If Petro was going regularly to FFs and competing for titles, his contract would have been renewed. You know why I say that because history completely demonstrates this is what happened. Petro made the FF in 2015 and had his contract renewed in 2016. If the 2013 incident didn't prevent him from getting his contract renewed in 2016, I don't see how that 2013 incident would impact his ability to get a contract renewed 7 years later. There might be more to personality conflict between the various players but if he was winning, he was going to still be the head coach.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:31 pm Disagree. I don't remember anybody "roasting" anybody. It's been well positioned that Petro and Daniels were likely not breaking bruschetta down at Sammy's together. 2013 had alot to do with it. It is also a fact that Petro's sideline behavior was not great - if you sat near the Hopkins bench you could hear everything. But SteelHop is 1000% correct - it's a combo effect. If he was still winning 78% or something thereabouts like he did between 2001 and 2008 and in the quarters every year and some final 4s in some - the alumni support would have been significant and he would still be there if he wanted to be. Having that percentage drop to something closer to 55% with one final four since '08 - the 4 worst play-off losses in Hopkins history (UVA '09, Duke '10, Brown '16, Duke '17) - a 1-4 NCAA playoff record since '15 and a 2-4 record in '20 with the only wins against an 0-6 Towson team and a OT thriller against the Mt had a very important role in the end result.
Now, maybe there is an argument that some off field people have changed - Goldfarb, Bob Scott and others had passed away and TC wasn't the AD any longer so some of the backroom support for Petro wasn't there as much but if he was winning, he'd still be there. He wasn't winning and his contract wasn't renewed. Petro made it easier for them to not renew his contract by the team's results from 2016 through 2020. Regardless of what happened during COVID, 2-4 likely played into it as well. If he's 6-0 and COVID happens, he likely gets at least another year.