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Potential Sha Replacements

Holloway's SHU coaching career has almost perfectly tracked Willard's. Two top 60 kenpom seasons, followed by an unmitigated disaster in year 3 with a full roster of his own recruits. We gave Willard - a guy who was universally known to be aiming higher than SHU - six years to figure things out. Everyone, including me, was certain that Willard could not coach at the Big East level after year 5. Most were certain after years 3 and 4. Yet, we gave him the time and it turned out to be correct.

We will be giving Holloway - a potential SHU lifer - at least that much time, if not more, assuming he does not leave on his own.
+1. And add to that:

There is no getting around the team is bad and Sha is struggling, I’ll be the first to say he’s done a bad job putting this roster together and coaching it, but even with this year and taking over a bad SPU team, he has a .541 career winning percentage. And if I recall, he also had the best first 2-year record of any SHU coach. He’s going to get 5-6 years, so get happy with it.
 
Interesting fact. SHU is only one of 10 or so schools that gave finished .500 or better in their conference for 9 consecutive years. Seven with KW, two more with Holloway. Impressive but that streak will end this year,
 
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Anyone other than me have any suggestions? Certainly hope the Board of Regents (inept though it may be) is more proactive in its succession planning efforts.
 
Sha won’t and shouldn’t go anywhere for at least 2 more season (post this one)

1. I don’t think we could remotely buy him out AND bring someone in

2. He deserves 4-5 full years at a school like ours

3. He would absolutely destroy us behind the scenes to any one who will listen how he wasn’t given resources or support and torpedo our already bad name within the inside industry

I obviously liked KW and said he would be missed (despite his faults) because of the job he did at our school (incredibly hard job) and I called many of the problems Sha would have (almost exactly if I may say) but our best shot is him having success..he has to figure it out

Hopefully he can bring in SOMEONE who knows 2% about offense
I agree with everything you posted accept you use the future tense for #3.

Sha already publically (and I presume privately) complains about SHU’s NIL chest. He uses it as an excuse after almost every L in fact with media.
 
Although it’s remarkable with all the ineptitude, that in my lifetime, somehow the Giants have won four Super Bowls.
From Parcells to Coughlin, which is a long timeframe, the Giants were considered one of the model franchises, in large part because of those Super Bowls. Not many others can claim to have made 5 and won 4 over a 25-30 year period. Of course there were some down years during that period, the beginning of Parcells and part of the post-Parcells, pre-Fassell era. But it was never "down" for long, and when we made conference title games, we usually prevailed, which cannot be overstated.

I would kill for that type of success as a Seton Hall fan.
 
I agree with everything you posted accept you use the future tense for #3.

Sha already publically (and I presume privately) complains about SHU’s NIL chest. He uses it as an excuse after almost every L in fact with media.
Most every coach does. As difficult as the NIL era makes it for college coaches, it is also the ultimate crutch. It can be used consistently as an excuse and you will have people buy it hook-line-and-sinker. Of course it is a relevant factoid, but in most situations we don't know why a player came or left, and whether it is solely about NIL or various other reasons.
 
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Holloway's SHU coaching career has almost perfectly tracked Willard's. Two top 60 kenpom seasons, followed by an unmitigated disaster in year 3 with a full roster of his own recruits. We gave Willard - a guy who was universally known to be aiming higher than SHU - six years to figure things out. Everyone, including me, was certain that Willard could not coach at the Big East level after year 5. Most were certain after years 3 and 4. Yet, we gave him the time and it turned out to be correct.

We will be giving Holloway - a potential SHU lifer - at least that much time, if not more, assuming he does not leave on his own.
Agree Bud Boomer-- the big difference is that Lyons gave Willard a chance and talking to--Willard listened. Unfortunately , Sha has no one that he may listen to--certainly not the AD that in large part is owing to Sha. Hall created problem that it is the "Sha Program" and not the "SETON HALL PROGRAM. "
Frankly, I doubt there is anyone that can "talk" with Sha at SHU --certainly not his Assistants , the AD or someone would garner his respect ( to at least listen).
 
From Parcells to Coughlin, which is a long timeframe, the Giants were considered one of the model franchises, in large part because of those Super Bowls. Not many others can claim to have made 5 and won 4 over a 25-30 year period. Of course there were some down years during that period, the beginning of Parcells and part of the post-Parcells, pre-Fassell era. But it was never "down" for long, and when we made conference title games, we usually prevailed, which cannot be overstated.

I would kill for that type of success as a Seton Hall fan.
Yes, agree. (I am a Giants fan BTW). I almost feel Parcells and Coughlin were successful in spite of the ownership. Two guys that could probably stand up and call BS.
 
Yes, agree. (I am a Giants fan BTW). I almost feel Parcells and Coughlin were successful in spite of the ownership. Two guys that could probably stand up and call BS.
Interesting with Coughlin, its been well documented that he needed to change his ways and lighten up his approach, created a leadership council, etc., to find the ultimate success. Might be a lesson well learned.
 
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