[NU Sports] BB Coaching Change? (fwd)

[Jim Leonard]

Everyone,

I received the email below from another NU fan who asked me to post it to this list for discussion. I think the point is valid. If our trustees were willing to invest in NU basketball, I think we'd be more competitive. 

Go Cats,
Jim

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IMO, the root of our problem is a 60 year or so background of administrations that don’t have sufficient interest in basketball. They have not and will not provide the things a good program needs, like better facilities and the funds to let a good coach hire top assistants and keep them.
 
Academics? No excuse. Duke debunks that. So, does Stanford. And, just the other day Vanderbilt beat Florida, the national champs! Vanderbilt, no less, a school with high academic standards. 
 
As to coaching, no one can convince me, that in the past 60 years or so we have not had some capable coaches, guys like Tex Winter, and arguably even our present coach, Bill C. 
 
Yes, coaching is not the transcendent problem. Rather, I say to myself, "It’s no support, Stupid!" Considering 60 years of basketball obscurity, it just has to be that! Our administrations just don’t want to provide the $ for top notch facilities, competitive wages for assistants, and recruiting. Over the years, our trustees consistently refuse to provide our coaches the tools they need to compete. Their interest has been and is more on football and other sports. Since the 40s (?), for Northwestern, basketball has been on the back burner.
 
Bottom line:  The buck stops with the trustees.


 
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