Toledo's implosion continues

[ZachTheZip]

Down to 5 scholarship players, 3 walk-ons, and their lone 2010 recruit is in danger of not qualifying academically.

Their new coach has double the salary of his previous job, but that's not nearly enough for the mess he is tasked with cleaning up.

[johnnyzip84]

Down to 5 scholarship players, 3 walk-ons, and their lone 2010 recruit is in danger of not qualifying academically.

Their new coach has double the salary of his previous job, but that's not nearly enough for the mess he is tasked with cleaning up.

Assuming UT gives Kowalczyk some time, I think this is the best thing that could happen for this team. I think he'll get it done there.

[Quickzips]

After their pathetic showing last season, I would think getting rid of as much dead weight as possible would be a positive for them. They need to just blow it up and start all over again. Since running Stan Joplin out of town they have been in an absolute tailspin. Joplin was a pretty nice coach who took them from doormat to consistent West contender with appearances in the conference tournament finals and the NIT. Let that be a lesson for the small but rumbling faction among us who are looking to run KD off.

[Blue & Gold]

I hope Toledo turns it around. And fast. I'm with Zip Watcher in that I think we and Toledo make very nice, natural rivals and that our schools should work together to purposefully stoke that rivalry up. (Could we have "Mayor's Cup" games in football & basketball?) I'm also with 'Watcher in that our schools would make a nice 1-2 metro university combo for the Big East to bring in after re-alignment.

Toledo's a very good school with a great campus in a nice city. They've also got a great arena - I stopped in to check it out when I was on my way through Toledo last summer. There's no reason they shouldn't be a perrenial favorite in the pathetic MAC West.

[Dave in Green]

After their pathetic showing last season, I would think getting rid of as much dead weight as possible would be a positive for them. They need to just blow it up and start all over again. Since running Stan Joplin out of town they have been in an absolute tailspin. Joplin was a pretty nice coach who took them from doormat to consistent West contender with appearances in the conference tournament finals and the NIT. Let that be a lesson for the small but rumbling faction among us who are looking to run KD off.

The reality of the professional business world is that most of us are expendable if someone is available to fill our position, and our employer is willing to pay whatever it takes to replace us with someone they think is better. But change for the sake of change often produces negative results. KD has proven that he can do something that no other MAC coach has been able to accomplish -- take his team all the way to the tournament championship game 4 consecutive years.

My assumption is not only that KD has proven himself as one of the very best coaches in the MAC, but that he's capable of continuing to grow as a coach and accomplish even more. Should he ever be replaced, my expectations for the incoming coach would be even higher. Why replace a winning coach with one who's not likely to exceed the performance of the one he's replacing?