Jon Wilner offers his opinions on Spartan hoops after being in attendance at today's Coach Wojcik introductory press conference.
A few pushbacks:
Now maybe this is an anomaly but the facility St. Mary's uses for it's home games makes the Event Center look like the Taj Mahal. Plus, where's that gorgeous Gael practice court? That excuse is a red herring.
The basketball budget is now being upgraded as it definitely was in need of a boost.
Plus, new offices are on the way as Wilner duly noted.
AD Gene Bleymaier has promised these improvements -- why not interview him and post a Q-and-A on these subjects. Get something pinned down rather than whine ad nauseum. Be a journalist.
Yes, the roster is simply lacking in talent but why is this so? Any Wilner criticism of Coach Nessman will be his first. The same with Tom Bowen.
What Wilner has failed to acknowledge is the long litany of failed coaches hired by failed athletic directors who were more interested in providing jobs and salaries to buddies than achieving success. That's a sham and a shame and a diversion of taxpayer dollars.
Down in Ruston, second-year Coach Mike White and his Louisiana Tech team just finished a 27-7 season, 16-2 in conference play, with a roster full of underclassmen and junior college transfers. The Bulldogs were 18-16 the season before and made it to the title game of the Western Athletic Conference tournament. White didn't inherit a bountiful roster nor does he have a gem of a practice facility or a game facility that others envy.
It can be done.
No more excuses.
"Yes, the roster is simply lacking in talent but why is this so? Any Wilner criticism of Coach Nessman will be his first. The same with Tom Bowen."
ReplyDeleteAnd there you have Wilner in a nutshell. It's much like Mark Purdy and Fitz Hill - in either case, the columnist has so much of his ego wrapped up in supporting a bad coach that he's willing to look past practically everything in his support of that bad coach.
Hopefully Jimmy Durkin will actually continue to function as a journalist. At least that way we can get something of a straight scoop on SJSU athletics from the Murk.