more quality games against quadrant 1 and quadrant 2 teams.Why does Michigan State get a 9 seed and OSU gets left out?
He might be the guy, but it reminds me an awful lot of all the NFL and NBA teams where a franchise fires an unpopular coach mid-season, the team goes on a mini-run for a few weeks, and then the guy gets hired full-time as seemingly a default decision without much thought put into it.
Why not make the calls to guys like Cronin, Miller, May, Grant, etc.? Just seems odd to make that decision so quickly when he has zero experience building a program. You might get through it and Diebler is still the best choice, but now you don’t know.
I guess time will tell with Diebler. I don't love or hate it at this point. I don't put a ton of weight in the 6-2 record as teams often respond to a firing and play inspired ball. I'm guessing they liked the roster and the recruits that are lined up and looked at Diebler as a guy who can retain that. He's also a pretty easy sell and came cheap.
I'm curious as to whether they really believed this deeply in Diebler or if the feelers they put out for other candidates did not pan out well. Did other perspective candidates not see this as a place that will provide the resources necessary to win at the highest level? I once thought this was a job a level below the blue blood schools, but certainly a destination where you could compete for a title and consistently make deep runs. I'm not sure if or how much the NIL and portal have changed that.
Would be funny if he jump to Indiana in two years.Looks like they made the hire...