Why wait. It's obvious this team is going nowhere. Can't shoot from 3, can't shoot free throws, unathletic etc. I think Groce respects us too much and called off the dogs, as not to embarrass us any more on a valuable special event. Why not let everybody know we're looking, so the fan base can get excited.

They came out tentative as hell, overpassing and getting bad shots as the clock ran down.

Saul had zero passion today. Why should he expect his team to exhibit any?

Actually, there's something to be said for cutting the cord now and see if any of the assistants can make a difference.

You folks have VERY valid points and not going to disagree, but I think you're aiming your anger at the wrong guy.....

And now ya want to fire Saul before the end of season, he has sucked for almost 5 years, letting him coach a few more games is not gonna hurt anyone or anything. I've watched people make excuses for Saul, but you know what ? In the end, it all comes out !!!

Schaus is OUr AD you take chances on coaches, this one didn't work out, Schaus knew it hence no contract extension last year.

Only if Schaus goes with him.

600 G's a yr...He has won what ? his overall record is what ? his MAC record is what ? like I said Saul has sucked for 5 years stop trying to sugar coat it, his 5 year performance speaks for itself.

To Bobcat Basketball Standards... the last 5 years have sucked. I didn't research it but I'd say Saul is one of the 1st Ohio coaches that coached 5 years and didn't make the MAC Tournament Championship game.

Aaannnnddddd some of that responsibility lies on the AD, who, in my opinion, needs to leave with the coach he allowed to be a lame duck this year.

Let me know when you check out revenues on the ticketing and development side, how fundraising is going when that staff changes over every 4 months, a football facility not controlled by athletics, still no indoor basketball facility after a decade of being here, and oh yeah the last two hires being duds.

This is 1000% correct! As Bob Seger says - Turn the Page.

For the technical English Grammer Police, a Basketball Practice Facility. I am not going through how little time our guys get on it due to everything else and getting booted over to the rec center. For how "powerful" we have been, it's an embarrassing point of how low of priority basketball has.

I was hesitant to post on this subject, until the season is complete. First of all the coaching staff are neighbors and friends to many in the Athens community. Nobody wants to see their neighbor or friend lose a job. However, we all know that the yearly salary the head coach is making is at the top compared to other university employees. That type of pay demands positive results. I'm certain the coaching staff would agree. A question I have for posters on this website is, do you think Ohio's AD should continue to offer the next coach a bump in salary or should he scale back the pay? Is it really necessary to offer the next coach $600,000?

I'm gonna spell it out for you since you seem to royally miss the point of my previous 40 times of explaining this whole situation time and time again:

We only have one court for ALL of our student-athletes to use
Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Volleyball, Wrestling need to have access to it starting in October.

In addition, so does the dance team and cheerleading squads.

This doesn't include game nights, event nights, OHSAA Tournament, or anything of priority from the university to use the facility. And it doesn't include when soccer or baseball or any of our other sports wants to do session on the floor inside the gym when the Indoor Facility is booked BECAUSE IT'S NOT MANAGED BY THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT!

Time on the floor is super limited even in the offseason. This is my way of saying our players don't have a private gym like most other schools in the MAC have (hell even Kent is going to announce building one shortly). Without a facility for our players to continuously work on their games when it's not a game night, we lose critical development time that goes un-noticed, whether our players want time on a shooting gun or want to work on specific skills with a ballboy during off-times.

I don't know how much clearer I need to be when our facility development projects have been grossly mis-managed by our athletic department. Hell we couldn't even build an indoor facility right with full end-zones. What makes you think we can do this right under the current administration?