If we had won those last 5 games, I think that it would be a different story now for sure!!!
Even if we had won those last 5 games I am sure Bobby already had it set in his mind what to do. New direction.
It is such a shame that this really good guy, who could have been out in the community, and helping raise money for LBS always wanted to stay in the background and away from the fans. I truly wish Dan and his family well, but overall I think that we are going in the right direction. Go BEACH!!! Hope that we have a GREAT game against Arizona and that Dan and the team can keep it going!
Who could have ever dreamed that Bobby's and Dan's joint decision could have generated SO MUCH energy on the part of our team, and to have captured so much attention at the national level!!!!
He somehow falls upward. His last contract extension and now this.
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Dan is a great self promoter. I don't have any problem with that. He's used this to maneuver his way around the various ADs and boosters to stay here despite an overall mediocre record. His time finally ran out, and as luck usually finds Dan, his team took it personally and used that as the motivation to win the BWT. If Dan had been let go after the BWT, almost for sure the team would have lost, likely to UCI.
Even Aboubacar said this in that interview with he AJ and JJ. Winning the BWT only has to do with Dan because not renewing him felt like a slap to the face of the players, they like Dan, and this lit the fires that should have been part of the team DNA.
Interesting that Smitheran was on the fence with Dan, basically a 'prove it season' and I will likely renew you message to Dan. Bobby was judging you on recruiting (my view, good), coaching (poor), and fundraising (was there any beyond the bare minimum?).
Key Quotes
“How we finished, tied for fifth place in the Big West Conference and finishing the season on a five-game losing streak, didn’t equate to the talent that I saw on the roster ,” Smitheran said. “ We were underachieving, and I think Dan would agree with that ,”
Squandered talent, Dan's tenure for ten years.
The next day, when the Beach went back to the same gym to practice, Monson reminded every player as they got off the bus to “be different today.” Players responded by listening with rapt attention to every coach and by putting maximum effort into every drill.
Isn't this what should be happening far more often than not? I hope our next HC makes this part of the team DNA and recruits guys that have already internalized this.
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Yes precisely, and that's why a change needed to happen. That has been clear from all sides I think. Everything else is just media noise, speculation or blind support.
GO BEACH
The most frustrating part of the story is that it just adds confirmation that it took something like this to get the team to wake up and pay attention.
You could see that there was a real lack of cohesiveness and effort. Reading from other articles to the team admitted they got comfortable. All of this comes back to coaching.
Absolutely infuriating
A friend just sent me an article from "sports.yahoo.com" that tells the whole story!!!