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Report on Coach Wardle

I really want Brian to stay and for his sake I am really not sure Nebraska is a great job-I’m sure it pays well but they have really never been successful in basketball and not at all convinced they really want to be. A job that pays well in the short term can be a poor landing spot in the long term. Please stay.
 
A lot of coaches use interest from outside to put pressure on their universities and negotiate extensions. I hope that’s what this is.
 
If he can't handle the press in Peoria how do you think he will handle it in a larger market?Not a fan of Wardle
 
houstonbrave said:
I really want Brian to stay and for his sake I am really not sure Nebraska is a great job. I’m sure it pays well but they have really never been successful in basketball and not at all convinced they really want to be. A job that pays well in the short term can be a poor landing spot in the long term. Please stay.
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I totally agree with you HoustonBrave. Here's an interesting example: Keno Davis after turning Drake around and then left and Keno only lasted 3 years at Providence. Today Keno is the head coach of Central Michigan and has had his ups and downs - currently some ups these past 2 years and before some disturbing downs. Another example is Kevin Stallings of Illinois State - lasted 17 years at Vanderbilt and only 2 at Pittsburgh. My point - for coaches taking over a program that is not known for basketball - its a crap shoot and hopefully Wardle already knows this. Coaches such as Ben Jacobson I know has had many other offers and he realizes where he (and his family) are happiest. Ben has it nice at UNI. I wonder if Wardle also sees this aspect of coaching as Ben sees it. Nebraska was in the Big 8 but never in the Big 10 a basketball power. How does one attract top basketball athletes to spend their college days in the middle of a corn field and lucky to finish in the upper half of the Big 10 conference. The last 3 coaches at Nebraska lasted at least 6 years (Tim Miles 7 years) and Brian is currently 39. Coach Wardle it's a crap shoot. If you decide to leave - Thank you and Good Luck and if you decide to stay - Double Thank Yous. I realize its all part of the business.
 
Well, this is quicker than I was expecting. I would always hope the best for Wardle, but I sure hope he doesn't go! My hope would be that we'd pay him enough to stick around, but competing with Big 10 money would be difficult.
 
Why should anyone believe “Bracketgurus”? This guy has 91 tweets, 65 followers and went 11 months without tweeting anything.
 
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