At least he had the stones to drop a statement.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » March 25th, 2024, 10:27 pm

Much quicker than Smith, and I don't remember Lord Odom saying anything.

SaintAggie · Post by **SaintAggie** » March 25th, 2024, 10:28 pm

If I recall correctly this is much better than smith's exit, and definitely the vcu guy. So it could be worse I suppose.

Elkaggie · Post by **Elkaggie** » March 25th, 2024, 10:30 pm

I think it’s classy.

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » March 25th, 2024, 10:31 pm

He's definitely my favorite coach of the last 3. It sucks he is gone, but he came in and won a conference championship and a tournament game. He also didn't leave for a hated rival like smith did or do a lateral move like Odom did.

LarryTheAggie · Post by **LarryTheAggie** » March 25th, 2024, 10:35 pm

SaintAggie wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:28 pm
If I recall correctly this is much better than smith's exit, and definitely the vcu guy. So it could be worse I suppose.

At least Odom never pretended to want stick around. Everyone knew he was a short term rental and he never acted differently. I know some people are upset about it. I respect him for being honest. Both he and Sprinkle started showing themselves a month or two before the season, Odom was honest about it.

Sprinkle was still saying he wanted to be build something her even after everyone knew he was leaving.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » March 25th, 2024, 10:35 pm

Elkaggie wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:30 pm
I think it’s classy.

He did have over a month to write it.

jprism · Post by **jprism** » March 25th, 2024, 10:37 pm

LarryTheAggie wrote:
SaintAggie wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:28 pm
If I recall correctly this is much better than smith's exit, and definitely the vcu guy. So it could be worse I suppose.
At least Odom never pretended to want stick around. Everyone knew he was a short term rental and he never acted differently. I know some people are upset about it. I respect him for being honest. Both he and Sprinkle started showing themselves a month or two before the season, Odom was honest about it.

Sprinkle was still saying he wanted to be build something her even after everyone knew he was leaving.

That’s the part that bugs me too. Why say things like you want to be the next stew and build a legacy if you know full well it’s not true and not in your plans? He wasn’t required to say those things for the job.

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Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » March 25th, 2024, 10:41 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:35 pm

Elkaggie wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:30 pm
I think it’s classy.
He did have over a month to write it.

What if I told you he was tweeting Washington (I can't express myself without swearing) 3 minutes later?

rAggie · Post by **rAggie** » March 25th, 2024, 10:45 pm

He could have hired someone to proofread it.

Detroit-Aggie · Post by **Detroit-Aggie** » March 25th, 2024, 10:49 pm

Sparkle is a good guy. I won't remember much about him, but I'll remember that he was always an all right dude. He had a business transaction with Utah State and both parties came away better for it, but I don't really think anything special about him. If he was a contractor, I'd leave him 5 stars, but then forget his name a day later.

This statement is exactly what I'd expect from him. It's classy, to the point, but he's done - and that's okay. I certainly wish him more success than that guy who loses games in Salt Lake or the VCU guy.

kofdog · Post by **kofdog** » March 25th, 2024, 10:53 pm

Let some of you down....think that as directed at us on this board?

ToastedFlakes52 · Post by **ToastedFlakes52** » March 25th, 2024, 10:57 pm

Kudos to him for actually saying something, I think it is his honest genuine thoughts. He knows what makes this place special, and he does appreciate and respect it. Sadly it wasn't enough to keep him here when faced with all the reasons ($+) to climb the ladder. I think he will come to regret his decision from a basketball standpoint.

Thanks and so long Danny, you're not the long-term commitment knockout girlfriend we are looking for, but you were a hell of a one night stand.

bigblue32 · Post by **bigblue32** » March 25th, 2024, 11:00 pm

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:45 pm
He could have hired someone to proofread it.

lol saw that too

JFWAggie · Post by **JFWAggie** » March 25th, 2024, 11:01 pm

I wish he had the stones to live up to his word and also to not begin recruiting for his next job while using USU resources. despite what some say, I feel he checked out a long time ago, wearing purple and gold wristbands for the past few weeks, a daily motivator to just get this season over with? He did nothing in the SDSU or Purdue games to stop the momentum, he did not care.

Post by **Aglicious** » March 25th, 2024, 11:14 pm

I don't think he gives a damn if he let any of us down. I don't believe he gave a damn about anything Aggie related from the time he set foot on campus. He may have appreciated the history and success and standard that had been set but that is about it.

