Bob Richey should have been our basketball coach for some time now. His teams are quite competitive & play an entertaining brand of basketball.
The brass that has been in charge, & the brass that is currently in charge of our athletics department are damn stupid!
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What did the current AD do to warrant the "stupid" label?
Paul Maineri for year 2. Lamont Paris for year 5. Running long time seat holders out of their long time seats at W-B. Etc.
Money is not irrelevant. We have a head football coach who might have to be jettisoned in about eight months, and then another one hired, and the AD knows it.
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Low standard? We are the low standard. No coach with a good record and climbing success is going to want to come here. I know it's cliche but you gotta go outside the box to find us a decent basketball coach.
I respectfully disagree with 50% of your statement, I agree with you that Tanner was a disaster of an AD from day one, should never have been given the position in the first place (awesome baseball coach). However, the current AD was hamstrung with a ridiculous buyout extended by his predecessor regarding Lamont Paris (another mistake by Tanner). I think Donati has done a pretty darn good job when you consider what he inherited. Look at the amazing hires recently made by Shane Beamer, for me that is no coincidence these hires took place under the watch of Donati. Hopefully we will see USC hire a baseball coach most of us will be excited about.
nothing in my respectful opinion
lamont paris was given a ridiculous buyout by the previous AD, not the current one, let's give Donati some grace on this, he very well hired a phenomenal baseball coach
You would think there are no idiots in college sports leadership, but you’d be dead wrong. Duck Fart Tanner and “Do Nada” Donati are incompetent buffoons who should be burned at the stake. While we’re at it, throw our entire BOT, president, and academic leadership in a wood chipper as well. They’ve done nothing but harm to this university.
Just my take, because Donati did not fire Paris, you are referring to him a "Do Nada", he just got rid of one of Tanner's horrible hires and did so very gracefully, which should help him with attracting a solid group of candidates (no one wants to work for a jerk). I could be entirely mistaken but I believe we could not financially justify throwing $12 million away for a program that very few Gamecock fans care about, as the program has been awful for decades. However, Paris's will likely struggle and I expect him to be released at a far less cost to the athletic department. I think we all should give Donati some time before we start judging him.
Hopefully they are amazing hires. They look th right part and I 100% agree it’s no coincidence that it all happened under Donati. I don’t know that he orchestrated it all but it makes a crap load of sense. So hopefully they are indeed amazing.