Sunday, March 24, 2013

Time For Herb Sendek To Go?

As I sit here watching the NCAA tournament I can't help but turn my attention to the state of the basketball program at Arizona State University.  Herb Sendek has been the head basketball coach at Arizona State for 7 years now and he has taken them to a total of 1 NCAA tournament appearance (in 2009).  Outside of that run, they have been, well, not terrible, but really quite mediocre.  Herb seeems like a nice guy and he knows the x's and o's of the game but he's far from a magnetic personality, he really hasn't inspired much confidence in anyone, from the fan base, to the players and most importantly to prospective recruits.  ASU AD Steve Patterson needs to take a stand and expect more out of the program.  He's got an easy out too, there's a pretty good candidate on campus already, his name is Eric Musselman.  Musselman has coached basketball at nearly every level that there is, he's been credited with much of the improvement in the ASU program over the past year, nobody would work harder, and don't think for a second that prospective recruits wouldn't want to play for a coach who knows what it would take to get them to the NBA.  If ASU wants to make that move they'd better do it soon too, Mussleman may be a hot commodity in short order.  Maybe he could bring Russ Pennell in as an assistant coach too.  I personally feel that it's time for a change and I'd applaud that swap of coaches (Musselman for Sendek).  

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