Bilas on Wojo/MU

[GurneeHitchkr]

Although it's important who is driving the bus, it's more important who the bus driver picks up on his way to the destination.  I think Wojo will be a great bus driver.

[Loose Cannon]

May wish to see them play before getting too jacked. Otherwise we might see a few bipolar events on the blog.

My thinking is controlled anticipation is a substantial part of the fun.  I try to remember Warren Zevon quote "Enjoy Every Sandwich"

[JakeBarnes]

Really like Wojo's approach.  Gotta give Cords credit in his BBAll coaching hires.

I hope Wojo can take the ball and advance the program like Crean did from deane and like Buzz did from Crean.  I have tremendous confidence that Wojo is gonna elavate us even further.  For those that want to respond that he hasnt coached a game.  Remember just that, that its just a game and its a simple game.  Players play and recruiting is 90% of winning.  Dumb or arrogant basketball coaches always want to take credit for their coaching accumen, good coaches understand winning is done by the players and winning is done by winning in recruiting.  That is why Huggins, mocked Crean by calling him Tommy Naismith.  

(To my point, the reason guys like Huggins, Knight and amny others after huge early success did not win later in their careers is not becuase they became stupid and forgot everything they knew.  It was becuase their recruiting fell off.)

additionally, it is a tremendous pleasure to be able to read an article of this nature and not be immediately bombarded with 15 passive-aggressive posts by a certain banned poster.  hopefully the ban is permanent and we do not have the displeasure of having everything that is good about MU basketball pissed all over by a certain poster, as a feel good post devolves into a back and forth of MU fans and the resident troll who calls himself a fan but finds the need to only focus on the negative or negative possibilities all of the time.  hopefully the mods are reading this and giving it some though.

What we have here is a good ol' fashioned scoop fight.



(i've really just wanted to use that gif lately).

[Lighthouse 84]

I, for one, have to admit not being enamored with the hire.  I had hoped we'd get a big name with experience instead of once again going the top assistant route.  But I couldn't be happier with how WOJO is turning out.  Yes, without coaching a game, but he's not only recruiting better than just about any other Warrior coach since I've been there, he's recruiting as well as almost anyone in the country.  It's also refreshing to hear him speak or read about something he said and actually think it is heartfelt, as opposed to "Bertspeak".

One other thing.....I know Bilas has the Dook connection for the article, but if there's a better analyst out there for college hoops, I can't think of him.

[Xact]

Peace in the middle east will come sooner.

Inshallah...

[MU82]

I, for one, have to admit not being enamored with the hire.  I had hoped we'd get a big name with experience instead of once again going the top assistant route.  But I couldn't be happier with how WOJO is turning out.  Yes, without coaching a game, but he's not only recruiting better than just about any other Warrior coach since I've been there, he's recruiting as well as almost anyone in the country.  It's also refreshing to hear him speak or read about something he said and actually think it is heartfelt, as opposed to "Bertspeak".

One other thing.....I know Bilas has the Dook connection for the article, but if there's a better analyst out there for college hoops, I can't think of him.

Thanks for the honest admission.

Had Shaka really been the guy, he would have been a no-brainer, but when that didn't happen I was happy to go the top-assistant route. Every other head coach we reportedly considered came with some kind of baggage. Plus, our previous two top-assistant hires turned out to be pretty darn good.

And FWIW, I agree completely about Bilas. He's by far the best college buckets analyst. If he's a 10, I'm not sure who even would be a 9 or 8.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

I'm going to enjoy all of the wojo speak right now.

When he leaves, I'll rip on him and talk about how fake he is.

Am I doing it right?

[Loose Cannon]

I'm going to enjoy all of the wojo speak right now.

When he leaves, I'll rip on him and talk about how fake he is.

Am I doing it right?

Pay your money........Take your Choice!

[Skatastrophy]

Wojo comes off as more genuine than Crean, while being more media savvy than Buzz was.

He's doing a great job building his brand so far.

That's really all we know about Wojo.

[The Lens]

Wojo comes off as more genuine than Crean, while being more media savvy than Buzz was.

He's doing a great job building his brand so far.

That's really all we know about Wojo.

We know he can recruit.  And that is very important. 

[Skatastrophy]

We know he can recruit.  And that is very important. 

That's very true. We know that he's a great relationship builder; winning over our players, former players and recruits alike.