(03-13-2016 10:43 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 09:23 PM)NJDuke97 Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 09:14 PM)NH/JMU Saxkow Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 09:07 PM)NJDuke97 Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 01:49 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  It is true that the postseason matters much more.
In this aspect Brady is tied for the most NCAA bids amongst CAA coaches with their current team.

Brady 1 (8 years as head coach, 1 semi final, 1 final appearance)
Coen 1 (9 years as head coach, 2 NIT appearances, has only lost in the first round of the CAA Tourny once, 2 finals, 2 semi-finals)
Ross 1 (10 years as head coach) 2 semi finals, 2 finals)
Keatts 1 (2 years as head coach, 2 semi finals, 1 finals)
Flint 0 (15 years as coach, 4 semi finals 2 finals, 5 NIT berths)
Mihalich 0 (3 years as head coach, 2 semi finals, 1 finals)
Grant 0 (2 years as head coach)
Shaver 0 (14 years as head coach 4 finals, 5 semi finals, 2 NIT berths)
Skerry 0 (5 years as coach- 4 years in CAA Tournament, 1 semi final)
Matheny 0 (2 years coaching in CAA)

Anything less than the title means you are a loser that year.

Brady is one of the longer tenured coaches in the conference. I've noted the tenure at the school with the number of semi-final and finals appearances. So basically the bar for Brady from a post season standpoint among CAA coaches is Monte Ross and Pat Skerry? Are we happy with that as JMU fans? No wonder Skerry came out in defense of Brady - he doesn't want to draw attention to his own ineptitude.

Remember Flint has been already fired, so getting to 5 NITs in 15 years (33%) is not good enough for a CAA team. Brady has 1 real postseason tourney appearance in 8 years. (Pay-to-play doesn't count.)

Bruiser was really fired for the last 5 years- the program was clearly trending down. I think they would have been ok with that ratio of NITs and no NCAAs if the program hadn't hit the skids the last 2-3. They had to do something. Brady has been up and down but has never had two "bad" seasons in a row- then again his post season resume at JMU is pretty poor and really there is no way to sugar coat that.

I think at some point the players take their queue from the coach and admin. I was happy when JMU announced no post season. A pay for play lesser post season tournament is just saying that you think you had a successful season. Just like the 20 wins mark is. At some point you should draw the line and say that a C+ isn't a good grade. B's and A's only otherwise the players begin to accept that a C+ is good enough. That has always been my issue with Brady- sure relatively speaking he's raised the level but whether it's how he views the regular season, to their philosophy in scheduling, to where they finish within the conference, to how well they play in the CAA tournament- I never sensed a lot of urgency. If I'm the coach I'm projecting that I expect better and JMU should strive for better. JMU should expect to win 25 games per year, JMU should strive to schedule the best teams that they can, JMU should strive to finish in sole possession of 1st place every year and to cut the nets down each year. Anything less should be a big disappointment. That's how you create a winning culture.

"Expect" to win 25 games a year huh? You mean "demand" don't you?

I'd be interested in knowing how many MBB programs over the past 8 years have averaged 25 Ws a year. Doubt you'd find many more than the very elite of the elites in that group. But carry on. Unrealistic rants are free. Hell, the way they get posted on this board you'd think they'd actually mean something.

I'm not asking that JMU averages 25 wins a year but it would be nice to aspire to do that once or twice in an 8 year period. If you are advocating that they extend a coach for a second time that coach should have reached that level of success at some point no? Especially when the post season results have been so poor-otherwise you are just rewarding mediocrity.

Hey I get that JMU is not in a power conference or a conference like the A-10 or that JMU isn't Gonzaga or Wichita State. But why shouldn't JMU aspire to be Stephen Austin or Valpo or UAB, or Iona or even Stony Brook in terms of year over year success?

Judging from your posts- you reached a point somewhere in the Spanky baseball era where you thought he should be gone and that JMU needed a new voice. I'm sure eventually you'll reach that point with Brady. Basketball is a more visible sport than baseball and one that JMU spends more money therefore the head men's basketball coach should have less rope than the head baseball coach.

For me that time for Brady was sitting in Baltimore for the second year in a row watching JMU play uninspired/confused and without energy in a 4/5 game vs. a team they had played and beat the week before- all while their season was on the line. Was it the zone (the same zone they had seen the times prior) that they were unprepared for? For me that was enough to say - thank you Coach Brady but it's time to move on and bring in a new voice and coach to lead the program.

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Just can't miss the semi's 7 of 8 years in a one bid conference.


As I said, I think change could help both.

I think Brady clearly has an eye for talent, has suffered from injuries, has at times exceeded expectations, but overall has disappointed and underachieved. The class imbalance hurt, but we looked to be turning around the talent with a deep bench going into next year. That said, raising money for the Convo is the most important thing at the end of the day....and you can't do that and generate excitement for the JMU program based on Brady's overall record. I thank Brady for his hard work and for running a clean program. A bit more luck, a few less injuries, an Andre Nation not self imposing and Charles Cooke still on the team playing like he did this year and the conversation is probably about how to keep Brady. But that is how the ball bounces and I think everyone involved will be fine. Let's hope the Administration can make another Good hire. This will tell us more about the future of the JMU program overall than the football hire(which was excellent in my opinion).