He was chewing on one in the first TV interview I ever saw him do. I remember thinking to myself "Man we're in trouble".
For us to hire an established head coach with a winning record, I think we would have to pay more than we're paying Marlin. How many of those guys are there that would be willing to come here? With the budget what it is, I don't think the admin would be willing to pay what it would take to get that type coach. That would mean taking a chance on an up and comer type coach.
Having said that I'm of the opinion that we should move on from Marlin after his current contract expires, and I admit we might be worse off by doing so.
Once we moved to D1, we were a high major with Shipley. Mid majors don't make the cover of SI as "The team with the most realistic chance to beat UCLA".
Some of our post Shipley teams could also be considered majors. Mid majors don't beat #1 Georgetown with Patrick Ewing, or beat Kentucky at Rupp Arena.
You are certainly correct that Robert Lee and Bob Marlin have coached us out of any resemblance to those teams.
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