The Secret To Building A True College Program
It’s that time again. Nebraska, Illinois, and Duquense have all fired their men’s basketball coaches already (Nebraska’s already hired a new one), and more firings are sure to follow.
Like an annual rite of spring, college basketball programs ask themselves if they’re happy with the proverbial “direction” of their teams, and whether the coach is contributing positively or negatively to that end.
Surely, hiring and firing a basketball coach typically revolves around wins and losses. But the game is changing, and wins and losses always don’t tell the whole story, especially in today’s college game.
So it’s worth asking: should a coach get the axe just because his team doesn’t win x amount of games? Or should there we change the way we understand a successful college basketball coach?