College Basketball Fans Are Calling For Villanova To Fire Kyle Neptune
11/06/2024 10:06 PM
The college basketball season is less than one week old, and fans of one of the nation's top programs are already restless.
The Villanova Wildcats lost to Columbia on Wednesday, a team that hasn't played in the NCAA Tournament since 1968.
The early-season loss comes after Villanova has failed to make the NCAA Tournament themselves in each of Neptune's first two seasons.
Neptune is following in the footsteps of one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time in Jay Wright, but Wildcats fans clearly believe the grace period is over for their head coach after Wednesday's embarrassing loss.
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— Villanova MBB (@NovaMBB) November 7, 2024
"Hard to view Kyle Neptune as anything short of one of the most disastrous hires in the history of college basketball at this point. People around the program need to step in and intervene ASAP," one fan said.
"FIRE KYLE NEPTUNE!!! Guy has proven that he can not coach this basketball team. Simply can't do it. Don't know what the one reason is but he is not the guy and he never was. Shame on Nova," another fan said.
"Absolutely ridiculous. I've been patient and not judged Kyle Neptune, his first two seasons just for him to get his own guys in and run it the way he wants to, but nothing seems to change. He's had enough time," said one fan.
"Hey Villanova, please fire Kyle Neptune immediately so I can start watching these games again. You gave him the keys to a Ferrari and he totaled it. Rip the band aid off, name an interim coach and start the search," another fan added.
"Fire the coach directly into the planet that bears his name. I'm begging. I don't even care how much worse it gets with an interim, something has to change," said another frustrated fan.
"Just fire Neptune tonight. This might be their worst team yet. The worst hire in college sports history. They are so bad. Getting beat by a middle of the pack Ivy team. Should never have been back this year. Destroyed this program in two years," one fan said.
Jay Wright coached at Villanova for 21 seasons. He made four Final Fours and won two championships during that span, but he also failed to make the NCAA Tournament in his first three seasons.
Wright left the Villanova program in a much better place than he found it, which explains fans' frustrations over the lack of results through the first two years of Neptune's tenure.
Wednesday's loss may be rock bottom for a program that was just in the Final Four two years ago, and it could spell the end for Neptune at Villanova.
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