If your expectations going into the season were 8 wins, which would have been an improvement over the last two seasons, he doubled it. His first full recruiting class has the chance to be the best class Drake has brought in since maybe Maury John. He has been far more active in the media and community than maybe any coach at Drake recent memory (maybe Tom Davis was equal). The entire atmosphere around the program is on a big upswing. This will take time, but he has probably done more than anyone could expect. The new AD has helped in this, too, and this may be the biggest plus in 2018. If you give him anything less than an A, you are focusing too much on what happened on the floor, and not all of that was his doing. He could not control the talent and weaknesses that he inherited.
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