I laughed out loud when I saw the news break about Coach's extension. The heads that must be exploding on this board are numerous. This extension is not about wins and loses or perception or fan opinion. Coach Breschi checks all of the boxes for an AD:
1) Players who don't get in trouble and no scandals surrounding the team. check
2) Players who earn their degrees, have high (or at least respectable) GPAs and are great in the community. check
3) Players who stay for the entirety of their eligibility. big check
4) The unusually high number of ex-players and college coaches who have sent their sons to play for Breschi. check
5) The players almost universally love the man and his family. check
6) He's a great ambassador for UNC. check
7) He's completely without controversy. check
8) He's an alum. check
This is no longer applicable, but in the old days of 12.6 fully funded scholarships, look at the size of the teams he recruited, subtract the 12.6 scholarships and then multiply that number x the out of state tuition for UNC. That's how much money he brought into the school each year.
The standards for success in non-revenue sports is a lot different from football and men's basketball. Yes, everyone wants national championships. But the yardstick in lacrosse is completely different from the revenue sports.
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Great write up. Thanks.