[EKUAlum05]

3sportfan,

I wish Hager the very best and think he has done a great job with the "Cards" he was dealt (Pun Intended). Noone wants to see Sheldon Clark regain their form more than myself. I also want to see Hager have a long and fruitful career there.

With that said, I do have to play Devil's Advocate. Matney took over the Sheldon Clark program when it was an afterthought and extremely weak and built them into one of the better programs in EKY by his departure. He built the feeder system, gave them an identity, and gave them their first taste of success.

Hager took over Sheldon Clark at it's highest point and you can argue his first 3-4 years were the assisted by what Matney had done.

Though their records are the same essentially you have to factor the trajectory of how they came to those records and IMHO you have to give Matney credit for being the one to pioneer the program.

With that said, even Jim Matney would struggle to win games the past two years with the SC Roster and all the issues they have had in addition to a strong schedule.