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they tried to give it away, but hang on for their first road win in over a year. post of the basketball season......exactly what everyone was thinking...

Is ORU trying to lose, or does it just come naturally?

Wait for it....

I would be truly shocked if there would be a change now, for a variety of reasons that EVERY school must consider at times like this: • You have a head coach who is universally liked, has enjoyed previous success, has shown incredible loyalty, and who has multiple years (Two? Three? More?) left on a contact that reportedly pays between $400-500K per season. Who's gonna pay that buyout if you fire him? Think he's going to agree to a settlement for less if he's forced out? I wouldn't; I doubt any of you would either. • You have an AD who is fiercely loyal to both the head coach and the coach's family, who will not make a move unless the university president forces him to (and, in that case, remember point No. 1 above). • Even IF the president is successful in forcing the AD to make the move AND comes up with the buyout money, your AD is in the twilight of his career and no doubt has an exit plan of his own for retirement some day soon, and one of the first rules of coaching at the college level is NEVER take a head coaching job from an AD that might leave or retire during your initial contract. Professional suicide, because the AD's replacement may not have your back, since you weren't "his guy". So, what kind of coach can the school expect to hire with that lame-duck AD doing the search? You would need a new AD to head up the search for the leader of your flagship sport. So, in my mind, the first domino to fall for any kind of change in a situation like this would be the AD retiring. Then, a new AD is brought in with the assignment of evaluating the men's basketball program, and making the tough choices (if things have not improved on the court and at the turnstiles). And, by that time, the head coach's contract would be more manageable from a financial standpoint (perhaps even a year-to-year situation by then). In other words: a change ain't happening any time soon, UNLESS the AD retires, and even then I would think the head coach would get at least 1-2 more years to straighten things out.