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Post by cbyland on Mar 14, 2024 19:36:41 GMT -5
OK, we're getting a little close here to slander. It's fine if that is your opinion, we all have opinions, but a couple of you are walking a thin line. As far as the hire goes, I didn't interview any of the candidates, but if you say he just hired someone to get it over with, it would have been much easier to hire one of the assistants, as they were already employed by the university, again I'm not saying that would have been the best hire, but it would have been the easy way. I also don't understand why the hire is getting universal praise everywhere except on this board. Maybe I’ve missed something on here. I have only seen one comment that praised the new coach & that was from an Assistant Coach at UNC. When you look at his resume, he looks like a mediocre coach at best. One thing for sure, he will have nothing left to work with at WCU & the AD knew that might happen based on a prior Head Coach leaving for Winthrop. Let me guess, that assistant coach at UNC that offered praise was Jeff Lebo? That was Crafts former boss. Next year may be a rough year or maybe he will use the portal and encourage 80% of his GWU players to transfer to WCU like Tre Lamb did for football lol. But in all seriousness whether Craft does that or not with the portal these days you can build a quality and competitive team quick. He may do great here, he was at GWU 11 seasons and he is only 45 so maybe he will someone that stays here for a lengthy time and helps us win SoCon championships and get to multiple NCAA tournaments.
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Post by wcu1995gocats on Mar 15, 2024 11:33:17 GMT -5
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Post by catamountalum04 on Mar 15, 2024 21:12:52 GMT -5
Most coaches once they get a new job they change thier twitter to represent the new school. I just looked at Craft's page. It still shows him at GW
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Post by catamountalum04 on Mar 15, 2024 21:13:34 GMT -5
It looks like Jeremy Luther is not coming with Craft. He is going to be named the HC at GW
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Post by gwujake on Mar 15, 2024 21:20:22 GMT -5
Don't worry, he'll update.Just doesn't get on there that often
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Post by catamountalum04 on Mar 15, 2024 21:25:36 GMT -5
Don't worry, he'll update.Just doesn't get on there that often That is bad though. With Luther not coming he will need to use twitter if he wants to draw in recruits
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Mar 17, 2024 7:23:40 GMT -5
In my opinion, the more I think about it, we hit a home run with hiring Tim Craft. He built a program at GW and he knows our recruiting area. Look at the facts. Unlike J Gray, he has actually won a conference title in the regular season and won a conference tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament. J Gray has not done any of that. Coach Craft also out coached and beat J Gray 3 times while at GW. He also has a lot more experience as a head coach than J Gray. He will bring stable leadership to the team and will not be looking to leave the first time a shiny thing catches his eye like J Gray did. Also, he is married to someone that will not hate Cullowhee and Craft and his family will embrace the area and become a part of the community unlike J Gray and his family who hated the area.
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Post by jim64 on Mar 17, 2024 12:16:06 GMT -5
In my opinion, the more I think about it, we hit a home run with hiring Tim Craft. He built a program at GW and he knows our recruiting area. Look at the facts. Unlike J Gray, he has actually won a conference title in the regular season and won a conference tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament. J Gray has not done any of that. Coach Craft also out coached and beat J Gray 3 times while at GW. He also has a lot more experience as a head coach than J Gray. He will bring stable leadership to the team and will not be looking to leave the first time a shiny thing catches his eye like J Gray did. Also, he is married to someone that will not hate Cullowhee and Craft and his family will embrace the area and become a part of the community unlike J Gray and his family who hated the area. FLCAT, I feel sorry for Coach Craft & his decision to come to Western. As of right now, he has no coaching staff, no team to work with and his top recruiter is now the Head Coach at GW. I can’t think of a bigger mess than what Coach Gray left our Basketball Program in when he left. I listened to his remarks he made at CCU & I got the impression that he left WCU under strained relationship with our AD. I hope Gray has to pay big bucks to WCU for his early departure from WCU.
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Post by CatDad on Mar 17, 2024 12:49:28 GMT -5
In my opinion, the more I think about it, we hit a home run with hiring Tim Craft. He built a program at GW and he knows our recruiting area. Look at the facts. Unlike J Gray, he has actually won a conference title in the regular season and won a conference tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament. J Gray has not done any of that. Coach Craft also out coached and beat J Gray 3 times while at GW. He also has a lot more experience as a head coach than J Gray. He will bring stable leadership to the team and will not be looking to leave the first time a shiny thing catches his eye like J Gray did. Also, he is married to someone that will not hate Cullowhee and Craft and his family will embrace the area and become a part of the community unlike J Gray and his family who hated the area. I hope Gray has to pay big bucks to WCU for his early departure from WCU. It was only either $100k or $200k from the contract terms that were posted
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Mar 17, 2024 13:16:45 GMT -5
I hope Gray has to pay big bucks to WCU for his early departure from WCU. It was only either $100k or $200k from the contract terms that were posted It was $200k because he left before March 31st 2024. The contact says that he must pay $100k within 30 days and the other $100k in 12 months from the day of his departure. I expect that the beach chickens will be sending the first check around April 1 and they will write the other check sometime in March next year. Obviously the chickens have more dollars than sense. The contract is clear and I am sure that Western will get paid as the contract specifies.
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