Thank you Coach Kim English

[FlPatriot]

This makes me sad. Kimmie did so much for George Mason . . . by leaving. I was hoping he would be able to turn it around this year.

Mindset…of a loser.

 

[Earl the Squirrel]

Questions
1. Does Providence have the money to buy him out?
1a. Do they have the money for a new coach?
2. Will English take the usual 50% and have job freedom?
3. Will English take the full 100% and just sit out?
4) Does the AD get fired over this?

All good questions. This is a basketball school and they (donors and alumni) have moved on from English. Losing a big lead to UConn in the last few minutes three weeks ago was bad but blowing a 21 pt lead to Ed Cooley and Georgetown was the final straw. They raised $10M for their collective last year. I'm sure they can raise more this year to buyout KE and close this chapter.

If I'm KE I take the full buyout and sit out a year. He now finds himself sitting lower in the coaching ranks than Paulson. Best move for him is to try and secure a job as a lead recruiter for a P5 team.

As for your last question, Nap's a good fundraiser, but his biggest hire as AD was KE, based largely on what he read in Sports Illustrated . If I'm a big donor I wouldn't trust him to make the right choice going forward. I'd bring in a new AD and move on.

KE reminds me of Todd Bozeman. At 29 he took over for Campanelli at California, got his team to the sweet 16, and then flamed out two years later. Wound up working for Pfizer in sales and coaching 9 year olds. Now an assistant at Rhody.