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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Mar 10, 2024 8:26:49 GMT -5
See this is the problem. You just joined the board and post nonsense that you know is not true. A few people mess up everything for everyone else. Coach has never said he is leaving after 3 years. Probably an idiot goon. Why is it not true? Because you don’t like it. Have you been in every conversation he has ever had? No. Obviously I’m not going to tell you how I know this. I’m just going to tell you what I know. Take it or leave it. I would love for Gray to stay but the reality is he is not. He wasn’t happy with his contract when he came here, his wife doesn’t like Cullowhee, his coaching staff never invested in staying in the community. Coach Gray literally pays out of pocket for some of the positions on staff. Why would he choose to stay. Coastal might not be a huge step up but it would take some pressure off of him. He isn’t going to call his connections to beg for new gear each season. Sad for Gray that he was not happy with his contract when he came. He was a lower level assistant for 2 years at Winthrop and Western gave him a chance to be a D1 coach with only 2 years of experience at a mid-major program. We also paid him the most we have ever paid for a Men’s head basketball coach and more than we paid Mark Prosser and Larry Hunter and Gray complains to you and others that he is not happy with his contract. I am not buying that, because I don’t think Coach Gray would be that ungrateful and petty, and I don’t think he would publicly tell people that. If he did that, then I don’t care if he goes. If he wants that to be his legacy at Western, then let him go. No other D1 school in America would have given him that chance. He would still be a lower level assistant at College of Charleston if it were not for Alex Gary and Western. That’s why I don’t believe it because I think Coach Gray is classier, more humble, smarter and more grateful than that. Again how sad if it is true and how sad if you are making it up.
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Mar 10, 2024 9:34:12 GMT -5
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Post by wcu77 on Mar 10, 2024 15:38:36 GMT -5
No matter if he leaves for another job or not, all this speculation right now had to have been a distraction and screwed up our tournament prep and play. It was ridiculous that this stuff started being reported and speculated on right now before the start of our game by supposed fans. Between all the specualtion and rumor and the screw job by SoCon we never had a chance to advance.
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Post by catamountalum04 on Mar 10, 2024 16:13:29 GMT -5
Do you really think the players were looking at this board hours before the game? I have bets that the info leaked among the team before hand. If they learned about it and got distracted it was from the twitter reports not this board
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Post by wcu77 on Mar 10, 2024 16:29:04 GMT -5
Do you really think the players were looking at this board hours before the game? I have bets that the info leaked among the team before hand. If they learned about it and got distracted it was from the twitter reports not this board Maybe not, but friends and family might be and even if they had heard rumors already, it is just adding fuel to the fire and making things worse by spreading them wider.
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Post by wcu1995gocats on Mar 10, 2024 16:37:22 GMT -5
Do you really think the players were looking at this board hours before the game? I have bets that the info leaked among the team before hand. If they learned about it and got distracted it was from the twitter reports not this board Maybe not, but friends and family might be and even if they had heard rumors already, it is just adding fuel to the fire and making things worse by spreading them wider. I think you are overestimating the reach of this forum. I also think if the players were concerned Justin would have addressed it. It was all over the Coastal Message boards and on twitter. You can’t censor everything.
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Post by catamountalum04 on Mar 10, 2024 16:37:42 GMT -5
They were never rumors just the truth that had not been admitted yet
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Post by catamountalum04 on Mar 10, 2024 16:39:29 GMT -5
Maybe not, but friends and family might be and even if they had heard rumors already, it is just adding fuel to the fire and making things worse by spreading them wider. I think you are overestimating the reach of this forum. I also think if the players were concerned Justin would have addressed it. It was all over the Coastal Message boards and on twitter. You can’t censor everything. Exactly. Me saying JG was leaving might have been news for people on here but trust me it was not news at CCU and among others in the industry
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Post by wcu1995gocats on Mar 10, 2024 16:44:45 GMT -5
Do you really think the players were looking at this board hours before the game? I have bets that the info leaked among the team before hand. If they learned about it and got distracted it was from the twitter reports not this board Maybe not, but friends and family might be and even if they had heard rumors already, it is just adding fuel to the fire and making things worse by spreading them wider. They literally tagged Justin Gray on twitter on March 2nd saying he was a candidate. No secret when you are tagging him so his whole audience can see.
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Post by catamountalum04 on Mar 10, 2024 17:33:02 GMT -5
Exactly
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