mike deane

[mikeDEANmeminger]

Breaking news...my boy mike deane fired at Wagner today. 5-26 this year I believe his record was. He's come a long way since his glory days at MU lol

[The Pickle]

I was just going to start a thread on this.  Here's the link...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4957743

[ChicosBailBonds]

That's too bad.  This is also why I apply my 4 to 5 year rule when evaluating coaches.  Mike was the cat's meow after 2 and 3 years at MU.   

[Mike Deane's Seat Belt]

too bad, i really liked the guy for some reason,,, the intensity and insanity he brought to the court was great.
you gotta love that seatbelt story espn ran on him. priceless

[The Pickle]

too bad, i really liked the guy for some reason,,, the intensity and insanity he brought to the court was great.
you gotta love that seatbelt story espn ran on him. priceless

Seat belt story?  Please elaborate...

[ChicosBailBonds]

Seat belt story?  Please elaborate...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/kevin_armstrong/01/04/wagner.buckle/

[The Pickle]

Hilarious.  Thanks Chicos...

[Mike Deane's Seat Belt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyx6-Ln6B3g

[ZiggysFryBoy]

no one could call a timeout in the first :20 seconds of a game better than Mike Deane.

[bma725]

no one could call a timeout in the first :20 seconds of a game better than Mike Deane.

No one could call two timeouts and sub the entire team in the first 1:30 better than Mike Deane.

[77ncaachamps]

Was that AL saying, "Mike Deane's gone bananas out there!" at 1:20?

[NersEllenson]

That's too bad.  This is also why I apply my 4 to 5 year rule when evaluating coaches.  Mike was the cat's meow after 2 and 3 years at MU.   

I was at MU in Deane's first 2 years..to say he was the cat's meow is quite strong and an exaggeration.  Most of us weren't thrilled with the NIT Finals game, after seeing KO take us to the Sweet 16 in 1994.  Furthermore, watching the recruits he was bringing in - we all knew the program was going south fast.  So for those who thought he was awesome - they definitely didn't have a very good sense of what it takes to have a successful, high-level basketball team.  Furthermore, Deane said MU was an NIT type program, and didn't have the ability to be NCAA level again.  This is where Tom Creans should get his due, because Deane did torpedo the program.

[mu_eyeballs]

I too was at Marquette during the Deane years...I liked him...but I remember him saying once that MU just would never be able to attract top blue chippers.  Thank goodness, Tom and Buzz didn't/don't have such low targets.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I am happy Mike Deane is a part of Marquette basketball history. He is a real character.
It truly bums me out that Tom Crean is part of our history.

[groove]

we'd be in the Horizon or MVC now.

[damuts222]

It truly bums me out that Tom Crean is part of our history.

Give the man his due, I didn't like his personality either but he did good for MU

[Pakuni]

I am happy Mike Deane is a part of Marquette basketball history. He is a real character.
It truly bums me out that Tom Crean is part of our history.

So long as the operative word here is history.

[mugrack]

Deane sucked .

[TheBudaPest]

His off court behavior left a lot to be desired. He was at best a boorish person and an unfit representative of a great Jesuit university. I believe his wife Paula said it best when she voted with her feet.

[bradforster]

I was also in school during the Mike Deane years.  The loss to Providence in the NCAA tournament was an embarrassment and many of his recruits would have barely been serviceable in the NAIA ranks.  The moment Deane proclaimed the NIT as a desirable postseason destination he should have been excommunicated from the university.  He was an irascible, pompous jerk who acted like Bob Knight without the results.  At least Deane did achieve a final four appearance in his favorite tournament.  Who the heck strives for mediocrity as the leader of a major basketball team besides Donald Sterling?  Any administration that gives this guy another hoops job should join the next group of overpaid CEO's at their congressional hearing.  We are certainly going to need an explanation!

[Fullodds]

I say we bring him back for the Louisiville game...let Deane scream at Louisville from the student section with his prescription sunglasses.

[Jacks DC]

Yep, I went to school during the Mike Deane years too.  Because I was an athlete I got to meet him a few times and never paid for a basketball ticket.  He had a great sense of humor, but a horrible coach.  I don't care what anyone says about Crean, it's amazing how fast things around when Deane left. 

I lived also in NYC while he was at Wagner and always talked about going to Wagner game to heckle him.  Never got the energy to get out to Staten Island though.

[WarriorHal]

Fired by Marquette, fired by Lamar, abd now fired by Wagner -- the hat trick. Watching from afar, he seemed to be a pretty good game coach, but couldn't recruit at all. When they used to show him on TV screaming at the team during timeouts, I would think 'recruit better players and you won't have to yell so much.'

[karavotsos]

I say we bring him back for the Louisiville game...let Deane scream at Louisville from the student section with his prescription sunglasses.

Agreed.  Bring him back as the czar of the late night drunken tirade with Zack McCall in tow to mellow everybody back out.  They should at least be offered a segment on the Dennis Krause show.

[77fan88warrior]

I am happy Mike Deane is a part of Marquette basketball history. He is a real character.
It truly bums me out that Tom Crean is part of our history.

I really enjoyed our vacation while PRN was on his alleged Scoop retirement. His responses are more predictable than a reflex hammer.