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Post by nashvillehoyas on May 3, 2012 17:31:39 GMT -5
Hubert Davis, former NC star and ESPN analyst to join North Carolina coaching staff..... Jolette Law, former Rutgers assistant coach and Illinois head coach, hired as assistant for UTenn Lady Vols. She also played for the Harlem Globetrotters.
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Post by hoyainspirit on May 5, 2012 7:14:02 GMT -5
Top Ten Thursday: Best coaching hiresQUOTE:10. Larry Brown, SMU: Can’t think of the last time folks cared about SMU basketball on a national level. But there are still many questions. Yes, the school hired Brown, who hasn’t coached at the collegiate level since the late 1980s. But former Kansas assistant and Illinois State head coach Tim Jankovich has been named “coach in waiting,” whatever that means. New assistants Jerrance Howard and Ulric Maligi are very respected in recruiting circles. And while it’s not always about “winning the news conference,” Brown gives the Mustangs the national attention they will need to make progress on the recruiting trail. But this could be an “Isiah Thomas hire.” No guarantee that this assembly finds success at SMU, but it’s an intriguing package for a school that wanted to make a splash on its way into the Big East.
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Post by hoyarooter on May 7, 2012 11:07:03 GMT -5
This is Larry Brown, not Isiah Thomas. We're talking a hall of fame coach who has been successful nearly everywhere, not a guy who was a great player but never successful as a coach. This may not work out, but to even mention Brown and Isiah in the same sentence is idiotic.
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Post by RDF on May 8, 2012 0:07:31 GMT -5
This is Larry Brown, not Isiah Thomas. We're talking a hall of fame coach who has been successful nearly everywhere, not a guy who was a great player but never successful as a coach. This may not work out, but to even mention Brown and Isiah in the same sentence is idiotic. Think comparison has more to do with Brown's penchant for always looking for the next job and will he spend his time at SMU doing that rather then stay/help build the program--as Isiah did at FIU.
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Post by kchoya on May 8, 2012 7:40:03 GMT -5
This is Larry Brown, not Isiah Thomas. We're talking a hall of fame coach who has been successful nearly everywhere, not a guy who was a great player but never successful as a coach. This may not work out, but to even mention Brown and Isiah in the same sentence is idiotic. Think comparison has more to do with Brown's penchant for always looking for the next job and will he spend his time at SMU doing that rather then stay/help build the program--as Isiah did at FIU. The difference between the two is that Isiah leaves becauses he sucks and is forced out. Brown is pathologically incapable of staying in once place more than a couple of years. And did you say Isiah built a program at FIU?
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Post by RDF on May 8, 2012 9:31:53 GMT -5
Think comparison has more to do with Brown's penchant for always looking for the next job and will he spend his time at SMU doing that rather then stay/help build the program--as Isiah did at FIU. The difference between the two is that Isiah leaves becauses he sucks and is forced out. Brown is pathologically incapable of staying in once place more than a couple of years. And did you say Isiah built a program at FIU? No, I was saying the question is will he spend his time and help build the program or will he be on the lookout for any/every job that opens as Isaiah did at FIU. If it's poorly worded, sorry Mr. David.
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Post by nashvillehoyas on May 8, 2012 10:12:13 GMT -5
UConn AD says he has no plans to name a coach-in-waiting. Calhoun who turns 70 plans to return for another season.
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Post by hoyarooter on May 8, 2012 11:15:09 GMT -5
The difference between the two is that Isiah leaves becauses he sucks and is forced out. Brown is pathologically incapable of staying in once place more than a couple of years. And did you say Isiah built a program at FIU? No, I was saying the question is will he spend his time and help build the program or will he be on the lookout for any/every job that opens as Isaiah did at FIU. If it's poorly worded, sorry Mr. David. I don't think this is totally fair to Brown. There's no question that he is unable to stay anywhere more than a few years. But I would like to see any Brown job where he wasn't totally focused for at least the first two or three years. By the time he gets the itch to move on at SMU, it'll be time for him to retire anyway.
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Post by RDF on May 8, 2012 12:01:46 GMT -5
How is not fair? There's talk that Brown asked for coach in waiting not due to his age but because he has interest in pursuing NBA jobs. If you are going to take a job--then be rumored to be seeking another job already--that's very Isaiah Thomas like. Doesn't matter if you can coach or not--it's not what a program that is in need of rebuilding deserves--but then again--you hire guys who have that behavioral trait--you get what you deserve.
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Post by hoyarooter on May 8, 2012 17:43:34 GMT -5
How is not fair? There's talk that Brown asked for coach in waiting not due to his age but because he has interest in pursuing NBA jobs. If you are going to take a job--then be rumored to be seeking another job already--that's very Isaiah Thomas like. Doesn't matter if you can coach or not--it's not what a program that is in need of rebuilding deserves--but then again--you hire guys who have that behavioral trait--you get what you deserve. I had not heard this. That's hilarious, and really pretty outrageous if accurate. Sort of like the pretty girl agreeing to go with me to the prom provided that nothing better comes along.
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