The faint rumblings are still only undertones as student athletes have not only their schollies on the line but monthly stipends, too.  

The irony for this coaching administration is Ferry started out with the worthy idea of attempting to emulate Ron's quick turn-around and recruited smaller, quick Guards.  Unlike Ron, however, none worked out. The real killer was Stevens, whom consensus and  Billy Clark praised a future DU star.  Turned out to be a double whammy when same given year  RMU got Pryor and Bona got Procter(sp?) two other JC talents, each better than not only Stevens but entire DU roster.  The cost: 3 to 4 years. Ferry understood this was a dagger to his jugular - and has never recovered.  On a side note, not surprising Harp's Tejas conversation where out of sympathy and love for the man, Harp extolled Ferry as his man.  Meanwhile, Nash understood his time on bluff was over and left coaching altogether for a high school admin job.  

Sentiment remains Ferry's plan was railroaded and deserves time.  Unfortunately, DU finds itself in between rock and hard place as the buyout cupboard appears bare, while the clock still running.

Hilltoppers,
Ferry was given time - 5 years to be exact.  With that said, it is obvious he can't do it.  Mr. Harper needs to be able to see the bigger picture or this thing may not be recovered.  I believe that more folks are now emailing him directly with their disgust of the program.  Everyone needs to do that.  As someone said in a post, if this doesn't get us a new coach then we contact the President.

Question?  How many years were left on Ron's contract...if any?  What was his buyout?

FAM wrote:

Hilltoppers,
Ferry was given time - 5 years to be exact. With that said, it is obvious he can't do it. Mr. Harper needs to be able to see the bigger picture or this thing may not be recovered. I believe that more folks are now emailing him directly with their disgust of the program. Everyone needs to do that. As someone said in a post, if this doesn't get us a new coach then we contact the President.

Question? How many years were left on Ron's contract...if any? What was his buyout?

Ron had two years left, same as Ferry.
 

Hilltopper wrote:

The faint rumblings are still only undertones as student athletes have not only their schollies on the line but monthly stipends, too.  

The irony for this coaching administration is Ferry started out with the worthy idea of attempting to emulate Ron's quick turn-around and recruited smaller, quick Guards.  Unlike Ron, however, none worked out. The real killer was Stevens, whom consensus and  Billy Clark praised a future DU star.  Turned out to be a double whammy when same given year  RMU got Pryor and Bona got Procter(sp?) two other JC talents, each better than not only Stevens but entire DU roster.  The cost: 3 to 4 years. Ferry understood this was a dagger to his jugular - and has never recovered.  On a side note, not surprising Harp's Tejas conversation where out of sympathy and love for the man, Harp extolled Ferry as his man.  Meanwhile, Nash understood his time on bluff was over and left coaching altogether for a high school admin job.  

Sentiment remains Ferry's plan was railroaded and deserves time.  Unfortunately, DU finds itself in between rock and hard place as the buyout cupboard appears bare, while the clock still running.

This is bit of revisionist history.  Stevens wasn't brought in until Year 3; and Stevens came in as a junior, so at worst he was tying up a spot for 2 years (turned out to be one). He wasn't brought in as a savior; Ferry had both Colter and Mason as juniors; he didn't have much other depth at guard besides Desmond Ridenour, so he went the JC route.  Sometimes that doesn't work out.  Ferry screwed Year 3 up by pushing McCoy to the backburner, falling in love with Tysean Powell, and once again having a horrendous defensive scheme in place.

If there was a quick fix in place, it would have been in Year 2 when he had Soko as the complete focal point of the offense.

And Jim Ferry wouldn't know a quick fix if it bit him in the ass because he can't coach.  He cannot evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of his roster and put those players in the best position to win a game. He has his system and he's sticking to it; if it doesn't work - blame the players, blame history, etc.  But never blame Jimmy. What an arrogant SOB.