going up in the A10 and the Trustees need to wake up to it. We don't need to become Dayton and SLU but we certainly need to keep up with Richmond, Davidson, Loyola Chicago, etc.  

GWRising wrote:

If John Becker is involved and GW doesn't do what it financially takes to get him, it's a huge mistake. Head and shoulders the best option I've seen mentioned. His teams guard their ass off and move the ball. He knows about high academic kids.

I think the debate about coaching salaries can be put this way: If St. Bonaventure can afford to pay $1m+ to a coach, so can we.   

The era of crying poor needs to end.  Time to stop acting like the Pittsburgh Pirates and start acting more like my Milwaukee Brewers who, while being the league's smallest market, are consistently about league average in spending and top 10 in attendance.

gwstudent2024 wrote:

https://twitter.com/WRGWSports/status/1507143395982118912

This tweet from GW's radio station says that a coach could be named tomorrow. If this is true, that would probably rule out Caputo since Miami plays in the late game tomorrow night. If GW hires a coach tomorrow, wouldn't Becker be the favorite? With Jason Williford being a distant second.