I give him credit for bringing the 2 best players that would follow him from MSU. I give him credit for having assistants that had ties to other critical players. Outside of that, he used the already established fan and student support, The Spectrum, and a long history of success and winning culture that had been built before his arrival to benefit....well, himself.

I have no doubt that the next coach will do the same.

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » March 25th, 2024, 11:22 pm

My hell, people. It’s a business and Danny just 3x’d his salary. I’m happy he took the time to even tell his PR person to say anything.

He got us a tourney win. Let him go and be classy. We’ll find another coach and the cycle will repeat. It is the way of things.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » March 25th, 2024, 11:34 pm

ineptimusprime wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 11:22 pm
My hell, people. It’s a business and Danny just 3x’d his salary. I’m happy he took the time to even tell his PR person to say anything.

He got us a tourney win. Let him go and be classy. We’ll find another coach and the cycle will repeat. It is the way of things.

This.

usugoalie13 · Post by **usugoalie13** » March 26th, 2024, 12:07 am

kofdog wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:53 pm
Let some of you down....think that as directed at us on this board?

I still haven't seen aggieicecream post today... maybe I've missed it?

LarryTheAggie · Post by **LarryTheAggie** » March 26th, 2024, 12:08 am

ineptimusprime wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 11:22 pm
My hell, people. It’s a business and Danny just 3x’d his salary. I’m happy he took the time to even tell his PR person to say anything.

He got us a tourney win. Let him go and be classy. We’ll find another coach and the cycle will repeat. It is the way of things.

I have no problem with him leaving for more money. I would do the same thing. I had no problem with Ryan Odom leaving.

But don't spoon feed me a bunch of crap about how you want to be a legacy coach like Stew, and that there is no truth to rumors that you might go to Washington. When you know full well that those rumors are true.

AngusAg · Post by **AngusAg** » March 26th, 2024, 2:48 am

Coach, I watched Stew Morrill, I knew Stew Moreill, Stew Morrill was a friend of mine. Coach, you're no Stew Morrill.

SaintAggie · Post by **SaintAggie** » March 26th, 2024, 5:00 am

usugoalie13 wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2024, 12:07 am

kofdog wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:53 pm
Let some of you down....think that as directed at us on this board?
I still haven't seen aggieicecream post today... maybe I've missed it?

He retired

Dwigt · Post by **Dwigt** » March 26th, 2024, 6:08 am

I think him seeming like he actually cared is the main reason this one has broken me. I am seriously considering dropping all support for a school and program I have loved a part of.

There is absolutely no reason to ever believe what any coach or player says about Utah State ever again.

AndroidAggie · Post by **AndroidAggie** » March 26th, 2024, 7:33 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:45 pm
He could have hired someone to proofread it.

i think you mean he could of

AndroidAggie · Post by **AndroidAggie** » March 26th, 2024, 7:36 am

i am not angry at any of the coaches who leave. like @NVAggie, i was pretty let down with GA 1.0. but since then, i sorta got over the fact that we care and love and they don't. and i don't want to expect them to. so yeah, they waltz in, they say the right words because any other words wouldn't fly and they wouldn't be able to do their job. kinda sucks but i'm making peace with it.

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » March 26th, 2024, 8:09 am

Dwigt wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2024, 6:08 am
I think him seeming like he actually cared is the main reason this one has broken me. I am seriously considering dropping all support for a school and program I have loved a part of.

There is absolutely no reason to ever believe what any coach or player says about Utah State ever again.

I understand that. I just don’t get personally attached to coaches or players very often. It’s all transactional. I don’t know these people personally and never will. They play a game and I get entertained. That’s it.

When they don’t produce, we all want them fired or counseled out. The other side of that coin is they all have the ability to move on if they succeed. For consistencies sake, we have to let the ones that do well leave with grace if we’re going to call for people to get fired and counseled out when they don’t. Just how I see it at least.

Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » March 26th, 2024, 8:12 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2024, 10:45 pm
He could have hired someone to proofread it.

I don’t think he could afford it.

3rdGenAggie · Post by **3rdGenAggie** » March 26th, 2024, 9:18 am

He fixed the typo.

3rdGenAggie · Post by **3rdGenAggie** » March 26th, 2024, 9:26 am

Call me crazy, but I don't think he would have taken any port in a storm (like Odom). I don't think he would have taken the Oklahoma State job even though his name was connected there.

