If they were holding anything Illini, we'd all be jumping to conclusions.
Especially if they're Brian Cook jerseys.
If they were holding anything Illini, we'd all be jumping to conclusions.
For those mentioning Scott Drew, here's why I say no thanks:
http://thecomeback.com/ncaa/dislike...-fans-scott-drew-keeps-winning-at-baylor.html
So why does everyone hate Scott Drew? Because he’s dirty, opposing coaches would say. Because he can’t coach, fans would say.
But there’s really no evidence to say he’s anything other than a good basketball coach.
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It seems like a lot of coaches wish they could come up with something, but so far they haven’t, as CBS Sports’ anonymous poll found that “almost nobody has a specific story (of wrongdoing) but nearly everybody believes ‘he’s gotta be doing something.’”
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That’s some strong evidence that Drew does know what he’s doing. But it shouldn’t take advanced stats or fancy shot charts to prove Drew’s coaching acumen by now. The guy who took over a mess of a program and brought it to new heights is, in fact, a good basketball coach. Imagine that.
Until you find something substantive to use against him, it’s time to give him the credit he deserves.
One only needs to look at Rick Barnes' tenure at Texas to get an idea of how relatively low the expectations are relative to resources.
What if I brought up the name Dan Majerle from Grand Canyon?
Job is posted. Posting closes a week from today. So there will be no hire until then, not that there was much of a chance of that anyway.
Job is posted. Posting closes a week from today. So there will be no hire until then, not that there was much of a chance of that anyway.
You wouldn't be the first.
Majerle is one that confuses me. He was a Suns assistant for like 5 years and up for the Suns head coach job and when he was passed over for Lindsey Hunter. Then he took the job at newly Division 1 GCU? It all felt odd to me. It was like he just walked away from the NBA suddenly and unexplained.No other NBA opportunities? No assistant job at a larger school? It felt like a really small and out of the way opportunity for a guy with a known name, plenty of contacts, NBA playing and coaching experience and at a time when he was so close to an NBA head coaching job.
For those mentioning Scott Drew, here's why I say no thanks:
http://thecomeback.com/ncaa/dislike...-fans-scott-drew-keeps-winning-at-baylor.html
Huh? This article defends Drew as a good coach, and claims that he is accused of being dirty without proof. I'm not sure how this article supports your position.
Archie may not have any interest in our opening now, but he will have plenty of reasons to be interested once Josh gets into a room with him. We just have to hope that he can sell the job as well as we all think he can when he gets that opportunity, which I am confident he will, if for no other reason than Archie is fishing for leverage.
That being said, here are some reasons he will be interested:
1. $$$
2. Jamal Walker is a friend of his, and already has recruits lined up
3. $$$
4. Talent on the current roster
5. $$$
6. A great situation with regards to conference, facilities, AD, and national recognition
7. $$$
After that, if he doesn't take the job, I'd be just fine with any of the following:
Bryce Drew
Kevin Keats
Cuonzo Martin
Buzz Williams
...in no particular order. They all have pros and cons in my eyes
Remind me, how did Lovie get hired so quickly?
Huh? This article defends Drew as a good coach, and claims that he is accused of being dirty without proof. I'm not sure how this article supports your position.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/sports/ncaabasketball/14baylor.html
Gregg Doyel once wrote a good article on this situation too but it seems to have disappeared from the interwebs.
Condoning threats to deport recruits is not cool. Though I suppose that whole deportation thing is really no big deal these days. :tsk::hurl:
Jerry Colangelo is a major financial benefactor of GCU.
The plan was to spend a ton of money for a big, splashy entrance into D1 basketball.
It has gone....okayish.
No thanks on Thunder Dan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/sports/ncaabasketball/14baylor.html
Gregg Doyel once wrote a good article on this situation too but it seems to have disappeared from the interwebs.
Condoning threats to deport recruits is not cool. Though I suppose that whole deportation thing is really no big deal these days. :tsk::hurl:
Baylor is such an awful, awful place.
The posting requirement was waived in his case.
Maybe it would have been waived for Monty too, who knows. But with a proper search in place, there is no need for the waiver here.
I would assume Archie Miller knows this is false, considering the Chicago recruiting success he's already had at Dayton.
The players that Archie has recruited from Chicago to Dayton weren't really of the caliber that would command foul play
Jeff Goodman from ESPN was just on Chicago Radio. Said that the thing that hurts the perception of Illinois in the coaching world is that it is thought that you have to get "dirty" to recruit in Chicago right now.
This is one of the great myths of recruiting.
The level of circus around a kid only very loosely correlates with how good he is, at least among D1 caliber recruits.
The view I'm coming from is that I don't want a coach that is widely assumed to be dirty,