Diamond Stone

[willie warrior]

Stop.

Just following up to 4Ever's invitation.

[GGGG]

I'll put this another way....

If Crean wanted the UCLA job, which coach do you think they hire?  Crean or Alford?  I'm about 95% sure that it would be the former. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

So....how about that Diamond Stone? I hear he's good at basketball.

[real chili 83]

I hear he is really tall too.  Some may even refer to him with that ever allusive term know as a quality big.

[MerrittsMustache]

So....how about that Diamond Stone? I hear he's good at basketball.

But, more importantly, is he better at playing basketball than Crean or Alford are at coaching basketball?

[Newsdreams]

I hear he is really tall too.  Some may even refer to him with that ever allusive term know as a quality big.

Does Willie approve? Is he on a grain free diet?

[San Diego Warrior]

It should be noted, though, that Marquette and Indiana are much easier places to have NCAA tournament success than SW Missouri St, Iowa and New Mexico. Still, I give the edge to TC.

Alford inherited a relatively good program from Tom Davis, and really took Iowa down the crapter.  During the Davis Era (86-99), Iowa had 9 NCAA appearance, missing the post-season, an elite 8 and two sweet sixteens during that time. 

Alford coached Iowa for 8 seasons, making the tournament just 3 times, and winning 1 NCAA game.   I'd say Alford inherited quite a better program at Iowa than Crean inherited from Mike Deane.  For as much as people hate Crean, he's the coach that turned our program around.

[rocky_warrior]

I think Stone deserves a better thread, and since I'm too busy to split all the OT stuff off, this one just gets to die a silent death.