I think he's a Washington fan. His sister lives there. I think Washington was one of only a handful of schools he would have left for after one year. But, with USU's luck, Washington opened up after one year.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » March 26th, 2024, 9:49 am

well it's better than "get bent Logan, your town is sofa king boring" so... we'll take it.

travelingagg · Post by **travelingagg** » March 26th, 2024, 9:54 am

We offered him triple what he was paid at Montana State, so he came to Logan. Why are we surprised he would change schools when a school provides him triple what we're paying him? I'm not mad at a coach saying they want to build up a program. Those are words that are informed by their current situation. Even the most narcissistic coaches wouldn't imagine them being snatched up one year after arriving at a program, so from his perspective, I think he was feeling grateful to have landed a great job in a good conference with supportive fans, that it would be a good place to coach for 3-5 years or longer. The success happened quicker than anyone anticipated, and so he left. If he has the same amount of success at Washington, you better believe he'll say yes to an offer that's double or triple what he's making there.

In an industry that's as volatile as coaching, where you could be fired after one or two bad seasons, you really have to accept the most money possible because your last big paycheck could happen at almost any time.

If we're fortunate enough to reach and win a game in the NCAA tournament in the future, we can anticipate our coach being head-hunted by a program with more money, and this process will repeat itself. And we're just like any other mid-major and even lower-resource p5 college basketball program in the country with that risk of losing our HC when success strikes.

aggiesdotcom · Post by **aggiesdotcom** » March 26th, 2024, 9:56 am

Did he say "I don't like ya, I love ya?"
I'm grateful for the year he was here. It was much more meaningful and exciting than I could have ever hoped for in my wildest dreams and now he's getting that bag. I cannot resent his success, nor blame him for setting himself up with generational wealth.

Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » March 26th, 2024, 10:01 am

travelingagg wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2024, 9:54 am
We offered him triple what he was paid at Montana State, so he came to Logan. Why are we surprised that he would change schools when a school offers him triple what we're paying him? I'm not mad at a coach saying they want to build up a program. Those are words that are informed by their current situation. Even the most narcissistic coaches wouldn't imagine them being snatched up one year after arriving at a program, so from his perspective, I think he was feeling grateful to have landed a great job in a good conference with supportive fans, that it would be a good place to coach for 3-5 years or longer. The success happened quicker than anyone anticipated, and so he left. If he has the same amount of success at Washington, you better believe he'll say yes to an offer that's double or triple what he's making there.

Agree with this to a point. I have no problem with what he said up until late Feb/early March once the WA rumors were out there. At that point, he should've dodged questions and kept his mouth shut. That's what irks me. He could've said he was focused on this season and not paying attention to rumors at this time. Rather than act like "aw, shucks, USU is great and a coach could be here a long time" when he already knew he was leaving.

gomretat · Post by **gomretat** » March 26th, 2024, 10:28 am

travelingagg wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2024, 9:54 am
We offered him triple what he was paid at Montana State, so he came to Logan. Why are we surprised he would change schools when a school provides him triple what we're paying him? I'm not mad at a coach saying they want to build up a program. Those are words that are informed by their current situation. Even the most narcissistic coaches wouldn't imagine them being snatched up one year after arriving at a program, so from his perspective, I think he was feeling grateful to have landed a great job in a good conference with supportive fans, that it would be a good place to coach for 3-5 years or longer. The success happened quicker than anyone anticipated, and so he left. If he has the same amount of success at Washington, you better believe he'll say yes to an offer that's double or triple what he's making there.

In an industry that's as volatile as coaching, where you could be fired after one or two bad seasons, you really have to accept the most money possible because your last big paycheck could happen at almost any time.

If we're fortunate enough to reach and win a game in the NCAA tournament in the future, we can anticipate our coach being head-hunted by a program with more money, and this process will repeat itself. And we're just like any other mid-major and even lower-resource p5 college basketball program in the country with that risk of losing our HC when success strikes.

Well said. In today's world coaches need to move when their stock is at its peak and DS did just that.

BigSkyAG · Post by **BigSkyAG** » March 26th, 2024, 12:08 pm

Re. the typo, we have never been a hotbed of grammar, punctuation, or spelling bee talent up here. Professor Skabelund tried his best with me 35 years ago to no uhvail. Thanks for the great season Danny. The only difference between 23 years ago is UCLA was very beatable. Purdue was going to get us 10 out of 10.

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