7000 fans a game?

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

The guy is such an insufferable a-hole.  I hope they boo the F out of him!!

[Herman Cain]

The guy is such an insufferable a-hole.  I hope they boo the F out of him!!

Who are you referring too?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The guy is such an insufferable a-hole.  I hope they boo the F out of him!!

And I hope our alumni are more mature than that.

What about this comment made you so mad?  I used to go to games in the 90s, 7000 a night was generous iirc.

Who are you referring too?

Tom Crean

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

I used to go to games in the 90s, 7000 a night was generous iirc.

http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/season_by_season_attendance

He exaggerated a bit...not sure I would freak out personally...but one problem with Crean is he is always rounding up for his own benefit

[Galway Eagle]

When he started we averaged 10k a game. While it's far off to say 3k of those didn't show up or a handful of games skewed the percentages I could see how he would look into a vast Bradley center and think maybe 7k

[DienerTime34]

The guy is such an insufferable a-hole.  I hope they boo the F out of him!!

Look at the players he recruited to Marquette -- Diener, Wade, Novak, James, Matthews, McNeal, Hayward ... why would you boo a guy like that? Do you still hate all your ex-girlfriends?

[warriorchick]

It's the typical puffery about one's job performance people engage when they are out of work.  It's resume enhancement.

[Herman Cain]

It's the typical puffery about one's job performance people engage when they are out of work.  It's resume enhancement.

I would take Crean back as our coach in a heartbeat . He would get us back to the final four pretty quickly.

[GGGG]

Who are you referring too?

The mirror.

[TallTitan34]

If we didn't have Wojo, I'd take Crean back.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Calling 10,000 as 7000.  When the place averaged 12,000 the year before he got there is why most consider him a supreme AHole.  One of the actual reasons they boo him.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

I would take Crean back as our coach in a heartbeat . He would get us back to the final four pretty quickly.

U recall his coaching record and tournament record sans dwyane wade?

[cheebs09]

Crean signed Luke Fischer. Clearly he's angry he let him leave Indiana and come here.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Calling 10,000 as 7000.  When the place averaged 12,000 the year before he got there is why most consider him a supreme AHole.  One of the actual reasons they boo him.

So they didn't consider him a supreme a-hole until today? That seems like an odd tipping point. An off hand guess of a large number from nearly 20 years ago that was pretty close to accurate if he was talking about butts in seats?

[source?]

I would take Crean back as our coach in a heartbeat . He would get us back to the final four pretty quickly.

I'm sure you're doing some shtick but on the off chance you are serious...he had quite a bit of time to do so at Indiana, with all the advantages that affords, and couldn't get it done.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

If we didn't have Wojo, I'd take Crean back.

A coach with Crean's exact resume? Sure. But I wouldn't take Crean himself back and I'm a Crean apologist. I don't think the optics of hiring the guy who left you for a better job are something I could get past.

Though the collective shockwave of all the exploding heads on Scoop would almost make it worth it.

[source?]

Btw, anyone have a link to whatever this thread is about?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Btw, anyone have a link to whatever this thread is about?

http://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2017/06/21/q-a-tom-crean-ahead-his-return-mus-hoopla-celebration/412296001/

[Skitch]

I just read the article twice and still don't see anything about 7000 people. Am I missing it or was it removed?

[4everwarriors]

The guy is such an insufferable a-hole.




Tell me somethin' new, dude, hey?

[tower912]

Meh.  190 wins.   Final 4.   One tourney win in 9 years, sans Wade.   Shepherded the move to the Big East.   Couldn't string together consecutive classes or develop bigs.       In other words, some good, some bad.   I'm done worrying about him.    Glad he is coming back for the Century jubilee, or whatever it is. 

[Golden Avalanche]

The arena was desolate during the early days of Crean's tenure. The figures may claim 10k but actual attendance was likely closer to 7k as Crean stated.

And, just to preemptively rebut the stupidity, I went to every single home game of Crean's first three seasons and I remember the empty sections full of seat-backs.

[#UnleashSean]

U recall his coaching record and tournament record sans dwyane wade?

Not to hate. But it's better then our current coaches.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

I just read the article twice and still don't see anything about 7000 people. Am I missing it or was it removed?

Must be the product of another successful Scoop letter writing campaign. 

It does say the article was updated two hours ago...

[GooooMarquette]

U recall his coaching record and tournament record sans dwyane wade?

Why exclude Wade?  He did recruit the guy.  And when you (rightfully) include Wade, you not only get the Final Four, you get prospective recruits watching him star in the NBA for fifteen years....

If you're going to selectively exclude players from your assessment of a coach, remind me how many Final Fours Al made without Bo.