AA Forever

February 8th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^

Up and coming young coach with a good background, the kind of guy who you look for to take things to the next level. He pulled this program out of the dumpster, brought in a couple of very good recruiting classes, and looked like he really had things going in the right direction. But he was just never able to dial things up another notch after the NIT win. I thought they stuck with him too long after it was clear he just wasn't going to cut it at this level, but he was worth giving a shot to. Glad he found a good fit at Harvard.

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JMK

February 8th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^

I thought you meant /s for having Dookie friends. Duke sucks and so do 99.5% of the people who went to college there. The grad school types only suck about 70% of the time. Edit: this was supposed to be a reply to MGoRoss. Now my comment sucks 99.5%.

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Bando Calrissian

February 8th, 2017 at 11:57 PM ^

Nice guy, good enough stabilizer in the short term, but never worked long-term at Michigan. Iffy, underperforming, overly injury-plagued teams. Total unwillingness to do the PR to put the program on the map again at a time when Tom Izzo was everywhere a camera could capture him. Didn't make inroads with MI high school coaches. Didn't like the press, didn't want to do a radio show, didn't like doing TV, shied away from most everybody and everything.

Perfect for a place like Harvard, where you can do that kind of thing and no one cares. I'm glad he's had the success elsewhere, just glad I didn't have to watch more Amakerball at Crisler.

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