In a press conference held just minutes ago at TD Arena, Coach Cremins announced his official retirement from coaching college basketball. Also at the press conference were President Benson and Athletic Director Joe Hull. The College will conduct a national coaching search, of which interim coach Mark Byington has already been named the first "finalist".
Sad news to say the least, but was this a surprise to any real CofC fans? We all kind of said our goodbyes and sent our well-wishes when Cremins stepped down due to non-life threatening health concerns. The real curveball would have been if Cremins announced today that he would be back at the helm as the CofC mens basketball head coach.
The big takeaway for me is that the coaching search has not yet begun according to Hull and Benson. Which basically brings us right back to the gargantuan argument amongst CofC fans as to who should take up the reigns. There are whispers that Bobby will be an advisor to the program a-la John Kresse. There is also some speculation that the big search is all smoke-and-mirrors and that Byington pretty much has the job locked up. I'll make an assessment when official news comes to fruition.
Thanks Coach Flakey for dragging this out. Recruits, current players, future coaches be damned, its all about you. Carolina made a 2.4 million dollar decision 2 days after their season ended, yet Coach Flakey was allowed to drag this process out for 2 months because we're one big happy incestuous family...go cougs?
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