Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALLFOOTBALLMESSAGE BOARDCHATLINKS site searchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board Ohio Basketball Topic:  Fran Fraschilla Guide On How To Survive As A College Hoops Coach Topic:  Fran Fraschilla Guide On How To Survive As A College Hoops Coach Author Message FearLeon General User Member Since: 3/12/2005 Post Count: 4,831 Status: Offline     Fran Fraschilla Guide On How To Survive As A College Hoops Coach    Posted: 12/27/2025 8:23:19 AM  I have been preaching #4 since the NIL/Portal Era started. If you are getting paid to play college basketball, you are on a one-year contract. This is where Boals has struggled in my opinion. When you know a guy will never contribute at this level and not live up to the paycheck, you have to tell him to leave sooner and not later. If not, you are putting your own job at risk and you have only yourself to blame. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ From Fran Fraschilla, former CBB coach/current ESPN analyst, X If you want stay in step as a college coach in the “new normal,” you will need to conform to survive: 1. Academic requirements & graduate rates mean nothing to most families of star athletes. It’s about the money. 2. Accept that agents now run college basketball. And, unlike NBA certified agents, many are clueless at best & shysters at worst. Still have to deal with them. 3. Evaluation of high school & transfer portal talent is at all-time low. These decisions are torpedoing even great programs. So hire people who know hoops. 4. You have to be willing to cut players who can’t play. Do you want to feed their family or your family? 5. Cultivate “sugar daddies” for your program. But don’t have them paying for bad evaluations. These are smart business people. You’ll be cooked. 6. Hire an NBA guy that knows the international market (most of you already behind) or G League talent. 7. Study new world of NIL insurance so you are protected against liability when the athlete sues. You’ll also need to determine how to claw back funds when player is injured for extended period of time. 8. Don’t worry about tampering. That’s out the window too. Understand that, while some say college basketball is at it best right now, there will be unintended consequences. Some of it is good, some bad & much, an overcorrection. Anyone who thinks they know where this ends, especially with non-existent leadership at the top of the sport, is a fool. Last Edited: 12/27/2025 8:33:20 AM by FearLeon #BleedGreen #TrentIsGOAT Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 15,248 Status: Offline     RE: Fran Fraschilla Guide On How To Survive As A College Hoops Coach    Posted: 12/27/2025 10:05:45 AM  FearLeon wrote: I have been preaching #4 since the NIL/Portal Era started. If you are getting paid to play college basketball, you are on a one-year contract. This is where Boals has struggled in my opinion. When you know a guy will never contribute at this level and not live up to the paycheck, you have to tell him to leave sooner and not later. If not, you are putting your own job at risk and you have only yourself to blame. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ From Fran Fraschilla, former CBB coach/current ESPN analyst, X If you want stay in step as a college coach in the “new normal,” you will need to conform to survive: 1. Academic requirements & graduate rates mean nothing to most families of star athletes. It’s about the money. 2. Accept that agents now run college basketball. And, unlike NBA certified agents, many are clueless at best & shysters at worst. Still have to deal with them. 3. Evaluation of high school & transfer portal talent is at all-time low. These decisions are torpedoing even great programs. So hire people who know hoops. 4. You have to be willing to cut players who can’t play. Do you want to feed their family or your family? 5. Cultivate “sugar daddies” for your program. But don’t have them paying for bad evaluations. These are smart business people. You’ll be cooked. 6. Hire an NBA guy that knows the international market (most of you already behind) or G League talent. 7. Study new world of NIL insurance so you are protected against liability when the athlete sues. You’ll also need to determine how to claw back funds when player is injured for extended period of time. 8. Don’t worry about tampering. That’s out the window too. Understand that, while some say college basketball is at it best right now, there will be unintended consequences. Some of it is good, some bad & much, an overcorrection. Anyone who thinks they know where this ends, especially with non-existent leadership at the top of the sport, is a fool. A good laundry list of what's wrong with college athletics today. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top FearLeon General User Member Since: 3/12/2005 Post Count: 4,831 Status: Offline     RE: Fran Fraschilla Guide On How To Survive As A College Hoops Coach    Posted: 12/27/2025 12:32:22 PM  OhioCatFan wrote: FearLeon wrote: I have been preaching #4 since the NIL/Portal Era started. If you are getting paid to play college basketball, you are on a one-year contract. This is where Boals has struggled in my opinion. When you know a guy will never contribute at this level and not live up to the paycheck, you have to tell him to leave sooner and not later. If not, you are putting your own job at risk and you have only yourself to blame. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ From Fran Fraschilla, former CBB coach/current ESPN analyst, X If you want stay in step as a college coach in the “new normal,” you will need to conform to survive: 1. Academic requirements & graduate rates mean nothing to most families of star athletes. It’s about the money. 2. Accept that agents now run college basketball. And, unlike NBA certified agents, many are clueless at best & shysters at worst. Still have to deal with them. 3. Evaluation of high school & transfer portal talent is at all-time low. These decisions are torpedoing even great programs. So hire people who know hoops. 4. You have to be willing to cut players who can’t play. Do you want to feed their family or your family? 5. Cultivate “sugar daddies” for your program. But don’t have them paying for bad evaluations. These are smart business people. You’ll be cooked. 6. Hire an NBA guy that knows the international market (most of you already behind) or G League talent. 7. Study new world of NIL insurance so you are protected against liability when the athlete sues. You’ll also need to determine how to claw back funds when player is injured for extended period of time. 8. Don’t worry about tampering. That’s out the window too. Understand that, while some say college basketball is at it best right now, there will be unintended consequences. Some of it is good, some bad & much, an overcorrection. Anyone who thinks they know where this ends, especially with non-existent leadership at the top of the sport, is a fool. A good laundry list of what's wrong with college athletics today. +1 Nothing enjoyable. Losing fans every day. And once the NCAA bans mid-majors from March Madness…that will officially end it for me. #BleedGreen #TrentIsGOAT Back to Top Diamond Cat General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 918 Status: Offline     RE: Fran Fraschilla Guide On How To Survive As A College Hoops Coach    Posted: 12/27/2025 5:23:40 PM  I saw Fran Tweet this and read it earlier. He knows man.Torpedo programs is what is exactly going to continue. 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