Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 29, 2020 Report Posted March 29, 2020 Interesting quote from an ESPN article. "I decided to change leadership of our program days before the COVID-19 crisis emerged. A comprehensive national search in this time of anxiety, despite exceedingly strong national interest in the position, just didn't sit well with me," athletic director Kathy Beauregard said in a statement. I don't know if that's a cop out, but if I'm a WMU fan, using the Coronavirus situation as an excuse to not have an extensive HC search wouldn't sit well with me. 1 Quote
NWAkron Posted March 29, 2020 Report Posted March 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Interesting quote from an ESPN article. "I decided to change leadership of our program days before the COVID-19 crisis emerged. A comprehensive national search in this time of anxiety, despite exceedingly strong national interest in the position, just didn't sit well with me," athletic director Kathy Beauregard said in a statement. I don't know if that's a cop out, but if I'm a WMU fan, using the Coronavirus situation as an excuse to not have an extensive HC search wouldn't sit well with me. IDK. Times are tough. 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 29, 2020 Report Posted March 29, 2020 I read that WMU bumped his salary from $110k as an assistant to $120k as head coach. He'll also receive ~100k in bonus compensation. All in all he'll make about half of what Hawkins was making and will be by far the lowest paid MAC men's basketball coach. Quote
Zip JD Posted March 29, 2020 Report Posted March 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Interesting quote from an ESPN article. "I decided to change leadership of our program days before the COVID-19 crisis emerged. A comprehensive national search in this time of anxiety, despite exceedingly strong national interest in the position, just didn't sit well with me," athletic director Kathy Beauregard said in a statement. I don't know if that's a cop out, but if I'm a WMU fan, using the Coronavirus situation as an excuse to not have an extensive HC search wouldn't sit well with me. Times are tough, but I'm doing video conferences for work instead of in person meetings. I'm not trying to minimize the COVID-19 pandemic, but it sounds like a cop out to me (and a salary dump). It will be interesting to see what other teams do in the coming months. There is no practice or meetings and the kids aren't even on campus, so she could have postponed the search as well. I agree she is in a tough spot. I'm just glad its no us. Quote
Zip JD Posted March 29, 2020 Report Posted March 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: I read that WMU bumped his salary from $110k as an assistant to $120k as head coach. He'll also receive ~100k in bonus compensation. All in all he'll make about half of what Hawkins was making and will be by far the lowest paid MAC men's basketball coach. Ouch, I hadn't seen the numbers, but it looked like a purely financial move. Thanks for the recon. Quote
NWAkron Posted March 29, 2020 Report Posted March 29, 2020 39 minutes ago, Zip JD said: Ouch, I hadn't seen the numbers, but it looked like a purely financial move. Thanks for the recon. I read the universities will be losing a ton of $ from the NCAA because of March Madness cancellation. EMU anticipating that loss of revenue Quote
zippy5 Posted March 29, 2020 Report Posted March 29, 2020 Yeah that's BS. Everyone is sitting on their asses at home, get on a video call and talk to some people. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted March 29, 2020 Report Posted March 29, 2020 5 hours ago, zippy5 said: Wow, what an awkward looking photo. Looks like he was being held at gunpoint and told to smile big or they'd shoot him. 2 Quote
Zip JD Posted March 29, 2020 Report Posted March 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Wow, what an awkward looking photo. Looks like he was being held at gunpoint and told to smile big or they'd shoot him. He kind of looks like Rob Senderoff had a more socially awkward cousin. 1 1 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 With this being the only coaching change in the MAC, I wonder how much the absence of the MAC Tourney played into keeping some of the other coaches. Did the coaches convince the ADs they could have made a run in Cleveland? Quote
NWAkron Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 4 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: With this being the only coaching change in the MAC, I wonder how much the absence of the MAC Tourney played into keeping some of the other coaches. Did the coaches convince the ADs they could have made a run in Cleveland? I think Davis, Murphy, and Owens, have time left on their contracts. This wasn't the time to buy them out. Quote
LZIp Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 Let's all be thankful we aren't WMU fans. I would be livid. Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 6 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: With this being the only coaching change in the MAC, I wonder how much the absence of the MAC Tourney played into keeping some of the other coaches. Did the coaches convince the ADs they could have made a run in Cleveland? Hawkins was the only one that was going to get fired. Keno Davis just signed a 4 year extension last fall otherwise he may have been canned. Murphy's buyout figure is $200-$300K so it's low enough that he could have been bought out, but that would require EMU to actually care about their basketball program. Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 31, 2020 Report Posted March 31, 2020 WMU just lost their best 2 players to the portal. When you hire from within, you hope that helps stabilize the roster. In WMU case that didn't help. Brandon Johnson - WMU Michael Flowers - WMU Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted March 31, 2020 Report Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, kreed5120 said: WMU just lost their best 2 players to the portal. When you hire from within, you hope that helps stabilize the roster. In WMU case that didn't help. Brandon Johnson - WMU Michael Flowers - WMU Ouch. Top two scorers, top rebounder. Nearly a third of their team scoring and rebounding right down the Kalamazoo crapper! Johnson's certainly welcome here. He's a grad transfer. Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 31, 2020 Report Posted March 31, 2020 Not sure how accurate this is, but the WMU is saying Flowers is transferring to EMU... https://csnbbs.com/thread-897265.html 1 Quote
NWAkron Posted March 31, 2020 Report Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, kreed5120 said: Not sure how accurate this is, but the WMU is saying Flowers is transferring to EMU... https://csnbbs.com/thread-897265.html Go from being the offensive star to the team that "specializes" in boring defense. Make perfect sense Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted April 2, 2020 Report Posted April 2, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 8:49 AM, kreed5120 said: WMU just lost their best 2 players to the portal. When you hire from within, you hope that helps stabilize the roster. In WMU case that didn't help. Brandon Johnson - WMU Michael Flowers - WMU Only two players that scared me from that squad. Well done WMU. Hope The Rona was a good enough excuse to submarine your program even more. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted April 2, 2020 Report Posted April 2, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 3:21 PM, kreed5120 said: Not sure how accurate this is, but the WMU is saying Flowers is transferring to EMU... https://csnbbs.com/thread-897265.html Wow, talk about a lateral move. He must love playing zone. I thought height, not skill or scoring ability, was EMU's recruiting focus. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted April 2, 2020 Report Posted April 2, 2020 3 hours ago, LoyalZIP said: That can't be real... It is much closer to his hometown Southfield. Quote
Z.I.P. Posted April 3, 2020 Report Posted April 3, 2020 Maybe it was EMU or Grand Valley State. Quote
kreed5120 Posted April 5, 2020 Report Posted April 5, 2020 Tayler Mattos from BG has entered the portal. Not a huge loss, but he was a decent sized body and is only listed as a sophomore so chances are he still had some room to develop. Quote
kreed5120 Posted April 5, 2020 Report Posted April 5, 2020 It looks like Turner is still considering returning to BG. Quote
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