Kolek planning to go pro
I get that. Deane was a tremendous game coach in an era of a longer shot clock who did not recruit at a high level. Would succeed even less today. But he could manage a game.
Tower, it’s always hard for me to rank coaches since I would rank them on just coaching ability rather than recruiting, management, etc. For total picture, I think your rating is pretty spot on. For just coaching, my ranking would be much different.
Add to my post I am highly skeptical that any of TKO, Oso, and O-Max will achieve anywhere near the level of NBA success of Butler. Wes, Novak, and of course Dwyane.
As someone whose time as a MU student coincided with the Dukiet debacle, I’d rank him even lower if I could.
BuzzCrean ShakaKODeaneWojoMajerusDukiet Buzz and Crean with a slight edge over Shaka with Crean’s FF and Buzz’s 3 straight NCAA 2nd weekends, including an E8. Plus their sustained level of success and graduating guys to the NBA. Shaka could get there, but he isn’t there yet all around. May not be entirely fair after just 3 seasons, but the question is how do they rank today. Shaka’s conference regular season and tournament championships in same season get him close to them. KO’s tenure is underrated I think. He’s close to the top 3. But I think that speaks more to what top 3 accomplished. But KO resuscitated this program and left the cupboard well stocked for Deane. Deane over Wojo because he at least had a clue coaching and getting a team to playing its best ball at end of season multiple years (95-97). Wojo is only fairly close to him because he did bring in better talent. Rick is one of my all time favorites, but MU years were so ordinary in every way his 3 years. Dukiet- obvious.