I think he could have done better than Vandy....

(03-25-2024 12:19 PM)bcp_jmu Wrote:  Can someone please take our baseball coach?

Funny, but when I saw this thread I immediately thought what the heck did Ike do now? BB coach to me is baseball, not Mens Basketball (MBB).

Like it or not, we are all in a much different mid-major world, regardless of the sport. Success, now, virtually assures major losses from year to another, and the most successful programs will be ones who adapt to putting together the best possible team, year to year, on what is now a “one and done” model of success.

A successful coach will know how to recruit high school players who have the ability, with one year of seasoning and improvement, to move into starting positions at the next level and use the portal to shore up any holes that inevitably come about. This also puts a premium on hiring the best possible coaching staff at all levels who can improve to become attractive to the next job.

Yes, that makes us a developmental league for the P-schools, but if we embrace that reality with the right strategies, and think strategically about this new one and done environment, success will come, and I think fans will support this new reality.

(03-25-2024 11:36 PM)TomorrowHerd Wrote:  I think he could have done better than Vandy....

Perhaps, but Vandy was paying their last HC $3.1 mil, which is a big jump from the $650k JMU was paying Coach By. Plus, Nashville is a great city and now he’ll be coaching in the SEC. His roots and recruiting chops are a good match. I see no reason to wait for something better to come along.

(03-25-2024 05:48 PM)stAteNation Wrote:  

(03-25-2024 12:24 PM)Appvette Wrote:  Don't worry, App's roster is being decimated by the portal. Abson, Spillers, and a couple young big guys are entering the portal.

So what’s up with the exodus at App??? Just saw Jordan Marsh joined the party.

Lots of cash being thrown around.

(03-26-2024 10:49 AM)JTApps1 Wrote:  

(03-25-2024 05:48 PM)stAteNation Wrote:  

(03-25-2024 12:24 PM)Appvette Wrote:  Don't worry, App's roster is being decimated by the portal. Abson, Spillers, and a couple young big guys are entering the portal.

So what’s up with the exodus at App??? Just saw Jordan Marsh joined the party.

Lots of cash being thrown around.

I’m assuming the App NIL is more reserved for football?

(03-26-2024 11:27 AM)stAteNation Wrote:  

(03-26-2024 10:49 AM)JTApps1 Wrote:  

(03-25-2024 05:48 PM)stAteNation Wrote:  

(03-25-2024 12:24 PM)Appvette Wrote:  Don't worry, App's roster is being decimated by the portal. Abson, Spillers, and a couple young big guys are entering the portal.

So what’s up with the exodus at App??? Just saw Jordan Marsh joined the party.

Lots of cash being thrown around.

I’m assuming the App NIL is more reserved for football?

Abson and Spillers were both offered deals but apparently not enough. One report says Wake is interested in Spillers.

James Madison has hired Preston Spradlin of Morehead State.

Link:

Great hire.

Seems good to me. He kept up the quality at Morehead just as the transfer portal started making it tough for smaller schools to maintain talent.

20+ wins and OVC champ after losing his best starter - dude seems like a total winner

will be hard to see him go in four years!

Always won with very little resources at Morehead. He was making $260K.

Home run in my opinion. Took him a little time at Morehead, but then the past four years all he's done is win including two trips to the dance. Hopefully he can hit the ground running and avoid having any down years in Harrisonburg, but even if we have a down year or two I fully expect him to be successful here.

(03-29-2024 12:41 PM)KickItToScotty Wrote:  Home run in my opinion. Took him a little time at Morehead, but then the past four years all he's done is win including two trips to the dance. Hopefully he can hit the ground running and avoid having any down years in Harrisonburg, but even if we have a down year or two I fully expect him to be successful here.

Careful, there are a few on here that get salty if you bring up brand new head coaches taking a couple years to get their feet under them.

(03-25-2024 02:07 PM)JMU2004 Wrote:  First JMU HC who has left JMU of their own volition in over 40 years. Good luck to Coach Byington!

This makes so much sense now that I sit here and think about it, but holy crap. The first time in my life...

He's a good coach. I think that's a very good hire.

(03-29-2024 02:27 PM)DoubleDogDare Wrote:  

(03-29-2024 12:41 PM)KickItToScotty Wrote:  Home run in my opinion. Took him a little time at Morehead, but then the past four years all he's done is win including two trips to the dance. Hopefully he can hit the ground running and avoid having any down years in Harrisonburg, but even if we have a down year or two I fully expect him to be successful here.

Careful, there are a few on here that get salty if you bring up brand new head coaches taking a couple years to get their feet under them.

Ah, but he’s not a “brand new HC”….he’s been a HC for several years now, winning 20+ games four years in a row at Morehead (a school
record). Plus he’s taken MSU to 2 NCAATs, one NIT (with a win over Clemson) in the past 4 years. That’s good stuff.

Great hire!

He's done better in the NCAAs the last four years than his old boss from KY!