I was absolutely on board with Brad. I think he's done a great job at SFA and losing 1 conference game, going to 3 NCAAs, and 2 NCAA wins at that school is impressive in only 3 seasons. But he's still in his first D1 job and in his early 50s. His best players throughout his 3 years were mainly guys he didn't recruit. He took a solid foundation from Kasper and ran with it, but we have no idea whether or not he can recruit P5 talent, its not like he was known as the stud recruiter on staff when he was here with Huggs and Frank. I believe he would have been a great hire for us, but far from a slam dunk and still with plenty of questions. I would probabl
I try to look at K-State basketball with perspective. I like remembering our basketball tradition, but the 4 Final Fours over the course of 16 years took place over 50 years ago. I mean a total of 3 black players played on those 4 teams. It was a different basketball world and it was the glory of K-State basketball. We've been solid since then, but have never come close to replicating that run. Hartman had a very good run, Kruger had a nice spurt, and Huggs/Frank built us back up with another good stretch. I just want us to find another guy at that level and I believe we will in my lifetime, hopefully a couple more if I live long enough. I think I'll see at least another Elite 8 and league title. I don't think Schulz or Currie or Weber will destroy K-State sports as we know it. Programs like ours have ups and downs, we are in a down period.
I'm glad to live through our glory years of football, roughly the equivalent of that run in basketball, but in a more modern sports world. 2 conference titles, 3 elite bowls, 6 Top 10 finishes over 20 years. I don't think football is over either, but that run may not be duplicated here. Still, I believe I will see another conference title and elite bowl in my lifetime.
All that to say in this long ass post is I try to keep things in perspective. Brad would've been a great hire, but I've moved on. I likely won't attend K-State basketball games next year because I think its futile at this point, but I know better days will come for this program. It may take another year or two or maybe a couple more, but we'll be an NCAA tournament team again. Missing out on Brad did not destroy that.