JUST A QUESTION, but why is it so hard to build a winning basketball program?
just wondering...but why is it so hard to build a winning basketball program at Indiana State? We've had some great years with Larry Bird, Carl Nicks, Steve Reed, Bob Heaton, Brad Miley, Leroy Staley and Alex Gilbert....and then we had the Michael Menser and Matt Renn....but we haven't had that consistent winning program....
the arena is top-notch. the athletic department has certainly, especially under past administrations, spent much, much more money on men's basketball than it has on other men's sports, like football and baseball. but no matter who the coach is (Ron Greene, Dave Schellhause, Tates Locke, Sherman Dillard, Royce Waltman, Kevin McKenna), there still isn't a consistent basketball "program."
i look at what butler has done. i see valparaiso. heck, who knew who gonzaga was that many years ago?
so what's the answer? how do other schools do it? how can schools with lesser visability who play in lesser conferences than isu get 6-9, 6-10 kids?
past athletic administrations tried to build up the men's basketball program almost to the exclusion of the other men's sports. so what's happened? they hung their hats on basketball. and what's the won-loss record now?
don't get me wrong. i'm not blaming coach mckenna or his coaching staff. and i truly enjoy isu basketball. but isu needs a broad-based athletic program, not just men's and women's basketball.
just wondering...but why is it so hard to build a winning basketball program at Indiana State? We've had some great years with Larry Bird, Carl Nicks, Steve Reed, Bob Heaton, Brad Miley, Leroy Staley and Alex Gilbert....and then we had the Michael Menser and Matt Renn....but we haven't had that consistent winning program....
the arena is top-notch. the athletic department has certainly, especially under past administrations, spent much, much more money on men's basketball than it has on other men's sports, like football and baseball. but no matter who the coach is (Ron Greene, Dave Schellhause, Tates Locke, Sherman Dillard, Royce Waltman, Kevin McKenna), there still isn't a consistent basketball "program."
i look at what butler has done. i see valparaiso. heck, who knew who gonzaga was that many years ago?
so what's the answer? how do other schools do it? how can schools with lesser visability who play in lesser conferences than isu get 6-9, 6-10 kids?
past athletic administrations tried to build up the men's basketball program almost to the exclusion of the other men's sports. so what's happened? they hung their hats on basketball. and what's the won-loss record now?
don't get me wrong. i'm not blaming coach mckenna or his coaching staff. and i truly enjoy isu basketball. but isu needs a broad-based athletic program, not just men's and women's basketball.
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