(03-16-2020 05:25 PM)JMUNation Wrote:  Sanchez’s win loss record improved this year but he has lost twice to JMU since taking the Charlotte job. JMU had no history of how Sanchez would do when they interviewed him. He wanted above market pay but he had never been a head coach. Why overpay for an unproven coach? He may go on to do great things but he wasn’t the hire I would have overpaid for at the time he was interviewed.

I disagree with your assessment of the talent when Lou took over Longhorn. Matt was definitely a better coach than Lou but JMU has more talent on this roster now than when Lou took over the program. The half hearted extension given Matt made sure his recruiting would be hampered and he would ultimately fail.

While I agree with Dukester that the roster is good enough to win more games, I also agree with Longhorn that Lou’s recruiting was less than what was expected. He never recruited that one player that was among the top 5 in the league. A Ron Curry type. The Curry, Cooke and Nation type class never came to be either. Lewis is the only player on the roster that has played to the Curry level at times but not consistently.

JMU needs to pay a proven head coach $400-600k. I believe I read that is close to what the top CAA coaches are paid. I am fairly certain incentives will be part of the offering as well.