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Steve Sandmeyer breaks the "Can't Fire Romar" barrier
bananasnblondes
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Mark Monday, January 26th, 2015 a historic day as a Seattle media personality had the courage to step up to the microphone and utter a phrase that no Seattle sports fan thought they would ever hear on a Seattle-based radio station or read in a Seattle newspaper. At 4:27 PM PST, 1090 The Fan's Steven Sandmeyer spoke the words, "If they don't make the tournament again this year, I would make the move." He qualified his remarks by saying that AD Scott Woodward would have to know ahead of time that one of his top 5 choices would be ready to accept the head coaching position and take over right away and that it would need to be someone who could keep most of the next recruiting class that Romar has put up as collateral against his firing.
Overall, I agree with everything he said. Romar seems to get an excuse every year (someone's hurt, someone got kicked off the team, wait til next year's guys get in) but it's not that much to ask to be the 5th best team in the conference and not lose to teams like Albany and Stony Brook at home. Just because he saw some success at a school thats not used to it doesn't mean he gets a lifelong contract to make the NIT every other year.
Overall, I agree with everything he said. Romar seems to get an excuse every year (someone's hurt, someone got kicked off the team, wait til next year's guys get in) but it's not that much to ask to be the 5th best team in the conference and not lose to teams like Albany and Stony Brook at home. Just because he saw some success at a school thats not used to it doesn't mean he gets a lifelong contract to make the NIT every other year.
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-Pool Boy doesn't have anyone lined up.
-the recruits won't stay (maybe Thybulle and Crisp stay, Murray and the Cali kid definitely not).
-they're NOT making the tournament after Upshaw's dismissal. Probably a bubble team at best with him.
Fucking profile in courage.
Romar's going to get a chance with Murru and the recruiting class. We all know this.
An influential group of professionals swears by him, it is literally impossible to fire Romar unless he completely implodes.
It's the kind of move that is necessary, but also not certifiable until a few years pass IF you make the right hire. It's a PR nightmare waiting to happen.
As much as many here don't want to hear it, Romar is liked by the majority of the fans and alumni. Basketball isn't football. And he has never tanked hard enough to force his firing. If I was a betting man, he retires at UW. O/U is 5 years.
The PR nightmare will be more about firing the most successful coach in the history of the program. There are always some backlash for firing a coach unless they go 0-12 like Ty. This is Seattle. Dumb fucks actually whined about Gilby not getting a fair chance.
I wish we would have already fired Romar, but what I wish for isn't reality and I agree with Thomas. Romar would probably have to go two or three more years without reaching the tournament in order to get fired.
I do appreciate Sandmeyer talking about firing Romar because it gets more people talking about it.
There has to be a classy way of doing it. Romar is a great guy who has done a lot for the program over the past decade. Recrootin' is solid. Just not a good X's and O's coach
Sometime in the near future, perhaps transition him into the AD....keep him involved. Fundraising, or something like that. Do you think money is an issue at this point? Would he want to coach elsewhere?
Who gives a shit if you take a step back from Romar? The program is going on 4 years without a tournament and will be relying on freshmen next year, which is something Romar has never done well with. 5 years of no tournament and you keep the coach?
Afraid of losing recruits that he will underacheive with? Who gives a shit about high school kids? A good coach will get enough local kids, and if he doesn't he'll fucking win games anyway by means of actually having a fucking gameplan.
Might a new coach do worse? Sure. But Romar is not getting this program turned around. He did well when Lute was senile and Zona going into the tank for a few years, when Montgomery was out of the league. Ben Braun, Jay John & Herb evans were about the average coaches in the league. Howland beating players was the best thing in the conference by far. Big Ern did the same at UO when the coaching sucked.
Romar's a bottom tier coach in the current Pac-12. Not sure there is a coach in the league that is certainly worse. Alford, Cuonzo and the FGC guy at least have a little time to wait and see.
Local recruits aren't going to save the program with Romar "coaching" them
The NBA players don't do much, if anything for the program. It's a nice story in the paper, but they really don't. They like Romar, BFD. They play all over Seattle, not just at UW. I know B-Roy has an AAU team, but there are tons of capable basketball players. Recruiting in basketball is hardly the same as football. You can also recruit abroad if you bring in a coach with those connections. Some of those guys would want to go to UW anyways to play in front of friends and family.
That said id still take 7-8 of them over romar