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Unless the new MBB coach brings in a bunch of transfers (which would require the coach to have excellent blackmail on admissions officials), we're looking at a ceiling of probably under 10 wins next year.  This is going be the worst MBB team in decades.  

They'd better hire an amazing coach to make this coaching change worthwhile, because the transition period is going to be painful.

So why would any "amazing" coach want to get involved in this mess?  Maybe only if he is amazingly stupid.  We aren't going to drive a Brinks truck up and pay him multiple millions to take the job. Only way we can offer any real money considering the probable revenue stream would be if some alumni endows the job with big bucks. Many coaches are willing to take on a challenge, but they need to find a new word to describe our situation.
To field a team next year that could win more than 5 games will take some amazing portal luck.  If Benny is our best player next year, we might not win any.

100% agree. We'll be lucky to have 5 legit D-1 players next year since the portal isn't much of an option. I am thinking the over-under for wins is 3.5. Even if Haase had been retained and Carlyle, Reynaud, Stojakovich had stayed, it would have been a bad year as there is no depth. Now, there aren't enough bodies to even run a practice. Yikes.

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Unless the new MBB coach brings in a bunch of transfers (which would require the coach to have excellent blackmail on admissions officials), we're looking at a ceiling of probably under 10 wins next year.  This is going be the worst MBB team in decades.  

They'd better hire an amazing coach to make this coaching change worthwhile, because the transition period is going to be painful.

So why would any "amazing" coach want to get involved in this mess?  Maybe only if he is amazingly stupid.  We aren't going to drive a Brinks truck up and pay him multiple millions to take the job. Only way we can offer any real money considering the probable revenue stream would be if some alumni endows the job with big bucks. Many coaches are willing to take on a challenge, but they need to find a new word to describe our situation.
To field a team next year that could win more than 5 games will take some amazing portal luck.  If Benny is our best player next year, we might not win any.

100% agree. We'll be lucky to have 5 legit D-1 players next year since the portal isn't much of an option. I am thinking the over-under for wins is 3.5. Even if Haase had been retained and Carlyle, Reynaud, Stojakovich had stayed, it would have been a bad year as there is no depth. Now, there aren't enough bodies to even run a practice. Yikes.