That’s not quite right about the football practice facility in the sense that it didn’t directly cannibalize a hoops xfacilitt, but I do think it is right about the Athletic Departments prioritization of football and it is absolutely true that there isn’t a hoops practice facility and that surely reflects the massive investments in football.
It stinks bc as far as I can tell the fans are much, much more interested in their highly competitive hoops teams (they routinely sell out a 14K maybe more arena that is an 8 minute walk from the core of campus) than they are in a football team that is routinely rotten.
Apparently you are right! Also own Ravens, Orioles, the big theater in Baltimore (like the Fox in Detroit) and other random facilities. Very weird setup but I guess they get to issue tax exempt bonds? Notably they do not own the on campus football stadium (maybe it is older than the Authority?).
Anyway to come back to the main point Maryland really seemed to settle in hiring Willard. It’s a very B- hire.
Probably to show what happens when he coached in a deep and talented big east before it broke up? The B10 isn’t as good as that, but it’s closer to the old Big East than the new Big East is depth wise.
Idk, I just remember when the Beard to Texas rumors were ramping up there was a poster on here who was adamant Beard wouldn’t leave, and he kept mentioning how Texas didn’t own their own basketball arena.
He has the chance to chance to join that tier, and he has proven at the very least he is in the next tier and can build a program into a regular conference and occasional NT title contender.
Willard, OTOH, has proven he’s not capable of doing that, and that his personal cieling would be to join the same tier as Greg McDermott.
Glad we agree he isn’t on that tier. It sounded like you were implying he is already on the elite tier of coaches (which would’ve been ridiculous after the way you nitpicked the use of tiers yesterday).
I don’t think it’s cost cutting - Colton Pouncy got the Lions gig for them, it’s a promotion with a bigger audience. And Brendan isn’t doing beat stuff locally anymore.
