[NU Sports] BB Coaching Change?

[Dennis W. Brandt]

> New locker rooms, coaches' offices...hell, maybe we should level McGaw 
> Hall
> and replace it with something that doesn't *feel* like a high school
> gymnasium.

Good point about facilities.  For certain we need to do something or drop 
out of the Big 10 in basketball.  I'm for letting Carmody have 1 to 2 more 
years.  Clearly he is an excellent coach who gets the most out of his 
talent.  Ball handling, for example, is far better under his tutelage than 
has been traditional for NU teams, and it keeps us within reach in most 
games.  It is poor rebounding and shooting that pushes winning out of reach. 
Improve those two areas, and we're in the NCAAs and maybe looking at a Big 
10 title.  There is more behind the bad recruiting than Carmody's inability 
to appeal to parents and players.  That, I suspect, he does quite well. 
Yet, they ain't a comin'.  Shiny, new facilities would be a big plus.  So 
would taking a chance with a few academically marginal players with good 
attitudes toward education and the ability to shoot the trey or yank down 10 
rebounds a game.  That would kick us over the top.