This is simply not trueLarry Lyons being forced to retire
Tell me why it shouldn’t. Tell me how this team is positioned to win this year and the next two years. We are irrelevant and mediocre. This is not changing!And so it begins…
That's my line!And so it begins…
This I agree with. We need a President and an AD yesterday. I understand waiting on the AD for the President. I'd like to know that the search for a President is moving forward so then we can move forward on an AD.They need to hire a new AD. The new AD needs to evaluate every HC, Spack included. Everything else is moot. Except we're running an offense that doesn't fit our personnel. That's about football.
I completely agree with this. As much as I want Spack gone at this point I understand the situation and realize the order of operations that need to happen. With that being said it would seem to me that Spack will get at least this season and next season before he would likely be fired......but that doesn't change the fact that in 14 years we are mediocre.This I agree with. We need a President and an AD yesterday. I understand waiting on the AD for the President. I'd like to know that the search for a President is moving forward so then we can move forward on an AD.
I’m not in disagreement. At the very least, his seat should be toasty.Tell me why it shouldn’t. Tell me how this team is positioned to win this year and the next two years. We are irrelevant and mediocre. This is not changing!
Agreed, and honestly it has surprised me how long it has taken to even get toasty.I’m not in disagreement. At the very least, his seat should be toasty.
The wheels are turning. A search firm has been selected to help find a new President. I thought President Tarhule had an excellent chance of having the "Interim" removed from his title but that is looking less likely.This I agree with. We need a President and an AD yesterday. I understand waiting on the AD for the President. I'd like to know that the search for a President is moving forward so then we can move forward on an AD.
This not a reaction over 1 game and you know that.yeesh, just 1 game later .... really ?? Let's give it a few more games people. Absolutely nothing to be gained by flying off the handle after a bad game 3 of 11.
So can we presume you have done extensive comparative analysis of our peer schools to determine we are failing miserably, even while still winning more than any other conference team across all sports for 4 straight years. And something like 16 in the last 20 years or so. So as it relates to coaching/recruting/playing on the field .. we're doing really well.This plays into my, and many others, overall view of Illinois State Athletics in its current standing. I believe we overinflate the value of the "All-Sports Trophy" and use that to mask our lack of success and the mediocrity that has settled into the department. Attendance is down in every sport. Illinois State has five sports that sell tickets - those are the big five. Of those big five, WBB/VB have played in the NCAA tournament recently. Football hasn't been good since 2019. Baseball is 32 games under .500 the last three years. Volleyball is 13 games under .500 the last year and a half. 2018-19 was the last MBB season we were over .500 and that was 17-16. If not for Kristen Gillespie, the department's biggest sports are all failing. We don't have an AD who can make any meaningful changes. The staff size is cut in half. The senior leadership team has had more people leave in the last two years than anyone could sustain. I worry that everyone has forgotten how successful Illinois State Athletics can be and it is going to be impossible to recover from. I don't know whether to blame university leadership, Larry Lyons being forced to retire, Kyle Brennan, or some other factors - I just think Illinois State is in big trouble as a department.
Yes, But I'm speaking to this season .. everything was quiet, until we laid an egg. Now whether we were under-prepared, just played badly, or EIU is better than we think. Or , yes possibly to naysayers point, we're not nearly as ready as we hoped at this juncture in this season and we may not get there.This not a reaction over 1 game and you know that.