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One reason I hope Coors is never expanded to like 15000. It's great seeing the support, but for years 11k was too big. The general admission seats opposite from where the students sit now used to be completely empty. Creating some demand is a good thing IMO.
I appreciate what Bzdelik did. He's a good program builder, he hasn't been able to take his teams to the next level though. Maybe he'll do it at Wake. If his friend wasn't AD, he'd likely be gone however.
The current capacity should remain about the same, just add luxury boxes to the ceiling if they can sell. An unnecessary evil I look at it, since I like the own tiered seating and lack of classism currently there.
I do as well. Bohn even said during the 2nd year, it wasn't about the wins/losses while they were revitalizing the basketball program. I actually wrote to Bohn when Wake was courting him, how much I wanted Bzdelik to stay, not knowing how good Tad would be of course.
Wasn't there real concern it wasn't actually going to get built or am I misremembering things? Bzdelik gets more credit than Bohn in terms of actually get that built IMO.
Yeah Bohn gets credit, just Bzdelik gets more. He told Peterson and Bohn, that their facilities needed to be better and I doubt he comes here without it in his contract.
I don't have a problem giving Bzdelik his due. As Cville (and others) have pointed out, who knows where we would be if he didn't make sure the facility upgrades were in his contract. That said, I'm not sure (and we will never know) if Bzdelik would be able to take us where Tad has gone. Given Tad's thinner resume, if the order had been reversed, it's hard to see him having the clout to get upgrades in place. The timing worked out pretty well with Tad being able to takeover and as seemless of a transition as possible. And then his ability to take us to new heights.
Yep, Tad even said so himself without the season he had at Northern CO when he did, he's probably not a candidate at CO. And likewise, if he stays at Northern CO longer and puts up similar success, another program of CU's stature is probably looking at him. The timing worked out for all parties here plus CU actually gained money as was pointed out another thread because it cost Bzdelik $500k to depart while Tad's buyout only cost 25k.
Bzdelik always seemed to have one foot out the door. In terms of his breakout 4th season, we'll never know. He probably would've done better, but look how long he's taken at Wake. Who knows if he'll get a 5th season? If his friend wasn't AD, he probably doesn't get a 4th.
Didn't know that, even if you want to include that, CU is still $200k here. I'd imagine also in atleast his first season, probably second, Tad was also cheaper than Bzdelik would've been here.
