I wish Coach Banaszak nothing but the best. He is a wonderful man. Coaches need a lot of pieces to fall into place in order to be successful. Sometimes, even for good coaches, the pieces just do not fall into place. For whatever the reasons, the circumstances just did not translate into wins on Saturday for John.
I feel certain that Craig Coleman and President Howard will have a good process to consider all viable candidates. They will do it the right way. There will be a lot of good, qualified candidates. I suspect it will be someone with no previous connections to the program. There will be a lot of speculation and rumors. There will be complaints that the process is taking too long. There will be rumors that a lot of quality players are planning to transfer. In the end, RMU will hire a coach that we can all get excited about. Once hired, he will talk with the players and get them excited about playing for him. He will hit the recruiting trail and excite potential recruits about a new era at RMU. On this forum, we will discuss in depth each hiring of assistant coaches and each new recruit. There will be a new season next fall, and we will look to a brighter future.
With regard to the current assistant coaches, that will be up to the new head coach. Typically, new college head coaches will bring in a new staff. He may keep one or two for continuity with recruiting. At this point, I feel certain that Craig Coleman nor anyone else knows which, if any assistants, will be retained.
