CIS reacts to Jai Lucas being Miami's new head coach

[cookies]

So, we are again hiring a first-time head coach (whom Duke passed over for that position) instead of a proven head coach…..

I hope he becomes our coach K but it feels like we settled-again……

This comment right here just goes to show how little people are tapped in but will complain for complaining’s sake.

 

[mainecane]

I just want to know if he only stays in Marriott Hotels and if he plays golf? I think those answers will determine his future at Miami.

 

[Groz73Cane]

This comment right here just goes to show how little people are tapped in but will complain for complaining’s sake.

It’s what we do. That and play Mahjong.

 

[DrewZ2]

So we took second place

I'm not arguing that Lucas will be great.... I'm simply saying he was never in the running for the Duke job. Scheyer played there, coached there... He's the golden boy of Durham for Christ sake

 

[CTCANE]

You can’t compare Mario to Lucas

Mario is leaps and bounds more qualified than Lucas

I agree but Amherst Cane argument against him is ridiculous.

 

[AmherstCane]

I agree but Amherst Cane argument against him is ridiculous.

That hiring a guy who was a successful recruiter at elite institutions with no HC experience is extremely risky?

To be clear, Mario was a much better hire than Lucas would be - for a lot of nuanced reasons. But Mario is also a great example of a superstar recruiter vastly underperforming as a HC… so it’s surprising that Miami would go with a guy who’s best accomplishments are recruiting for schools that sell themselves.

 

[TpaBayFlyFisher]

I hope you true believers in all decisions made by Rad are right. But, I remind you he hired our current baseball coach. A first-time head coach whom appears to be a very lazy hire. He hired our current football head coach whom has yet to play in the ACC championship game and has looked very suspect. Now we get a guy who is a first time head coach whose strengths are recruiting and defense. In the NIL era, whether recruiting means more than “highest bidder” remains to be seen. Myself I would prefer not being the testing location for prospects.

 

[Fightinibis]

Thought Miami was over hiring assistant coaches for HC positions, Miami still Miami'ing?

Let’s be honest.

Jim Lararranga was a great name in college basketball circles, and what he did with George Mason was nothing short of amazing…not to mention stints at UVA and Bowling Green, but he wasn’t exactly a household name outside of coaching circles, and he was arguably the biggest hire UM has made.

I hope Jai turns out to be what we need in this new day and age…but let’s not act like our basketball program routinely goes after the biggest fish in the pond…besides an alleged flirtation with Pitino for a brief second.

While I agree we should have built off of what is a HOF coach and gone big game hunting…this sort of hire is typical UM, and to be shocked is somewhat remedial…it is what we do….

Not comparing Basketball and baseball…but the Arteaga hire after a trust fund stint with Gino should tell us that maybe they went a little too all in with Cristobal. I could be wrong, but it sure seems that way.