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Started by cheebs09, July 03, 2013, 04:42:00 PM

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keefe

Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on July 03, 2013, 05:46:41 PM
The same performance that UNC and Duke had in previous years.  Ben Cohen and I had a very nice chat about his article.  He has said he may adjust some things based on "excellent points" provided.  Really, a pretty cool cat that was actually interested in hearing intelligently argued opinions.  

Last year's performance got them their first Big Ten outright title in 20+ years....that means something to many folks.

Who the hell is Ben Cohen?


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ATL MU Warrior

Quote from: keefe on July 03, 2013, 07:44:13 PM
Who the hell is Ben Cohen?
A future attendee at the next Backyard Beer Summit I am sure.

4everwarriors

Quote from: keefe on July 03, 2013, 07:44:13 PM
Who the hell is Ben Cohen?

Sandy Cohen's brother from a different mother?
"Give 'Em Hell, Al"


ChicosBailBonds

Quote from: forgetful on July 03, 2013, 07:24:07 PM
You may be right that he enjoyed your conversation, however I have a feeling he went out for a drink with friends later and you were the butt of his joke. 



Doubtful, he's hit me up today with three different emails.  Enjoying the conversations....turns out we know a lot of the same people in the industry.  To each their own. 

The Equalizer

Quote from: Pakuni on July 03, 2013, 05:24:55 PM
If anything, they're way better off now than they were when those guys left because of the new conference affiliation.

Yeah, becuase the new Big East is just full of recruiting & coaching pushovers. With far less competion than Stevens faced in the Horizon when he was hired, I'm sure they'll be back at the top of the league in no time. ::)


willie warrior

Quote from: Pakuni on July 03, 2013, 05:01:47 PM
Actually, this may make Stevens to IU more, not less, likely.
College coaches rarely last more than 2-3 years in the NBA, just about the time IU might be in the market for a new coach if Crean keeps getting stuck in the Sweet 16.
Crean is likely at IUIU until the Red Chinese army rotates.
I thought you were dead. Willie lives rent free in Reekers mind.

keefe

Quote from: willie warrior on July 03, 2013, 08:39:27 PM
Crean is likely at IUIU until the Red Chinese army rotates.


There are similarities now that you mention it...








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TJ

Quote from: tower912 on July 03, 2013, 05:22:19 PM
"It's the Celtics, it's the Celtics".    A whole lot of people were planning around his presence when the current configuration of the Big East was set up.   Bit of uncertainty that the league doesn't nee. 
If the process of picking schools was based on the presence of a college coach, then this league is screwed from the start.  I hope the 7 presidents wanted Butler regardless of who would be coaching them.

That being said, I agree that Butler and the Big East are screwed anyway.  Who are they gonna get in July?

4everwarriors

 Cop doesn't know what to make of the psycho who's foamin' at the mouth.
"Give 'Em Hell, Al"


Lennys Tap

Quote from: The Equalizer on July 03, 2013, 08:33:47 PM
Yeah, becuase the new Big East is just full of recruiting & coaching pushovers. With far less competion than Stevens faced in the Horizon when he was hired, I'm sure they'll be back at the top of the league in no time. ::)



You really think Brad Stevens worries about coaching against pushovers? At freakin Butler (yeah, little old Butler) the guy won more NCAA tournament games in TWO seasons than you know who has won in FOURTEEN years at much more storied Marquette and top 6 blue blood Indiana. When Stevens takes the dice at the crap table, bet with the shooter.

MU82

Quote from: Pakuni on July 03, 2013, 05:24:55 PM
While this certainly doesn't help Butler, they've been through this (Collier, Matta, Lickliter) and managed to stay relevant. If anything, they're way better off now than they were when those guys left because of the new conference affiliation.

This.

He's just a coach. Very replaceable. Butler has done a great job hiring in the past and they need to do so again.

Heck, if Stevens was getting sick of recruiting, as others have suggested, it's good this happened now instead of later.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

Lennys Tap

Quote from: 4everwarriors on July 03, 2013, 08:54:11 PM
Cop doesn't know what to make of the psycho who's foamin' at the mouth.

Guy looks positively demonic.

barfolomew

I don't know if all the hand-wringing is justified here.
Sure, the exposure for the league in years 1 and 2 would have been better with Stevens in it, and some of his recruits will probably transfer, but Butler will attract another young up-and-comer. Worst case scenario: the upward trend of Butler basketball reverses for the next few years. However, I severely doubt this is something they don't recover from. Butler was chosen for our league because they think about basketball like we do -- the right way. If/when Buzz leaves Marquette (which will happen at some point; cursory internet research has turned up an interesting statistic: no D1 college basketball coach as ever lived forever), I am optimistic that the University will target the right kind of replacement, just as I think Butler will.
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ChicosBailBonds

Quote from: TJ on July 03, 2013, 08:51:42 PM
Who are they gonna get in July?

They got Rick Majerused....the act of quitting your school in July to leave your basketball program high and dry.




Actually, they might be able to do ok, certainly better than Bob Dukiet.


GGGG

Quote from: TJ on July 03, 2013, 08:51:42 PM
If the process of picking schools was based on the presence of a college coach, then this league is screwed from the start.  I hope the 7 presidents wanted Butler regardless of who would be coaching them.

That being said, I agree that Butler and the Big East are screwed anyway.  Who are they gonna get in July?


Word is it might be LaVall Jordan...Michigan assistant and Butler alum. 

http://www.freep.com/article/20130703/SPORTS06/307030167/brad-stevens-butler-michigan-wolverines-basketball

Really top notch recruiter.

keefe

Quote from: Terror Skink on July 03, 2013, 10:21:23 PM

Word is it might be LaVall Jordan...Michigan assistant and Butler alum. 

http://www.freep.com/article/20130703/SPORTS06/307030167/brad-stevens-butler-michigan-wolverines-basketball

Really top notch recruiter.

Why not Michigan Assistant Jeff Meyer?


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ChicosBailBonds

Quote from: keefe on July 03, 2013, 10:25:09 PM
Why not Michigan Assistant Jeff Meyer?

Some baggage....attached to Kelvin Sampson at IU.

keefe

Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on July 03, 2013, 10:27:37 PM
Some baggage....attached to Kelvin Sampson at IU.

Didn't Meyer find absolution and redemption through the cleansing grace of Tom Crean's venom?


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ChicosBailBonds

Quote from: Lennys Tap on July 03, 2013, 09:04:09 PM
Guy looks positively demonic.

Demonic....platonic....bubonic....all kinds of fun still shots of people 

Pakuni

Quote from: The Equalizer on July 03, 2013, 08:33:47 PM
Yeah, becuase the new Big East is just full of recruiting & coaching pushovers. With far less competion than Stevens faced in the Horizon when he was hired, I'm sure they'll be back at the top of the league in no time. ::)



Yeah, with a much greater national profile, millions upon millions of additional revenues, guaranteed national television exposure, a couple of Final Four banners hanging from the rafters, $34 million in athletic facilities renovations in the works and a significantly better conference affiliation .... Butler is far worse off than when Collier and Matta bailed in successive seasons.

But I see we're back to your idiotic stance that programs are better off in weaker conferences. How many more times must you be proven wrong on that one?

keefe

Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on July 03, 2013, 10:38:17 PM
Demonic....platonic....bubonic....all kinds of fun still shots of people 





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ChicosBailBonds

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