Admittedly it's not what it once was, but my memory of the debacle of the post Mullin coaching search is that people were speculating on good information that Cragg was somewhat hamstrung in the process by members of the old regime who wanted to go in a different direction and that when Repole was upset on the Francesa show he was saying just that. Can't recall who was most in favor of Moser but once he spurned us after Hurley had already spurned us we were looking at alternatives like the guy from Yale or Hewitt; when Capel suggested CMA and Cragg pulled the trigger a good portion of the board was very happy with the hire. I know I was.
No doubt the team's showing against Nova & Xavier and the obvious lack of strategic direction during timeouts and apparent lack of attention from several of the players to the coach has made many of us who were originally CMA supporters have major doubts. But it's also true as Dave pointed out in his podcast that there is lots of season left and time to turn things around. I take some solace from assistant coach Cleveland telling Minko on the radio post game that the staff bears some fault for the team's poor performance. Hopefully, the staff met with the players for a good give and take session between the Xavier game and the Hall game to get on the same page going forward. One thing is clear; CMA will be coach for the rest of the year and if they make the dance, he will be the coach next year. I am still hoping that happens, but not nearly as confident as I was a week or two ago.
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