Re: The AAAAAAAC and Advanced Marketing (or Self-Kidding)
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Savannah Jay wrote:stever20 wrote: He's no guarantee to stay, but at the same time you can't say that he's a guarantee to go either.
This is factually incorrect. We can guarantee there will be a day when Marshall isn't the coach at Wichita...we just don't know if it's sooner or later.
The difference for Wichita now (vs. the 24 years when they only made 1 NCAA tournament) is that they found a very good coach and committed significant resources to make Marshall the highest paid coach at any mid-major school. The downside for him is that he is on the island of misfit athletic departments, the vast majority of which have not made a similar commitment to basketball. They will have better competition than the last few years in the Valley, but he still doesn't get to play Duke, UNC, NC State, etc., twice a year (and I just used ACC as an example...). Marshall seems like a very competitive guy and I think it's very logical to opine that, at some point, he's going to want a different challenge. Game planning for Cincy twice (or 3) times a year may not be enough to fuel his fire.
and with all the success they have had past few years they still can't attract any recruit better than 3 stars. that's gotta frustrate someone as competitive as he is.