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Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 6:59 am
by DungeonRealm
Can we please go ahead and lock this fantastic coach up long term!!!!!!
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:06 am
by Davemeister
DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 6:59 am
Can we please go ahead and lock this fantastic coach up long term!!!!!!
That might be easier said than done. But we are certainly better off with a coach that other schools want than with one that nobody wants.
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:19 am
by Fuonetime
Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! He is making Furman great again (at least in basketball). He is a fantastic coach and person. At the very least make it very expensive for a D1 raider. Do everything we can to keep Coach BR at FU as long as we can!
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:03 am
by DungeonRealm
Fuonetime wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:19 am
Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! He is making Furman great again (at least in basketball). He is a fantastic coach and person. At the very least make it very expensive for a D1 raider. Do everything we can to keep Coach BR at FU as long as we can!
Indeed
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:12 am
by Paladin91
Hadn't we locked up Medved too?
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:58 am
by youwouldno
Furman could and should pay him enough that he doesn't leave for a crappy Sun Belt program or something.
Richey has much stronger local ties than Medved . . . if he's compensated decently, he might stick around for a while.
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:01 pm
by apaladin
Right now lets just hope he doesn't leave before the season is over.
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:07 pm
by Jasper
There is no "lock up" number at this level of coaching no matter the contract. They are broken all the time. A coach's primary responsibility is to himself and his family. If he is a young man, he wants to succeed in his profession and in basketball that means he has to move up in class to the schools that can pay more. It is simply economic mathematics for Furman. We need to hire good young coaches and let them be successful enough to move on to a higher compensation level. Then go find the next bright young coach. It's just the way it is. IMO, the most important person in this whole process is the AD who does the hiring.
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:08 pm
by Jasper
There is no "lock up" number at this level of coaching no matter the contract. They are broken all the time. A coach's primary responsibility is to himself and his family. If he is a young man, he wants to succeed in his profession and in basketball that means he has to move up in class to the schools that can pay more. It is simply economic mathematics for Furman. We need to hire good young coaches and let them be successful enough to move on to a higher compensation level. Then go find the next bright young coach. It's just the way it is. IMO, the most important person in this whole process is the AD who does the hiring.
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:23 pm
by edwards555
I believe we should lock him up in such a way that he would not leave unless it was for a team in a multi bid conference I believe we could afford this but not afford paying him enough to lock him up from jobs where it is multi bid conference and there are maybe a dozen of these tops.
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:25 pm
by youwouldno
There is a number that is competitive at the mid-major level. You don't want your coach making a borderline lateral move . . . if he leaves, it should be to a conference that gets at-large bids routinely.
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:32 pm
by Paul C
I don’t want to lose Bob to a “Drake”. If we do lose him eventually. (and I hope we do for all our sakes) I would hope it would be for a higher caliber program.
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:59 pm
by Affirm
Jasper wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:08 pm
There is no "lock up" number at this level of coaching no matter the contract. They are broken all the time. A coach's primary responsibility is to himself and his family. If he is a young man, he wants to succeed in his profession and in basketball that means he has to move up in class to the schools that can pay more. It is simply economic mathematics for Furman. We need to hire good young coaches and let them be successful enough to move on to a higher compensation level. Then go find the next bright young coach. It's just the way it is. IMO, the most important person in this whole process is the AD who does the hiring.
Yes. We need to work hard to retain our current AD. Then when he eventually leaves, we need to work hard to hire and retain one who is his equal.
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:52 pm
by Jasper
Paul C wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:32 pm
I don’t want to lose Bob to a “Drake”. If we do lose him eventually. (and I hope we do for all our sakes) I would hope it would be for a higher caliber program.
exactly. Drake is a friggin fowl, isnt it? Who wants to lose a coach to a duck?
Re: Bob Richey
PostPosted:Mon Nov 19, 2018 12:52 am
by purplehorse
I have never met BR but have always liked him and am confident that he is a person of integrity and will do what is right for him and his family. Not everybody chases money.
Many mid-majors now do great things in basketball so there is no reason he cannot do that- and live in a great place-Greenville.