Dennis Gates would be a home run hire for Mizzou!
Ok, full disclosure - I don’t know anything about Dennis Gates, I just know he’s not Kim English.
I think he is a good hire for us. Under the radar a bit for the fans but Gates is well respected in the basketball community. When we hired Cuonzo, he had been at Tennessee and Cal and taken both to the tournament but you knew he was a high floor, low ceiling kind of coach. Gates has a lot wider range, which is scarier but also exciting.
I am happy that it looks like Kim English will be back at GMU next year. If I was our AD, I would have gone after him pretty hard, but I get it. And who knows what he would have said. It probably wouldn't have been a mere formality if he was offered the job. As long as he isn't the coach at Mizzou, I don't see anywhere better for him to be than in Fairfax. Basketball was rough this year for us and it soured me on watching other teams play like GMU. I look forward to watching the Patriots play more this next year.