Continued Mediocrity

I can't help but agree with you, when I see teams like VCU upset Duke last year, and San Diego upset UCONN this year, I can't help but wonder why Charlotte can not seem to move forward. I like Bobby Lutz but he can't seem to get over the hump in the Post-season, it's time for the school to move forward.

That being said, I also blame the UNCC for not moving forward more quickly to get a football program started, because who knows how many recruits have bypassed us simply because we dont have one and football is a big part of the "college" experience for the most well known schools, even if the football team isn't great, hello UNC?

Let's face it, if we had started football in the 90s like UCONN, we could be in the Big East right now, or we could have stayed in CUSA. Come on CHarlotte, time for football!

I like Bobby Lutz.  I think it is important that the kids go to class and he runs a clean program.  However his coaching style, with its absolute reliance on the three point shot, does frustrate me.  I'd love to see Charlotte develop an inside game.

In terms of conference affiliation, the A-10 has some "names," but Charlotte would be better off in the CAA.  The long term hope is that the Big East and A-10 will combine into a 12 team football conference (say UMass, Temple, and whoever moving up to 1-A) and that Charlotte can hook up with the other basketball only schools (GWU, Georgetown, etc.).  Even if Charlotte gets football it will be years before it gets to the 1-A level; so that won't be helpful anytime soon.

Three cheers for Cavidson, and good luck to Bobby Lutz.

To those of you who believe he is mediocre let's take a math lesson: 10 years, 188 wins, 5 NCAA Tourneys, 3 NCAA Tourney wins, 3 NITs, 2 league tourney championships and damn good graduation rate.  That's 80% postsesaon success and 50% NCAA rewards. 

The seeding in the NCAA Tourney is a crap-shoot.  The year we were a 5 seed our only big man, Kelvin Price, had food poisoning and Oklahoma upset us.  We are the 8-9 game most of the time we were in we were a 7 and NC State got us good.  We haven't been the same since.  But, we won 19 games and 20 in 2 of the last 3 years and that isn't mediocre.

How many ACC schools besides Duke and North Carolina can say they played in 5 of 10 NCAA Tourneys?   Oh yes, NC State did and they let Herb get away.  Now, that was a great decision.  Clemson just made it back for the first time in Decade.  I ask becasue that's who he is measured against.  Don't even bring Davidson into the equation.  One-hit wonder.  Fun team, though. 

If Lutz is mediocre, I'll take him anytime. 

If any of you think that Bobby Lutz is satisfied with being close, I don't think you have followed the program closely or know who your coach is.  Have we considered that the reason Melvin was able to win in the brief 2 years he was head coach was that Lutz was doing the coaching?  How did Melvin do after he took the $ and ran?  He was fired after 5 years of sucking.  His replacement won immediately with Melvins players.  As for the 3-ball, we averaged 1 more 3 per game than our opponents.  You have to make shots, no matter where you are standing, and when we hit them, we can beat anybody.  Just ask Clemson, Davidson, Umass, St Joe's etc. 

The numbers the other response referred to are accurate, and they are impressive.  Look at where Charl came from.  Changing conf affiliation may have made recruiting a little more difficult, but with the freshman class we just had, and losing 1 starter, the Niners are headed in the right direction and back to the NCAA's!   Guys, Lutz is a competitor and a winner, as his record shows.  We're lucky to have him. GO NINERS!!