Topic: MU's Smith says national search wasn't needed for D'Antoni's replacement

[miltonherdfan]

Wow, BS let DD pick his successor after all!

"We're confident that under his leadership our basketball program will continue to thrive and achieve new heights of success." -- BS

CONTINUE to thrive?!  😂  I wasn't aware we were thriving to begin with!

https://wvmetronews.com/2024/04/01/mus-smith-says-national-search-wasnt-needed-for-dantonis-replacement-because-jackson-was-coach-in-waiting/

[herd2win]

This is no way to run an athletic department.

[luvherd]

Major donor %^&* happening IMO.

[herdman22]

It's done. Like it or not. Let's support Corny and give him a chance.


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[gochneaur645]

I'm all for supporting Corny and think there's some reason for optimism about his upside, but man, if he doesn't work out, this is the kind of decision that warrants firing everybody in a place of power in the athletic department.

[Flat Tire 2]

First of all, I hope CJ does well and is successful.

What concerns me is that CJ has been working for Dan who was not capable of running a serious mid major D1 program. CJ other stops are less than impressive; WVSC; UT Martin and Cleveland State. His apprenticeship in college coaching is not very good and I am concerned if he knows how to run a mid major program. I always thought you learned how to be a good college basketball coach by working for great coaches. 

Here is a quotation about CJ hiring from a rival's message board. It appears to be a good observation.
"Marshall cares way more about the football program than they do basketball. If they were hiring a new football coach, they would do much better than that small salary."

I am hoping Smith is just trying to appease the donors that support Dan. Letting Dan pick his successor is mind blowing. Dan was not very good at attracting good assistants which is telling. Maybe good assistants were not interested working for a coach who was just a high school coach? Time will tell if Smith is serious about athletics ie basketball.

Again, I hope CJ is successful. I hope I am wrong in my thoughts.

[herdorbust2]

We need to give CJ a chance. Who knows, he could be the next Gregg Marshall or Kevin Keats. I wouldn't worry about Corny just because he was on Danny's staff. He is his own person and didn't agree with Danny on a lot of things. But knew his role as an assistant. Watch and see if he doesn't bring in athletes that are quick and explosive. The days of slow projects that nobody else recruited are over.

[herdly4]

I feel that Spears hands were tied. If you read between the lines he was not totally supportive of DD and wanted some changes. This is a purely political move in hopes of not offending Danny more than he already was by firing him. I understand his name was Dantoni but in a true meritocracy, I?m  not sure why everyone was so worried about  the feelings of an underperforming coach.  I hope Corny does well but he?s going to have to break away from his mentor if he wants to get better.

[herdorbust2]

I feel that Spears hands were tied. If you read between the lines he was not totally supportive of DD and wanted some changes. This is a purely political move in hopes of not offending Danny more than he already was by firing him. I understand his name was Dantoni but in a true meritocracy, I?m  not sure why everyone was so worried about  the feelings of an underperforming coach.  I hope Corny does well but he?s going to have to break away from his mentor if he wants to get better.

Corny will be his own guy. Whether that is good or bad is yet to be seen. But I have no worries about Danny influencing him in any way. Corny knows this is his shot and he will succeed or fail on his own.

[Flat Tire 2]

Corny will be his own guy. Whether that is good or bad is yet to be seen. But I have no worries about Danny influencing him in any way. Corny knows this is his shot and he will succeed or fail on his own.

I respect your opinion and I hope you are correct. I think we will know if CJ is his own man with his roster management. I don't expect to get rid of all of the pine riders because most college teams have a couple of players who are non contributors on the team. (I doubt if gets rid of Pruett for obvious reasons). I will give him two years to do a makeover of the roster.

This is Corny's chance and hopefully he will make the most of it. We should know by the end of year two if he is successful?

[yogiherd]

I feel that Spears hands were tied. If you read between the lines he was not totally supportive of DD and wanted some changes. This is a purely political move in hopes of not offending Danny more than he already was by firing him. I understand his name was Dantoni but in a true meritocracy, I?m  not sure why everyone was so worried about  the feelings of an underperforming coach.  I hope Corny does well but he?s going to have to break away from his mentor if he wants to get better.

I dont think DD was Corny's mentor; just the HC that Corny worked for. I think Corny's mentor was Greg White as Corny has stated several times Greg told him the way to get his name out to the coaching circles during his days playing for the Herd. And Corny stayed in touch with GW over the years. Corny will try to land the ballers to win for him.

[Flat Tire 2]

I dont think DD was Corny's mentor; just the HC that Corny worked for. I think Corny's mentor was Greg White as Corny has stated several times Greg told him the way to get his name out to the coaching circles during his days playing for the Herd. And Corny stayed in touch with GW over the years. Corny will try to land the ballers to win for him.

