regarding complaints about the hire, we heard the same thing 4 years ago from a few folks on this board almost demanding to know why John Rhodes wasn't chosen...

Vent all you want, but it simply doesn't matter...

 

How many (top 3) finishes have we had in the past 15 years?  I count one.  That leaves room for a lot of complaining.

We've had just a few.  Jim Christian while at Kent had, if I'm reading reports right, a top 3 finish and postseason play five of six years.  I will not complain about that type of result for any reason.

http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/mac-engel/tcu/ 

From my limited scan of Christian's TChistianU career and his earlier Kent career, I am more confident than some of you.  I hope the team embraces this coach.   He really took over a problematic program at TCU.  During those four years, he steadily was building.  Not a bad season this year;  he had some excellent victories.  He suspended his highest scoring player indefinitely in January of 2011, and the player did not come back this year.  His 2011 recruiting class had two Rival three star recruits and some JUCOS -- one who earned a place in the starting lineup.  One of the threes was a Providence  point guard recruit who decommitted, and was sought by UVA and others.   Christian won the recruiting battle over Texas Tech and Virginia.  He recruited a class with 3 Rival three stars this year.  I believe this guy can recruit, and I believe he is an excellent floor coach.  I believe those in the know in Texas do not blame him for the the TCU record the first three years.  TCU has been a football school and is attempting to make the transition to a basketball power and has not provided the support necessary to do that.  See the hyperlink above.   This guy needs to be given a chance.   I believe that if our team embraces him, we will have another extraordinary season next year.

ANyone check out the Kent boards to see what they are saying? I'd be curious to hear.

Same thought here -- non-math major I'm sure!

Then quit donating $$. Quit donating before Christian even coaches his 1st game. Clearly he's a bad choice in many posters eyes.  Go pout since you didn't get Boals or Ford.

Median may be more telling than average... 

 
Haven't checked out the Kent boards but this is from the MAC board from a Kent fan:

Per Dispatch article it will be near $600K.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2012/04/02...

And note that Schaus reportedly stated:

Schaus reportedly met with Christian on Thursday in New Orleans during the run-up to the Final Four. He said he wanted a dynamic and energetic coach to turn the program into a mid-major powerhouse similar to Gonzaga, Butler and Virginia Commonwealth.

So if we wanna be a mid-major power then we have to pay the going rate. And clearly $300K wasn't going to do it. I applaud Schaus for making this commitment.  And it's what a lot of posters have been wanting -- so now Christian has to execute.  And I'm sure he knows it.

(Reposting this, as was suggested)
First off, if these rumors are true, you have a very good coach.  I'm writing this as  TCU fan, and because he is a very good guy, who is a tireless worker and i felt had a tough road at TCU. Obviously he was very successful at Kent State and it didnt translate to wins for TCU.    There are some very important reasons for this:

1) TCU is a 100% football school, and gave virtually no fan and financial support to the basketball team.  The Daniel-Meyer Coliseum's capacity is something like 7,000 and even when they were winning this year, we never had more than 5,000 people show up.  For the most part, basketball is largely ignored and the outdated facilities show that as well, making it difficult to recruit Texas area kids with a glut of Texas schools that have better things to offer.  Recruiting top notch HS kids was always difficult for TCU, however in the past 2 years he had a solid core of 4 year players on the roster (Kyan Anderson -2012 MWC fresh of the year, Amric Fields - 2012 MWC 6th man of the year, and Garlon Green (brother of NBA Gerald Green) and coming next year (2 solid 2-3* Texas guards).  Plus he was able to keep TCU in the running for Julius Randle, who til this day has always maintained he is seriously considering TCU because of Coach Christian and the coaching staff.   Pretty impressive actually since he had never recruited in this area before.  It is true he has been JUCO heavy in these 4 years but I think, its been much harder to recruit to TCU than anybody anticipated.  What gets forgotten is that he was able to recruit 2 transfers (from Virginia Tech, and Temple) who were vital parts of this 2011 team.

2) He inherited a disaster.  When he took over the team, he had 4 players on the roster.  4.   The talent level was pathetic and basically had 1 good player (Langford).  The first 2 years were 14 and 13 win season.  Which brings us to last year.  A disaster at 11-22, mainly because of the dismissal of his best player (a player that changed his committment from Kent State to follow him to TCU) and 2 other players (i believe both JUCO's) .  It is widely accepted however that this led to an increased respect in the locker room that allowed the team to be significantly closer.  What followed was one of the best seasons in TCU in nearly a decade.  17 wins (including over New Mexico, UNLV and Virginia) and a trip to the CBI (I know, but still). 

Lastly, it is widely considered that TCU, after many years, is finally headed in the right direction.  Entering the big 12 is going to be a disaster in the short term but a recruiting boost is anticipated.  Hopefully a new coach will come in keep the momentum going for us.   Best of luck,  and maybe see you in the tourney some day?

And what do you need to build a mid-major powerhouse? Stability.  I believe this hire brings that.

My comparison wasn't between Christian and Groce. It was between Christian and a coach that had no head coaching experience.

Groce was 15 out of 16 with 141 games and 85 wins.