Williams: Cincinnati Bearcats are Big 12 disappointment. Time to question coaching hires?

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Subject: Big 12 hasn’t been fun for Cincinnati Bearcats

Message: I am a Bearcats season ticket holder for both basketball and football. I am not pleased with the basketball team’s performance. We expected more this year. We are in the Big 12 and generating a lot more money for the university. But if we are not able to compete with more wins, what is the point?

Reply: Your message reminded me of something I’ve discussed with media colleagues several times since the Bearcats moved to a so-called power conference in 2023.

UC’s move to the Big 12 has generated little excitement, both locally and nationally, and it’s been that way since Day 1. It’s been a major disappointment.

You might be saying: No kidding, Capt. Obvious. Hard to get excited about losing football and underachieving basketball.

Beyond that, though, what is compounding the disappointment is it seems there’s not much to look forward to. UC football and basketball feel stuck in perpetual mediocrity.

“Coaches deserve time, despite the knee-jerk reactions on social media. Question is, how much time should football coach Scott Satterfield and basketball’s Wes Miller (pictured) get?” Jason Williams writes.

And that cuts to the heart of the matter: UC may not have the right coaches leading those programs.

I want to be careful. Coaches deserve time, despite the knee-jerk reactions on social media. Question is, how much time should football coach Scott Satterfield and basketball’s Wes Miller get? The pressures of the win-now system created by NIL and the transfer portal and the step up to the Big 12 make this difficult to answer.

Some readers expect me to hot-take call for someone to be fired and move on. This column isn’t Twitter. These things are nuanced. It’s a serious thing to call for someone to lose their job.

So…

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Publish date : 2025-01-23 05:20:00

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