heading into conference

[ABC]

his leash is loooooonnnggg

[abdullah_sharif]

i didn’t mean employment termination leash, but rather restrictions in the management of the program. it’s pretty obvious that ggg runs his program with few restrictions from the a.d.

things go well and the leash gets longer.. if we have a few rough years with recruiting misses and lots of Ls, does it shrink?

[WstateU]

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[WSUwatcher]

Thanks for the clarification, sharif, but seriously -- what sort of direction would Boatright be qualified to give Marshall on how to run a basketball program? You're talking about a relatively new AD without a head coaching background vs. a guy who stands a good chance at being a Hall of Famer. What value could the AD possibly add? And if he's reasonably competent, which he seems to be, in which case he probably realizes the same thing, why would he try?

[Aargh]

Marshall's leash

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[Aargh]

Boatright's leash - Any questions?

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[Jhook89]

I am seeing 7-9 wins

[ShockingButTrue]

8th doesn't seem so ridiculous now.

[ABC]

Boatright nor anyone else is going to tell Marshall how to run his program. To suggest otherwise is just plain silly.

[pinstripers]

He wouldn't stand for that

[ShockCrazy]

To me there is a haaaard floor of 5 wins, anything less means something terrible went wrong injury wise. We should definitely sweep Tulane and ECU. @USF is a gimmie(don't let their record fool you, they suck. Their best win is KP 146 Austin Peay at home in OT. They barely escaped Farleigh freaking Dickinson Saturday). After that there are a few winnable home games, SMU, Tulsa, and Memphis, home court could give us a chance even against UConn and Temple. The SMU, Tulsa and Memphis road games are the games that are going to matter if we want to climb over 500, we need to win a couple. Personally I kinda like opening with @Memphis, is going to tell us a lot about this team. It is a beatable team, but it comes down to if this young team is ready to win on the road in just their second chance.

[jdshock]

To me there is a haaaard floor of 5 wins, anything less means something terrible went wrong injury wise. We should definitely sweep Tulane and ECU. @USF is a gimmie(don't let their record fool you, they suck. Their best win is KP 146 Austin Peay at home in OT. They barely escaped Farleigh freaking Dickinson Saturday). After that there are a few winnable home games, SMU, Tulsa, and Memphis, home court could give us a chance even against UConn and Temple. The SMU, Tulsa and Memphis road games are the games that are going to matter if we want to climb over 500, we need to win a couple. Personally I kinda like opening with @Memphis, is going to tell us a lot about this team. It is a beatable team, but it comes down to if this young team is ready to win on the road in just their second chance.

My prediction: we lose at least one gimme game and we win at least one game we had no business winning. Corollary prediction: some rough second halves.

[ABC]

And the sober, sane, objective, non-emotional Taylor Eldridge has WSU tied for 6th with Memphis and Tulsa at 9-9. https://www.kansas.com/sports/colleg...223736185.html

[WuDrWu]

I wonder if Taylor is taking into account the unbalanced schedule?

[ABC]

Yes, of course as he went through the exact schedule. "WSU draws the three bottom teams on the road, meaning if it sweeps those, then a 6-3 record at home, which seems more than doable considering its historic advantage at Koch Arena, gives WSU a 9-9 record.

Read more here: https://www.kansas.com/sports/colleg...#storylink=cpy

[SB Shock]

Wsu has to survive a very difficult schedule early without losing their confidence. If they can do that, they should have a strong finish that will allow them to have some confidence going into the offseason and next year (and who knows gets hot in the AAC tournament).

[pinstripers]

Taylor Eldridge@tayloreldridge 1h1 hour ago More

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I went game-by-game and predicted every outcome in AAC play. Here's the results: 1. Houston 16-2 ...2. Cincinnati 15-3.... 3. UCF 13-5.... 4. UConn 12-6 ....5. Temple 11-7 ....6. WSU 9-9.... 6. Tulsa 9-9 ....6. Memphis 9-9 ....9. SMU 7-11.... 10. USF 5-13 ....11. ECU 2-16 ....12. Tulane 1-17

[ShockingButTrue]

Taylor Eldridge@tayloreldridge 1h1 hour ago More

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I went game-by-game and predicted every outcome in AAC play. Here's the results: 1. Houston 16-2 ...2. Cincinnati 15-3.... 3. UCF 13-5.... 4. UConn 12-6 ....5. Temple 11-7 ....6. WSU 9-9.... 6. Tulsa 9-9 ....6. Memphis 9-9 ....9. SMU 7-11.... 10. USF 5-13 ....11. ECU 2-16 ....12. Tulane 1-17

I'll be elated if we prove to be better than Memphis, Tulsa, and SMU. It will have been a good year after all.

[proshox]

With an unbalanced schedule it it tough to prove you are better. A lot of the finish for mid pack teams in the AAC comes down to opponents and home vs. away.

[60Shock]

Having never been a coach, I can only assume that messing around with a highly successful coach's contract in any negative way, is the surest way of showing you have lost some faith and confidence in the coach's ability, and you may seriously regret opening this door.

[Blackmag]

I’m going with 9-11 wins in league. I’m a half glass full kinda guy. Very optimistic about our coach and players. The Echenigue injury was a big blow, he was really becoming a force inside, scoring especially. VCU game would have been a lot different, not saying we would have won. But we would have made more of a game if Echenigue played the whole game. Can’t wait for the Memphis game, should be interesting.

[pinstripers]

You are a glass 2/3 full kinda guy