"University of Miami officials flew to Boston on Monday to meet with Harvard's Tommy Amaker in an attempt to woo the Crimson coach to the ACC school, multiple sources told ESPN.com."
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6330878
Time to try another U of M I guess...
But but but but
Enjoy Miami
Perpetual bubble team and Duke/UNC whipping boy.
"Good evening, and welcome to Michigan Stadium for this the one-hundred thirty-second season of Michigan football, and the thirty-ninth meeting between Michigan and Notre Dame." -Carl Grapentine, September 10, 2011
Amaker's a fool if he leaves Harvard
That's the perfect environment for him. He wouldn't be any more successful in South Beach than he was in Ann Arbor.
been to Boston? hung out in Cambridge?
and (of course) coach college ball yourself?
I'm not sure calling it "lame" quite fills the bill. He's respected as a successful former player and coach there. Tell us about YOUR bona fides.
What the hell does one have to do with the other?
The statement that if you can't find a better coaching job than Harvard basketball (a crappy BASKETBALL job), you must not be a very good coach is just fact. It's like saying if you never have a job but working the register at McDonald's you must not be very good at, well, anything, business-wise. And you don't have to eat at McDonald's or have served fries to make that analysis. Have YOU ever hired any coaches to run major athletic department football teams, or coached any programs yourself? Because I look forward to you never commenting on it again, until you can show your track record in those areas.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
when you take a go at deeper reasoning, plastic spray-painted
Wolverine, you're simply not up to the task. He's making the nation's premier academic institution a winner in basketball, earning large money, and living in one of the nation's finest locales. He is celebrated by the likes of the NYTimes, and happy. The post was lame, and so is yours, whether 20 homers like it or not.
It doesn't take much
To argue against the strawmen posited by your hypocritical argumentative skills. And the fact that you've dodged the questions and points twice show you have no argument, just the ability to be too gutless to respond. If you want to make an original argument of "he's happy where he's at, even if it's at one of the lowest totems of his profession", instead of ad hominem attacks, that's fine. But questioning others bona fides when you have less than none yourself shows a lack of cognitive ability, and cowardice. But any time you wanna man up and do as you say, let me know.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
And the winner is...
By the power not really vested in me by anyone, I hereby pronounce M-Wolverine the overwhelming winner in this little back and forth banter.
Well, it's easier
When Amaker himself is at least willing to listen and consider leaving the basketball paradise that is Harvard-
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6330878
He still might not go. Because Miami isn't really a great job. But if he's at least willing to listen to Miami, he'd certainly consider leaving for a real basketball job.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Ever hear of Pete Carill?
Ever hear of Pete Carill? Few would characterize his tenure at an institution very similar to Harvard as "lame".
Nope, never heard of him
Nope, never heard of him
Special Teams means special times!
Very similar to Harvard?
Very similar to Harvard? Not from a basketball perspective. Wake me up when teams start running the "Harvard offense". Or if the Crimson ever make the big dance, for that matter.
God bless every single one of your cotton pickin' Maize and Blue hearts
Agreed. He would however
Agreed. He would however improve their recruiting.
i think you mean
Hahhhhhh-vahhhhhrrrrd
They don't pronounce the
They don't pronounce the final "r," either. Hahvahd.
I've been pronouncing my R's
I've been pronouncing my R's and debunking stereotypes since 1983
consider yourself re-bunked!
by dropping hints that you, in fact, did attend Harvard....
Wait, what? I didn't go to
Wait, what? I didn't go to Harvard. I'm just speaking as a resident of Massachusetts since 1983 who doesn't have an overpowering Boston accent.
But you're not a Hahvahd man,
But you're not a Hahvahd man, are you?
Not all of New England features non-rhotic speech, but the eastern half of the region mostly does.
You won't find anyone at
You won't find anyone at Harvard or MIT with a Boston accent except the janitors. Didn't you see Good Will Hunting? Harvard doesn't exactly fill out the majority of their classes with Massholes.
Actually
Actually its not NTUM ("Not that Miami" aka the moniker we've assigned to Miami of Ohio) pursuing Amaker.....its YTM (Yes, THAT Miami, aka Miami Hurricanes of Coral Gables, Florida).
I was going after...
University of Michigan as (YTUM) and the University of Miami and (NTUM) since that's our common moniker with the 'canes.
Once a coach at UofM, always
Once a coach at UofM, always a coach of UofM. Just ask Frank Haith, who just left UofM (not that UofM) for UofM (still not that UofM).
The swag is back.
Amazing how a Duke pedigree
Amazing how a Duke pedigree gets these guys a seemingly unlimited amount of second chances. I guess that's a selling point for going to Duke.
2nd chance
I don't know that I'd call Miami going after him a second chance. I mean my impression was he was doing pretty well at Harvard. I also don't think its unheard of for a coach to fall to a school like Harvard after being fired from a program like Michigan.
"A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a danish"
This would be his third
This would be his third major-conference job. Not bad for a guy whose one and only NCAA Tournament appearance was 11 years ago. He did have a good season at Harvard, but I'd be leery of turning over a big program to him. Even this past season, his team failed, once again, to close out the season after being alone in first most of the way.
Should stay at Harvard or at
Should stay at Harvard or at least find somewhere better than Miami. That's not a basketball school.
Miami (YTM) Won't Work For Tommy
It's way too hot for turtleneck sweaters and camel hair coats.
That's certainly the image we
That's certainly the image we probably all most remember, but on ocassion when he felt frisky he'd go with the 3XL white Michigan polo under the navy coat. That look could fly in Coral Gables.
The swag is back.
I suspect his wife
Will have something to say about the move.
I have a hard time imaging her going from Seton Hall to a better school academic school in Michigan to a better academic school Harvard to a cesspool of an academic school like Miami. (This is all my opinion with regards to which school is academically better than which school).
Really?
You can't imagine a woman wanting to leave freaking Cambridge, Massachusetts for South Beach? Mrs. Amaker must be very unique in your opinion. Also, I'm pretty sure Miami (YTM) is pretty solid academic school overall, they just don't hold their athletes to quite the same standard.
Miami?
Miami is a very good academic school. They make "exceptions" for athletes in revenue-producing sports. It's certainly no Michigan or Harvard, but it's a lot better school than the average football fan would think it is.
Basically, the football team doesn't represent the academic side of the school very well, but their degrees carry a surprising amount of weight down here.
Actually....
Harvard did not lead most of the season. Princeton did.
Harvard beat Princeton the final weekend to force a playoff game that Princeton won on a miracle shot at the buzzer to get into the big dance.
In addition to Pete Carril, Princeton also was a major start for Bill Carmody (Northwestern) and John Thompson III (at Georgetown).
About halfway through this
About halfway through this thread I started reading all of the posts with a Boston accent.
Special Teams means special times!
I thought Coach Tommy was dedicated to the high academic ideals of Harvard, and could prove that he was a winner there!
/snarkiness
"So I come out of Ohio Stadium after we beat the Buckeyes, and right there on the hood of my friend's car, some one took a dump, in the shape of an 'O'. no shit. Oh, sorry, bad pun."