re: Do You Think Alleva Is Letting JJ Play the Season Out to Bury Brown/Temple?

Why don't you guys realize there is no benefit to firing Jones mid-season. The difference between basketball and football is that we had a great deal of talent on football and had enough games remaining that we could still compete for the Nationa Championship. As it turned out we lost two games that prevented this but if we had won them we would have been in the top 4.

Basketball has marginal talent; and the chance of another coach making a huge difference was slim. We weren't making the tournament with this bunch no matter what. Also Aleva can be making a search for a new coach whether CJJ is fired or not. No decent coach is going to take the job midseason if they already have a job.

So Aleva should have a list of at least six to ten guys ready to interview by the end of the season. Recruiting will suffer but it was already suffering with Johnny. Instead of bringing in some badly needed big men, he only has two guard/sf wing types coming in.

So no advantage to firing before the season is over and Aleva can save a few bucks on the buyout and avoid a ton of bad national publicity. Let it play out and then get us the best coach you can.