I hope you are correct. I wonder if Greg is going to help Corny since he was one of his former players? Greg is well respected in the coaching profession.

[elginherd]

Back to Brad Smith's premise... we'll find out in the next 20 months or so.

[MicDrass1]

Mind blowing hire

[mu79grad]

Where is Christian Spears in all of this?  Didn't President Smith hire an athletic director to run the athletic department, including firing/hiring the basketball coach?

[svherd]

Spears wanted Dan fired. Brad was a DD fan until his disrespectful meltdown in their meeting. This is a way to appease the donors and keep things from getting messy like if they'd fired DD and the staff. Too bad donors have too much say at Marshall. Jmo
I am not high on the hire and have strong doubts, but we'll give Corny 3 years to prove his worth. Hope he tears it up and wins the Belt!

[MicDrass1]

Most HC that win get a lot of winning ways from their excellent assistants.  Marshall has been losing and beating just avg to below avg teams for years.  Losing to them as much.

[MUfan08]

I feel that Spears hands were tied. If you read between the lines he was not totally supportive of DD and wanted some changes. This is a purely political move in hopes of not offending Danny more than he already was by firing him. I understand his name was Dantoni but in a true meritocracy, I?m  not sure why everyone was so worried about  the feelings of an underperforming coach.  I hope Corny does well but he?s going to have to break away from his mentor if he wants to get better.

In the Corney interview from 7 months ago, he said he had not met Dan before until 2017 when he was the assistant coach for Cleveland State and they played Marshall that year.

Sounds like he took a lot from Greg White and Bryan Poore (longtime coach at WVSU who brought Corney into coaching there) and considered them mentors.

[Always THE HERD]

We need to give CJ a chance. Who knows, he could be the next Gregg Marshall or Kevin Keats. I wouldn't worry about Corny just because he was on Danny's staff. He is his own person and didn't agree with Danny on a lot of things. But knew his role as an assistant. Watch and see if he doesn't bring in athletes that are quick and explosive. The days of slow projects that nobody else recruited are over.

And you know all of this how?

[Always THE HERD]

Spears wanted Dan fired. Brad was a DD fan until his disrespectful meltdown in their meeting. This is a way to appease the donors and keep things from getting messy like if they'd fired DD and the staff. Too bad donors have too much say at Marshall. Jmo
I am not high on the hire and have strong doubts, but we'll give Corny 3 years to prove his worth. Hope he tears it up and wins the Belt!

I read this type of comment multiple times on this site regarding "disrespectful meltdown in their meeting" & other comments too. How and who are you hearing this from? How are we to know if that is true or not?

[BigJimslade]

Wow, BS let DD pick his successor after all!

"We're confident that under his leadership our basketball program will continue to thrive and achieve new heights of success." -- BS

CONTINUE to thrive?!  😂  I wasn't aware we were thriving to begin with!

https://wvmetronews.com/2024/04/01/mus-smith-says-national-search-wasnt-needed-for-dantonis-replacement-because-jackson-was-coach-in-waiting/

Just a total gaslighting comment from BS that is full of BS

[svherd]

I read this type of comment multiple times on this site regarding "disrespectful meltdown in their meeting" & other comments too. How and who are you hearing this from? How are we to know if that is true or not?
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It's been reported by numerous posters on multiple boards. Why is it so important at this point? What's done is done. Dan didn't take his buyout either. I assume that's another reason we hired Corny. He likely told Smith, he would waive the buyout if we hired Corny as HC. It all comes down to money and keeping the right people happy. Jmo

[miltonherdfan]

another article in today's HD, no new info in it really other than fact that CS confirmed there was no buyout paid to DD

[Always THE HERD]

I read this type of comment multiple times on this site regarding "disrespectful meltdown in their meeting" & other comments too. How and who are you hearing this from? How are we to know if that is true or not?
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It's been reported by numerous posters on multiple boards. Why is it so important at this point? What's done is done. Dan didn't take his buyout either. I assume that's another reason we hired Corny. He likely told Smith, he would waive the buyout if we hired Corny as HC. It all comes down to money and keeping the right people happy. Jmo

Yes, just "your" (JMO).

[Rockin Herd Fan]

This was all politics.  IMO, the only way they could oust DD and not lose the support of some big donors, was to promote CJ.  If Marshall was a big institution awash with money, then BS and CS could have done a national search for DD's replacement, but when every nickel counts, you end up with what we have here.  It is not optimum, but until CJ proves he's not capable of doing the job, I will support him.  Now BS and CS are having to go out to the media and put a good face on it, when we all know how it probably went down.