I am on the record, many times, as a critic of current Penn State men’s basketball coach Patrick Chambers.
I’d prefer the program look in another direction and I believe that a different coach could get more out of the scant resources that the men’s hoops program has.
And make no mistake, those resources are scant.
As of 2015-16, the Penn State basketball budget ranked 83rd among all Division I programs, behind powerhouses such as Rutgers and Northwestern.
While there’s a chance a new coach could catch magic, and I do believe there’s room to improve tactically, luring a coach with any real history of success would take a further financial investment that the university has never shown to be willing to make.