jacko
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Post by jacko on Mar 30, 2009 18:53:34 GMT -5
sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4028642I found this extremely interesting. I heard it and my first thought was, "why?" He has done wonders at WSU and has that program performing quite successfully. My second thought was, "facilities." This probably isn't the main reason, but it has to be important. The significance I see here for us BE fans is that a perennially average/bottom feeding team in the ACC will begin to contend for their conf. championship most years, and this will raise the overall quality of the ACC. Any other thoughts on this?
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HealyHoya
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Post by HealyHoya on Mar 30, 2009 19:56:07 GMT -5
Why? ACC vs Pac10. That's easy. Every college coach would go ACC if given a chance (settle down, within reason obviously).
Unless Bennett could get to UCLA or Arizona, a top-tier academic institution in a pristine setting within a 4-5 hour drive of some basketball hotbeds for recruiting that plays in the ACC is a....well....lay up.
Easy decision.
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DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 30, 2009 20:09:00 GMT -5
Good for Bennett, but for Virginia? I don't see how this elevates Mr. Jefferson's University out of the second division.
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Post by HeartAttackHoya on Mar 30, 2009 21:25:41 GMT -5
bad for us..bennett is a heck of a coach and is an pretty good recruiter as well. nice pickup for the wahoos
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Mar 30, 2009 22:38:27 GMT -5
It "should" be good for UVa., but there's always that chance that their new coach left his heart in San Francisco ... or in the pacific time zone anyway.
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JPM32
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Post by JPM32 on Apr 1, 2009 13:21:11 GMT -5
All this guy really did is inherit a team his dad built and make a couple good runs with his dad's players. Don't see him as the answer.
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Post by vamosalaplaya on Apr 2, 2009 16:03:13 GMT -5
He was his father's top assistant, so I suspect he helped recruit all those players; and the team was terrible when he took over and he turned it around. There is plenty of evidence the guy is a very good coach. Now Pete Gillen and Dave Leito were as well.
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