It’s time to have a conversation about Jerome Tang

[wetwillie]

I don't ascribe to 2026 being NCAA or bust, unless the season is a complete disaster or there's some pr issue.

He can miss the tourney 2 more years in a row and probably still get the 2028 season with his buyout numbers.   

[sonofdaxjones]

Yes-his buyout probably protects him for at least 2 more seasons.


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[wetwillie]

NC State just fired their coach after going to the F4 last year, and his buyout was only 6.5M I think.  Jerome's agent made the deal of the century last year.

[Cire]

In willing to give him 2 years.

I’d love some new staff blood


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[BostonPancake]

Under normal circumstances (no huge buyouts, injuries, presidents kicking players off campus), missing the tourney 3 years in a row should get you fired.

[wetwillie]

Yea oscar got shitcanned for 3 in a row.

[BostonPancake]

Yea oscar got shitcanned for 3 in a row.

And finishing dead last, second to dead last, second to dead last those 3 years.

[michigancat]

oscar had 5 seasons worse than this one

(6 worse conference records, but one of those teams still made the tournament)

[pissclams]

yeah we’re definitely not making any significant changes for at least two more years, nor should we.

fans wanted a cool coach who wins occasionally and that’s  exactly what we have.

there were signs of life this season.  we regressed after the 6treak but we will always have that mid-January to remember.

[pissclams]

Yea oscar got shitcanned for 3 in a row.

oscar got shitcanned for a lot of things

[wetwillie]

Yea oscar got shitcanned for 3 in a row.

oscar got shitcanned for a lot of things

He wouldn't have been fired if he made the tournament in '21

[pissclams]

we will never know.  but what we do know is that a large portion of our fans hated him.

[ben ji]

I like Tang and really want him to succeed at ole KSU. I feel like last year was a scratch because of the Tomlin situation so this was really his only "Bad" year. I'm looking forward to seeing how he rebounds next year.


And at the end of the day it's just basketball, as long as football is still performing well squeaky hoops is just a nice distraction in the dead of winter.

[CNS]

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And at the end of the day it's just basketball, as long as football is still performing well squeaky hoops is just a nice distraction in the dead of winter.

Booooo.

[sonofdaxjones]

Gene is going to be asking for more money from everybody.

He wants to raise the mandatory Ahearn donations for basketball.

K-State and everybody else for that matter needs to have it's second major sport contributing to the bottom line in a big way. 

No other sports make money, they're all losers.

85% of KSA's revenues come from 3 things: Conference distribution, Ahearn donations, Football/Basketball Ticket Revenue

So - can't afford to get rid of Jerome, and can't afford to have MBB sucking hind revenue teat.

Not a great position to be in right now.

[Benja]

Yes, not a great position at all.

That senior night was a rough ridin' dumpster fire of a game. Firing balls into the stands, no real urgency at all. Forget making shots, which obviously didn’t happen. We just suck.

I was fairly ecstatic when we hired tang. I felt like his personality could possibly breathe life into a fan base obviously coming off a couple really hard years, but was ready for a winner again. And that’s exactly what happened.

What I hate now that he’s losing is his pressers. He literally says the same things every time. He doesn’t seem all that bothered by losing. The signs are there. All hat no cattle. We’ve seen this. I really don’t want him to veer into Ron prince territory.

Times are a bit dire. Next year will be huge. I’d seriously love to see him turn it around.

[michigancat]

What I hate now that he’s losing is his pressers. He literally says the same things every time. He doesn’t seem all that bothered by losing. The signs are there. All hat no cattle. We’ve seen this. I really don’t want him to veer into Ron prince territory.

I can really only think of one thing about Tang that reminds me of Ron Prince

[EMAWzifried]

With the Orange Potemkin bringing hard times to the ag sector, NIL might be hard to come by.

[wetwillie]

What I hate now that he’s losing is his pressers. He literally says the same things every time. He doesn’t seem all that bothered by losing. The signs are there. All hat no cattle. We’ve seen this. I really don’t want him to veer into Ron prince territory.

I can really only think of one thing about Tang that reminds me of Ron Prince

Highly religious?

[mocat]

elevator fit check selfies

[michigancat]

It's a real brain buster

[MakeItRain]

What I hate now that he’s losing is his pressers. He literally says the same things every time. He doesn’t seem all that bothered by losing. The signs are there. All hat no cattle. We’ve seen this. I really don’t want him to veer into Ron prince territory.

I can really only think of one thing about Tang that reminds me of Ron Prince

Highly religious?

elevator fit check selfies

Both of these made me howl

[deputy dawg]

Even great coaches are wrestling with the NIL and transfer portal dynamics.  Tang has demonstrated some degree of mastery of this dynamic, now he has to figure out how to make the players he recruits play as a team.  He did a good job his first year, and has struggled since.  It comes down to how much faith we have in Tang to make his recruiting victories translate into wins on the court.

[GregKSU1027]

Welp… 16-17 (9-11) in conference. Disappointing but i truly have no idea where we go from here


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[wetwillie]

Apathy is where we are headed