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Vorel to Jen Cohen: "Is UW men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins’ job in jeopardy?"

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,698 Founders Club
edited October 29 in Hardcore Husky Board
“Absolutely not. I believe in Mike. I’m supportive of Mike. I’m excited to be his partner and figure out how we’re going to reevaluate things after this year. We’re looking to still move forward with the basketball (facility) project. Sometimes these things are cyclical. Sometimes they’re really frustrating. There’s nobody that’s more upset with losing and where this program is right now than Mike Hopkins and me. So I’m confident that we’re going to come up with a plan at the end of the year and we’re going to get headed back in the right direction.”
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,486 Standard Supporter
    Broom him. Now.
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,373 Founders Club
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    I hope she goes down with him.

    Dawgsense
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,797 Founders Club
    edited February 2021
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    I'm guessing hope she goes down with on him.

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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,486 Standard Supporter
    DawgsCanDance said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    I'm guessing hope she goes down with on him.

    Could be how he’s saving his job


    Jen has needs too
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,797 Founders Club
    edited February 2021
    I know my statement was mean but none of this is making any sense... she extends him so his buyout is out of reach and now she has cash flow problems that she cant solve.

    And when she had the chance to lay down some requirements regarding increasing the football program status via power hiring moves to make up for losing CP as a draw, she let the new coach hang himself regarding the replacement coaches instead of stepping up and insisting that game changing coaches would be hired and it has snow balled from there.

    Putting it bluntly, we have now lost the three main reasons that kids wanted to come to UW [CP as HC, coach K with the defense, and Lake as the DB coach that will get your to the League] and as this has evolved it was her responsibility to make sure that additional firepower was hired and in operation to either prevent or offset the losses.

    We are talking about a GM that obviously has no power within the institution, no foresight to anticipate outcomes and no guts to step up when it's required ~ so we are now watching over the death of the positive momentum that was previously built.

    Now both previous positive cash flow producing programs are in the tank and its her fault ~ as the GM its her responsibility to watch over the cash flow potential of the revenue sports and she has utterly failed.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,213
    Best case scenario is that Wynn gets fired ... no chance Hop does this year
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  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,168
    We can't, or are choosing not to (not sure which is worse), pay for what will soon be a $3m buyout. That's chump change to cleanse yourself of a coach who is so clearly and without a doubt out of his depth. There is literally no outcome here where Hopkins somehow ascends to meet Jen's purported "high expectations".

    If cost is such an issue then just cut Mike now and pay a measly $1m to the dad of the next one-and-done 5 star to be our head coach for one year. Better odds with that than sticking with a proven loser.
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