I may be wrong, but my observation from listening to the radio or ESPN+. I think Nagy is on a glide path to retirement. He has a 6 year contract at $600K a year. Plus if fired for whatever reason. IDK what the buyout is.
So don’t shoot me. It’s just an opinion and I may be completely off target.
Might be the worst defensive team I’ve seen in a long time. Everyone gets blown by and certainly gives up the baseline. Basic fundamentals. The officials had several bad calls and didn’t help make the game enjoyable in the slightest either. I see this team getting worse over the year and not better. Probably some high school teams around here that could beat the dawgs if they played four quarters rather than two halves. I’ll hope the best for them but really not worth the drive there and back to watch guys play that don’t even know what a defensive stance is. And I’m usually optimistic.
I may be wrong, but my observation from listening to the radio or ESPN+. I think Nagy is on a glide path to retirement. He has a 6 year contract at $600K a year. Plus if fired for whatever reason. IDK what the buyout is.
So don’t shoot me. It’s just an opinion and I may be completely off target.
No shootings from me. During my career, I worked with many people (none of whom made anywhere near Nagy money) who started mailing it in when they were in their late 50s or early 60s. Others decided they wanted to go out winners and did great work until their last day on the job. If I were Nagy, I wouldn't want to go out a loser in what's probably my final coaching job, and it's never been my impression he's on any sort of glide path, but who can say for sure (especially at this early date in his tenure at SIU)? The one thing for sure is that if he does not succeed, SIU probably won't be able to afford to buy him out until after that fifth season, so he's probably not going anywhere unless he lands another coaching job or decides to walk away. The positive way to look at it is that he has time to make things right. The negative way is that SIU probably is stuck with him through the 2028-29 season if he doesn't get things right.
High Point has made this the low point of our season.
I don't think Nagy doesn't care. This was a team put together at the last second just to field a roster and not how Nagy really wants to build. We have 2 good high school recruits coming in including the frontrunner right now for Missouri Mr. Basketball. I want results now but this needs more than a year.
Nagy looks exasperated every game. I have no idea if that's just his demeanor or he really has had enough.
Tim Leonard was on the concourse at halftime hanging his head looking pretty bothered.
I don't think Nagy doesn't care. This was a team put together at the last second just to field a roster and not how Nagy really wants to build. We have 2 good high school recruits coming in including the frontrunner right now for Missouri Mr. Basketball. I want results now but this needs more than a year.
I am not against Nagy but the excuse that this is a new roster doesn't really hold. That is a lot of rosters now. Drakes coach was hired after Nagy and returned a similar amount of players. You could argue that this is because he brought some players with him but they were D2 players so that is quite risky(and two of them are grad transfers in their mid 20s).
Due to the portal and NIL even teams with longtime coaches are building new rosters every year. This isn't something that can be used as a crutch anymore, as teams are being built on the fly from the ground up and competing.
Spike we have had are differences on this site before I don't know you but I am in 100 percent agreement on this subjectI don't think Nagy doesn't care. This was a team put together at the last second just to field a roster and not how Nagy really wants to build. We have 2 good high school recruits coming in including the frontrunner right now for Missouri Mr. Basketball. I want results now but this needs more than a year.
I am not against Nagy but the excuse that this is a new roster doesn't really hold. That is a lot of rosters now. Drakes coach was hired after Nagy and returned a similar amount of players. You could argue that this is because he brought some players with him but they were D2 players so that is quite risky(and two of them are grad transfers in their mid 20s).
Due to the portal and NIL even teams with longtime coaches are building new rosters every year. This isn't something that can be used as a crutch anymore, as teams are being built on the fly from the ground up and competing.
I don't think Nagy doesn't care. This was a team put together at the last second just to field a roster and not how Nagy really wants to build. We have 2 good high school recruits coming in including the frontrunner right now for Missouri Mr. Basketball. I want results now but this needs more than a year.
I am not against Nagy but the excuse that this is a new roster doesn't really hold. That is a lot of rosters now. Drakes coach was hired after Nagy and returned a similar amount of players. You could argue that this is because he brought some players with him but they were D2 players so that is quite risky(and two of them are grad transfers in their mid 20s).
Due to the portal and NIL even teams with longtime coaches are building new rosters every year. This isn't something that can be used as a crutch anymore, as teams are being built on the fly from the ground up and competing.
Drake's not a good comparison because most of their roster followed their coach. Nagy didn't bring anyone with him from Wright State.
