Herrion will not return for a 5th Season at the College of CharlestonAs you all know, I wasn’t happy with the performance (on and off the court) of my Alma mater’s basketball team this or last season. A couple of our players showed a lack of sense on King Street and ended up with bracelets from the po-pos. Yet, they were not punished by Coach Herrion because winning and a lack of discipline became the status-quo at the College. When the winning dried up and street ball became the norm, instead of the "team-play" instituted by Coach Kresse, the Maroons were not happy. When the NCAA smacked Herrion on the wrist for pitching a hissy-fit, the Maroons became pissed. You can’t piss off influential boosters and have arrested development on the team without proper punishment.
Mellen was so pissed that he swore off our team until Herrion was gone. Those of us in the Cougar Club found it less easy to throw money into the basketball program. Yet, Goldfinger held true to Herrion’s charted course. Many people speculated we would not buy out his contract because the College of Charleston is a small school of modest means and Herrion had just inked a new deal. The word on the street is that Herrion is going to cost us 1 million large. (Not paid by tax-payer money-time to hit the phone banks kids) Hopefully, a new coach will put butts in the seats because we do have a new arena to pay for and the Maroons need to love the program again.Today’s announcement just proved many people wrong. Herrion’s record was 80-38 in his four years at the College.
Possible Coaches to be tapped are Bobby Cremens (Ga. Tech’s old coach who lives on Sullivans), Buzz Peterson from Coastal Carolina, or possibly Gregg Marshall from Winthrop.Update: Click here for the Chucktown Courier article. The Bradford Report had a few comments about the changing of the guard as well
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