HallLine69 said:

Classic corporate/institutional bafflegab.

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These letters make it hard to shake the impression that the problem isn’t a lack of desire or commitment to being good, like Rothstein said. It’s a lack of people who are competent enough to get it done.

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SPK145 said:

Sha gets no pass for this year.

1) When you don't play Godswill much and Okorafor not at all and say it's because the opposing team is too fast but play Yalden 17 minutes in that game, I'm thinking you lost something off your fastball.

2) Roster construction was horrible, this spread the wealth/quality depth thing is a huge failure, too mnay pl;ayers juist not good eneough.

3) His constant surliness is a real turn off for me and I'd bet the players too. Makes getting players in the future that much more difficult as Seton Hall is never going to outbid anyone.

4) His media unfriendliness is a sin. Seton Hall needs every inch of positive press it can get. Needs to be more open and approachable.

I'm still a fan but getting weary of his act. Can't be the same next year.

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Mic drop.

Sha is ticking off the reporters who have covered him in a positive light and has done so all season. He is literally the worst marketer of a team in the Big East and is clearly not getting through to his players either with his approach.

His staff is also not helping. Sha has to look in the mirror and decide if he “can’t screw this up.” Because he is.

And Felt and the SHU leadership has to sit him down and have a come to Jesus meeting. More marketing. Stop trying to play ten players. Have an offense. Construct a roster with players that understand basketball. Have to pay for an PG, shooter and a big. And open up the comms with the press and for the players and continue that every day of the year.

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shupat08 said:

People say they want a lot of things, but don't know how to get those things or don't want to do what it takes to get those things.

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Exactly! Felt is telling us everything he knows we all want and want to hear but, unless drastic changes are made, he has no desire to put in the effort needed to accomplish those goals.

This administration is afraid of success. Hopefully Msgr. Reilly will change that way of thinking!

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Hooray!

And then a 38 minute drive south and he posts this sold-out arena. Night and day difference.
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Cutting waste isn't the issue, that's a good thing and almost certainly is necessary. The issues are the recklessness with which Musk is doing it and the appearance that he has unilateral authority to decide what is and isn't waste. There's so many risks here:

- Data security - Is there any reason to think security protocols are being followed when he's giving the impression of kicking down the door and demanding access to everything?

- Conflicts of interest (spend with Musk's businesses surely won't be found wasteful, but his competitors...?)

- Freezing money that people rely on to live - already happened almost immediately.

- Potential for over cutting / cutting necessary programs that he finds wasteful because he doesn't like it or understand it.

I'm sure there's more. Again, I think cutting waste is a good thing, but there's a way to do it responsibly to limit risk/mistakes and this isn't it.

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SHUSource said:

He's not a coaching legend, but he's not entirely unproven, either. He's got a record, and before this year, it's pretty damn appealing, especially for someone far from finished growing. Not seeing the comparison to Boeheim in any way, though. Guy was there for 50 years, enough time to do brilliant things and stupid things.

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Proven coaches get to do stupid things. Shaheen Holloway has not earned that right.

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shupat08 said:

#3 and #4 are pretty big red flags for me. If this is how he is in public, what is he like behind closed doors? His ego seems to be very much out of control from what we see in public.

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It’s not good maybe the Elite 8 run did more harm than good for now at least

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Hall Is Life said:

You said successful coaches. Sha is not yet one of them. Boeheim got crushed on this board for burying Kadary on his way out of Syracuse. And he was successful. But it’s ok for unproven Sha to do it because he’s our coach? Ok.

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He's not a coaching legend, but he's not entirely unproven, either. He's got a record, and before this year, it's pretty damn appealing, especially for someone far from finished growing. Not seeing the comparison to Boeheim in any way, though. Guy was there for 50 years, enough time to do brilliant things and stupid things.

Interesting take by Carino. Didn’t do his regular type article. Just called everyone and everything out. By no showing the fans are sending SHU leadership the message they hopefully are hearing.

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SHUSource said:

The truth is that all players are individuals and they all respond individually to different types and styles of motivation. All successful coaches know this. Some need to be coddled; others respond to being called out. I'm not in a position to say that Sha has or has not identified all of these players correctly in how he deal with them because I don't know them.

And you don't, either.

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You said successful coaches. Sha is not yet one of them. Boeheim got crushed on this board for burying Kadary on his way out of Syracuse. And he was successful. But it’s ok for unproven Sha to do it because he’s our coach? Ok.

SHUHitman said:

I agree with this take. I will say that, among the myriad of things that need to change, is his attitude towards open doors and fan engagement. The players are hidden from everyone, his coaches are muzzled, and the team offers the fans nothing. For a University with shoestring resources, it has been an awfully myopic approach.

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Yes, and I intended to emphasize this more but just forget before posting. Totally agree. The guy is a hero, a literal Hall of Famer at the school, and we don't leverage him in that capacity at all other than in the most superficial, impersonal ways.

Hall Is Life said:

Kadary carried Sha’s ass and he got publicly humiliated time after time in Sha’s nonsensical postgame pressers. Maybe Sha brought the dog out of Kadary but nobody wants to be talked about like that publicly. To defend what Sha does to his players is asinine. He’s supposed to have their backs. Especially the great ones.

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The truth is that all players are individuals and they all respond individually to different types and styles of motivation. All successful coaches know this. Some need to be coddled; others respond to being called out. I'm not in a position to say that Sha has or has not identified all of these players correctly in how he deal with them because I don't know them.

And you don't, either.