(12-01-2015 10:34 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote: (12-01-2015 09:43 AM)BSKB 24 Wrote: 9 out of 10 coaches would fail at Drexel. They wouldn't be able to recruit to that place. Bruiser can.
It doesn't matter if Bruiser can recruit if the players he brings in are never available. Every season someone gets hurt or dismissed from the program, leaving them with about 8 bodies. Whether that's because of bad recruiting or a poor strength/conditioning/training staff, something is fundamentally wrong with the program that can't solely be blamed on the school's location and budget. You can't just get a lifetime contract when this is the product on the floor every season.
The program also should not be so afraid that they can't find a good coach that you let a lackluster one hang around. That's a loser mentality. Just about any program in the country can be fixed with the right hires. The best thing to do when you're headed down the wrong path is to turn around so as to reduce the time it takes to get back to where you were. Continuing down the wrong path year after year will just get them further and further lost in the new landscape. The bottom is dropping out right now.
Drexel has a loser mentality. Always has. It has been stated numerous times on the zone. That mentality runs deeper than just the head coach, which is the ultimate problem. I doubt the administration is even talking about getting rid of Brusier. Pretty sure in their eyes he is doing well. Plus he lost Lee, so he had a built in excuse before the season ever started.
Listen to any of Bruiser's press conferences after any game from the Great Alaska Shootout. He sounds beaten and deflated. He is clearly at a career low right now and of course that gets passed onto the players and that causes lack of effort. Drexel teams have always played hard under Flint. They are not doing that right now. He has even stated he does not know why this team is bad, but they are bad. That shows you he has lost the team. We have threads on the zone and elsewhere that clearly show what the problem is and our coach cant figure it out, partly because the problems are his style as Seahawk stated. He will not change no matter what rules are in place. He has lived off of defense and that is our glaring weakness right now.
The worst part is they have done so poorly and been managed so poorly that the fans are now gone. The dedicated fans are now very sparse and all on the same page that the time is now to get rid of him (whether right now or the end of the season). It is so bad that our dedicated fans do not even watch every game or even most games anymore, they have the mentality of "what's the point?". And those that still are tuning in are now getting pissed. Not because of the poor play, but because they even bothered to waste their time tuning in. You can't get much worse than that. The DAC, while crappy, got to a point where their fans made it a tough place to play, now, you might get a couple dozen to show up and if lucky half of those are engaged in the game. It has become very sad to see the fall of where they were headed to where they are now.
That is about it in a nutshell. We have lost consecutive seasons to a D2 team and our coaches seat is likely barely even warm. We have talent that wont show because there is no heart or desire to be good, so this team will have to really dig deep and change what they are doing if they want to win more than a few games this entire season. As it stands and has for 15 years, that is not going to happen.