Looks to be a great hire.
Coach at Oklahoma, 33 years old
Played at Duke
Father was a good coach at Old Dominion.
Good recruiter that shows he can recruit both guards and bigs:
Recruited Scottie Reynolds and Daimon James who left after Kelvin Sampson was fired.
Recruited current stud big man Blake Griffin who will prob be leaving after this year.
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Virginia Commonwealth (Colonial Athletic Association) (2002 — 2006)
2002-2003 VCU 18-10 12-6 T-2nd
2003-2004 VCU 23-8 14-4 1st NCAA 1st Round
2004-2005 VCU 19-13 13-5 T-2nd NIT Opening Round
2005-2006 VCU 19-10 11-7 5th
VCU: 79-41 50-22
Oklahoma (Big 12 Conference) (2006 — present)
2006-2007 Oklahoma 16-15 6-10 T-7th
2007-2008 Oklahoma 23-12 9-7 T-4th NCAA 2nd Round
Oklahoma: 39-27 15-17
Total: 118-68
Why would he leave the Big 12 and Oklahoma?
Quote from: LastWarrior on April 02, 2008, 10:39:22 AM
Why would he leave the Big 12 and Oklahoma?
Just signed an extension last week at OU
Not going to happen. The word from Okie land
Crean just signed a 10 year extension last year. So we should know how ironclad those extensions given to college coaches are.
It is attractive because football is king at OK, here basketball is king.
He is likely losing his best player to the NBA draft.
The BEAST is a better conference than the Big 12.
Quote from: MU_Cubbie on April 02, 2008, 10:48:14 AM
Crean just signed a 10 year extension last year. So we should know how ironclad those extensions given to college coaches are.
It is attractive because football is king at OK, here basketball is king.
He is likely losing his best player to the NBA draft.
The BEAST is a better conference than the Big 12.
The BEAST is a better conference than the Big 12, it's a lot tougher...a lot tougher to succeed. I can't see a guy that is doing so-so in the Big 12 ready to come to the Big East. JMO
His mom was my PE teacher in middle school back in Virginia...and that's all I got.
Quote from: MU_Cubbie on April 02, 2008, 10:35:50 AM
Looks to be a great hire.
Coach at Oklahoma, 33 years old
Played at Duke
Father was a good coach at Old Dominion.
Good recruiter that shows he can recruit both guards and bigs:
Recruited Scottie Reynolds and Daimon James who left after Kelvin Sampson was fired.
Recruited current stud big man Blake Griffin who will prob be leaving after this year.
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Virginia Commonwealth (Colonial Athletic Association) (2002 — 2006)
2002-2003 VCU 18-10 12-6 T-2nd
2003-2004 VCU 23-8 14-4 1st NCAA 1st Round
2004-2005 VCU 19-13 13-5 T-2nd NIT Opening Round
2005-2006 VCU 19-10 11-7 5th
VCU: 79-41 50-22
Oklahoma (Big 12 Conference) (2006 — present)
2006-2007 Oklahoma 16-15 6-10 T-7th
2007-2008 Oklahoma 23-12 9-7 T-4th NCAA 2nd Round
Oklahoma: 39-27 15-17
Total: 118-68
How could he have possibly recruited scottie reynolds and damian james to oklahoma when he was the coach at VCU until Sampson was fired???