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I wonder if C. Smith would have been fired if the Y had not hired Kevin Young. You get an NBA guy and a big bump in NIL, we get an NBA guy withe hopefully some bump in NIL. Seems like a direct response to me. Made firing Smith more urgent.

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The admin has said for a while the long range plan is to build a new arena downtown, smaller 10-12K. Apparently too expensive to renovate the Huntsman Center and the U wants the land for other uses. Dont know how the curent budget deficit affects that.

p.s. yes, I agree that off campus arenas are not ideal (look at Georgetown) but dont shoot the messenger.

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I wonder if his 22 shot attempts had anything to do with the fact that he (and his brother) transferred from Cincy. Maybe he was trying to prove something.

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Not to me. last year we had two players who were better than any player we have this year–Carlson and D. Smith.

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I hadnt thought about this until just now, but the fact that that athletic dept. just announced a $17 million deficit due to Pac 12 Comcast settlement and the lesser revenue in the Big Xii may be a big factor.

But my brother and I have two seats that we took over from my parents in the 90’s. They had the seats since the SEC opened in 1969. We have had them through thick and thin, but are probably going to give them up next year becasue it is just too depressing to keep going.

I suppose that if you had to ask a donor to pony up for a Smith buyout you might as well use that money for NIL (legally).

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for the past couple of years, the women’s team has been much better 3-point shooters than the men’s.

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If you dont see the difference I cant explain it. Seems pretty obvious to me. He removed his name four years ago becasue he want going to be offered the job. It wasnt his to turn down. Now it is and the timing has a lot to do with Young, IMHO.

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We didn’t offer him the job 4 years ago. After Young arrived, we did.

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You might be right, but finishing .500 in your fourth year and never having been to the tournament and never having recruited a good player is pretty damning. The decision cant be based just on the team’s record this year, it has to be based on what the future looks like, and that is not good. There is no reason to think we will be better in the 5th and 6th years of smith’s contract than we are now. Unless Smith’s buyout is astronomical, you have to stop the bleeding.

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I thought Keller played pretty well last night. He is getting better. Much better with the ball than Lovering. At least he can dribble and move to the basket.

I agree about Craig. I dont see how you can bring him back next year. There is no reason to think the team will be better next year than this; probably worse. Season ticket renewals may be pathetic.

But nothing much will change unless there is a major infusion of $ and support from the admin in hiring a new coach.

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