govu69 wrote:

There may be some who wish Stallings to lose to get rid of him but I will never be one of those.  I am 100% for Vandy and their great kids who bust their tails for this university in the class room and on the court/field/diamond whatever.  You are not a true Vandy fan if you pull for a loss. I was very complimentary of them when they almost beat a worse than average KY team and would have for last night’s heart breaker if I had been able to see the game.  It apparently was Memorial magic at its best like KY.  BUT like KY, Ole Miss despite their record is not great.  After all they lost to MTSU worse than we did though quite early in the year.  The point is I don’t like seeing the players lose because of coaching problems and I won’t take the time to enumerate them.  That has been done ad nauseum. And there are more than a few fans who agree with this accessment.  We have a head coaching problem and despite you sticking your head in the sand that will not go away until the University recognizes it and that this coach will not, despite his success, take us to greatness.  You have to admit that if you are a rational person. Yes Coach Stalling is good and perhaps the best we have had though that is certainly debatable. BUT he is not a great coach on the floor and has fallen in his abilities over the last few years.  He can recruit but he can’t motivate as evidenced by his record of getting us to the Sweet 16 much less then elite 8 which is where great teams strive for and where we should expect every few years.  We can do that and  should have last year with the second best talent in the country according to the NBA relative to a GREAT school like North Carolina. If they can do it along with Duke with their great academic reputation we should be able to also. Nough said!

I'm not saying that I agree or disagree with your post, but you do make lots of valid points.


NOTE: This post does not address or "take sides" in the topic of retaining or not retaining the current coaching staff of any sport at Vanderbilt University or at any other school or entity, collegiate or professional.