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Jai Lucas set to become next men’s basketball coach

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Can't believe DRAD looked at Pitino and Lucas, and was like nah I'll pass on a proven NCAA tournament coach for a total wildcard.

Disaster. If Miami actually had a big bball knowledgeable fanbase they would be marching at the WAT demanding DRAD hire the proven coach. No we got all the young minions running around excited over a total disaster of a hire.
 
If we invest in basketball, the players, we'll be good. Coaching still matters, but basketball is more defined than ever by spending to get recruits to come.

It's far cheaper to field a top tier basketball program than it is a football program. I've said for over a decade that's where we should make our name as it's easier to do.
 
AmherstCane said:
Coach L’s intro to UM/hiring was facilitated by a booster.

I’ve been one of the biggest Coach L supporters on this board (and Jay didn’t want the job anyway)… but there’s no way Jay should have been given strong consideration.

We need a coach AND CEO for our basketball program. Just a coach isn’t enough because the support and resources have to be worked for here.

Lucas might be a brilliant young basketball mind… although there is insufficient evidence to make that assessment with any confidence. But there is ABSOLUTELY no evidence of his ability run/manage anything, let alone a massive operation like the entire basketball program (including staffing, fundraising, NIL, infrastructure building, etc.).
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*sighs.* if Chris Quinn was given strong consideration, there is no reason why Jay is unqualified. You stated, definitively, he didn’t want the job which means that there had been some communication recently or in previous years about him taking on it anyways.

You guys act like being a college basketball coach is running NASA and being an astronaut at the same time.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
I'm going to delete the majority of your bloviating response.

It is about three things.

The standard, the process, and the results.

The standard is what do we need and what are we looking for. Given our past history (success with former head coaches Bill Foster, Leonard Hamilton, and Jim Larranaga; failure with former assistant coach Frank Haith), our conference (ACC) and recent success (Elite 8, Final 4), and requirements of the current rebuild (entire new staff, filling at least 10 spots on the roster). IF MIAMI IS TO DEVIATE FROM THIS STANDARD, THERE NEEDS TO BE A **** GOOD RATIONALE. An on-staff assistant who has been at UM for 10 or more years. Or an overqualified NBA/NCAA coach who might be looking for a fresh start/new challenge.

The process is how we do things. While I personally prefer a quieter job search, particularly when it takes place during the season, I understand that modern times might result in premature information leaks. But it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that publicizing names of candidates who are still playing games of importance, particularly in-conference, is going to be bad. There's a difference between leaking a lot of names to give a range of candidates...and allowing a name to be reported as the prohibitive favorite, particularly in February when his employer is likely to be playing into April.

Finally, the results should bear out the first two things. If you are "turned down" by numerous head coaches, then this makes a pivot to an assistant coach more palatable. But when an assistant coach with just a few years of experience becomes the prohibitive favorite early on, without even interviewing head coaches, then the results are much more problematic.
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Your ego is uglier than a mf.. .. I’m sure ‘Canes fans would have been head over heels for hiring a sub .500 coach who made it to the second round of the NIT twice, and never made the tournament: Leonard Hamilton.

Bill Foster literally has a worse record than Frank Haith, who is public enemy number one on this board. You guys’ arguments keep getting more and more ridiculous. Hamilton is the only one of the L’s four predecessors with tournament success, but Haith has a better regular season record than all of them.

You guys stress all this importance on experience so the new head coach is not lost on the job, but Hamilton’s head coaching experience didn’t help him hit the ground running at Miami.

You say his predecessor Foster was a success, but Hamilton didn’t make the tournament or have a winning record in the Big East until year 8. Either he took over a rebuilding project or made a decent amount of rookie mistakes early on. I’m sure you guys will grace Lucas with the same amount of patience.
 
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