Crazy talking Double ET from you. Woman's basketball and men's basketball are two different things. I thought you knew more about basketball than to make a statement like that. Recruiting is still the priority and could Coach Barnes win that war against major and MAC teams?
I would argue that D1 and D2 men's basketball are two different things. According to your statement, Slocum should have never be hired as a D1 coach.
It might take Barns couple of years to transition to men's program. At the end, I think he would be a better coach than Slocum. Coaching is coaching and recruiting is recruiting, either you can or you can't. After all these years, Slocum has not made much improvement.
He could not generate enough interests for the fans to attend the game. I have watched YSU basketball for 50 years. When I was a student at YSU, I walked from campus to South High Field House to watch the game. Now, I would not walk across the campus from my office to attend the game.