For what it’s worth, I don’t think we should be looking to embarrass Mooney, so something drastic (in record or other) would have to happen for us to pull the trigger mid-season. For the record, I’m at 3-10, though I think it would have to be worse for the administration.
Also, I say we shouldn’t embarrass him for a couple of reasons: 1) like it or not, he has the second most wins in program history and likely will have the most by the time he is let go. I think we’ll get the wrong type of press for canning someone with that type of record; 2) he is genuinely a good person, which is evidenced by everyone who has met him and specifically all of his former player who almost universally love the guy (sorry D Will...); 3) He did bring us some glory early on. That sweet 16 run is still sweet to me. Let’s not pretend like he’s been an abject failure; and 4) and most importantly, we should have class as an institution and I don’t want us to be the school that does a coach/player dirty. An example is how the Buck situation was handled, where we didn’t throw the kid under the bus (at least in my opinion). I think Mooney deserves to be let go with class. I think the argument could be made that it should’ve been done by now, but after 1 game or a slow (and not pathetic) start is something I don’t want Richmond to be known for.
To me, it’s both having class and showing future coaches that we have class. And I guess mostly I see this as a sad end to a promising start, and am not reveling in a firing that is becoming increasingly definite.
