All I will say is everyone is a coach until they have to do it in real time without the benefit of hindsight. Gets a lot of harder and bad outcomes are not always the result of bad adjustments or bad strategy. Sometimes the other team is just more talented. Sometimes the other team just executes better on that day. Sometimes you play the percentages but they don't work out. No coach is perfect but it is an imperfect game. I tend to give the guy in that seat a lot of deference because I've coached more than 1,000 games (mostly high school and high level AAU) and I've seen it all. 

That said, CC himself would tell you he has things that he could do better. We all do. But sometimes the right call doesn't work out as planned. I think we have to understand that and understand that coaching is more an art than a science.

Gwmayhem wrote:

GWRising wrote:

All I will say is everyone is a coach until they have to do it in real time without the benefit of hindsight. Gets a lot of harder and bad outcomes are not always the result of bad adjustments or bad strategy. Sometimes the other team is just more talented. Sometimes the other team just executes better on that day. Sometimes you play the percentages but they don't work out. No coach is perfect but it is an imperfect game. I tend to give the guy in that seat a lot of deference because I've coached more than 1,000 games (mostly high school and high level AAU) and I've seen it all. 

That said, CC himself would tell you he has things that he could do better. We all do. But sometimes the right call doesn't work out as planned. I think we have to understand that and understand that coaching is more an art than a science.

Every word you wrote is true Rising.  Yet it all must be counteracted against accountability and results.  Don't mistake my feelings; I began this thread by pointing out that this should be considered an atypical Year 4 for CC.  This is due to both the progress he has made as well as the contract extension he has already received.  I'd actually believe that GW could go winless this season and CC would be the head coach in Year 5, that's how cold his seat is right now.  

At the same time, CC hasn't exactly earned the job for as long as he wants it.  I believe he would fully acknowledge this.  A disaster-filled year 4 like I described above (and certainly do not foresee) would put him squarely on the hot seat in Year 5.  If your assessments are correct and he is ascertaining greater depth than ever before, then it's imperative that the program continues on an upward trajectory.  As you know, "he coached well but the team let him down" does not work out too well in sports, fair or unfair.  I will say that the upper echelon of the A10 does seem ripe for the picking this season giving GW a legitimate chance at a top 4 finish.  Not suggesting that this be an expectation but rather a lofty but attainable goal.

One thing is for certain, and I credit DMVPiranha (I believe) for saying this:  we should all prefer that dead money for firing coaches be a thing of the past, particularly in this age of NIL. 

Notice I didn't say anything about an evaluation of CC ... only that we should show some latitude because the job is harder (for any coach) than it looks in the stands. What might seem like no adjustments or bad adjustments may not be what it appears.

I also didn't say CC has earned any kind of long-term contract nor did I say he hasn't earned one. I happen to think this year is pivotal but only on the downside. Win another 20+ games and you probably get a longer extension. Fall short and it becomes nervous time because you have an AD and President that didn't hire him. Ironically, if CC wins to the degree we all want and hope, he likely will not be here very long. So there is that consideration too.

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