Heat-O-Meter: Mostly Cool

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OK- so I realize that I am about a week late getting this done, but this is good of a time as any to analyze where Coach Shulman stands at this point in the season.

Let's talk about the negatives:

1) The Mocs are getting hammered on the road consistently right now after winning road games earlier in the year. They have lost their last three road games by at least 14 points against teams that should not have beaten them that badly. There is clearly something wrong with the Mocs on the road right now. With all the road games left, this could be a long term problem.

2) There are times that the Mocs seem to be a touch undisciplined at times when they get in tough environments. They can't get into so much foul trouble. They sometimes lose their heads it seems like, as evidenced by what happened with Chris Early at Davidson.

Now let's focus on positives:

1) He is subbing less and has a more tight rotation.

2) He is playing more zone.

3) He is being less stubborn.

So, where does Shulman really stand? The odds of him being fired after this season are very small, now that he has clinched a winning conference record. However, a total fold down the stretch could change things slightly.

HEAT-O-METER: 3.5. Previously, he sat at 6.5, but he has dropped substantially thanks to the dramatic win over College of Charleston and the winning conference record. Combine that with a likely first round bye in the SoCon Tourney, and it is going to be hard to get him out of town this year, if that's what you're trying to do. It's certainly not what I'm trying to do. But, it could drop to almost nil with a solid finish to the season and a conference tournament title. If that happens, and next year's team should be even better than this year's team, Shulman could have the fire completely put out by the end of next season, not to return for many years to come, and could just keep it on a dull burn until then.

GO MOCS!