MU Coaching Candidates

[Dr. Blackheart]

Ummm...Al McGuire.

[tower912]

Would never make it today.   Three point line, shot clock, would be in trouble for fighting with players.    Everybody is mining what used to be his fertile recruiting areas.    Arguing with administration.    Flirtations with the NBA.   Terrible record at a basketball backwater.      fuggedaboutit

[Dr. Blackheart]

Would never make it today.   Three point line, shot clock, would be in trouble for fighting with players.    Everybody is mining what used to be his fertile recruiting areas.    Arguing with administration.    Flirtations with the NBA.   Terrible record at a basketball backwater.      fuggedaboutit

NBA experience: Check
Recruiting network: Check.
Teacher: Check
Assistant College Coach: Check
Successful first stint as head coach: Check (109-63, 5 post-seasons, got NYC kids to attend in the South)
Understood Role as Program leader: Check
School fit: Catholic, blue collar

Tell me Al wasn't more qualified than Mullin or Ewing? Now, would MU's current Admin hire him is really the question. That, sir, is the issue.

[Lennys Tap]

Would never make it today.   Three point line, shot clock, would be in trouble for fighting with players.    Everybody is mining what used to be his fertile recruiting areas.    Arguing with administration.    Flirtations with the NBA.   Terrible record at a basketball backwater.      fuggedaboutit

Yep. Lovell, the BOT and several of Scoop's experts would choose Wojo over him every time. Who wouldn't want to be Duke North?

[tower912]

Any coaching hire is a crap shoot.   Al turned out to be a genius for his time.    Wojo hasn't. 

[MuggsyB]

Who is the Winthrop Coach?

[Lennys Tap]

Any coaching hire is a crap shoot.   Al turned out to be a genius for his time.    Wojo hasn't.

You're 100% right, Tower. But here's the thing...

Both Al and Wojo got the job because they "blew away the room" when they interviewed. I get it with Al. As Dick Enberg said, he "owned every room he walked into". I'm sure he blew away any room anytime he wanted to. Can you imagine Wojo ever blowing away any room? Has he said or done anything in 7 years that indicate he has that in him? Not to me. Tells you something about the people who were in that room.

[shoothoops]

Who is the Winthrop Coach?

Pat Kelsey. Played for Skip Prosser. Coached with Skip Prosser and Chris Mack.

He has Winthrop top 3 in their league for the 8th straight year. And they are on their way to a possible 4th league title in those 8 seasons. (He's been there nine.) He accepted the UMass Head Coaching position in 2017 and changed his mind at the last minute.

[Knight Commission]

Pat Kelsey would be a great hire. 

[WarriorFan]

You're 100% right, Tower. But here's the thing...

Both Al and Wojo got the job because they "blew away the room" when they interviewed. I get it with Al. As Dick Enberg said, he "owned every room he walked into". I'm sure he blew away any room anytime he wanted to. Can you imagine Wojo ever blowing away any room? Has he said or done anything in 7 years that indicate he has that in him? Not to me. Tells you something about the people who were in that room.

Must have been a very boring room...

[JWags85]

Pat Kelsey. Played for Skip Prosser. Coached with Skip Prosser and Chris Mack.

He has Winthrop top 3 in their league for the 8th straight year. And they are on their way to a possible 4th league title in those 8 seasons. (He's been there nine.) He accepted the UMass Head Coaching position in 2017 and changed his mind at the last minute.

Good coach who has been successful at Winthrop, but from what I hear, he's got kind of a crap reputation in coaching circles after the UMASS and then NKU situations, changing his mind, moving goalposts into discussions, etc... Hes been a good consistent coach for some time, at a school with a low (sub $300K) salary in a bad conference.  He should be a hot name annually,   But he's just not, the situations at those schools likely have something to do with it

[Silent Verbal]

You're 100% right, Tower. But here's the thing...

Both Al and Wojo got the job because they "blew away the room" when they interviewed. I get it with Al. As Dick Enberg said, he "owned every room he walked into". I'm sure he blew away any room anytime he wanted to. Can you imagine Wojo ever blowing away any room? Has he said or done anything in 7 years that indicate he has that in him? Not to me. Tells you something about the people who were in that room.

I think Wojo's interview had less to do with him and more to do with the fact that not only was he the anti-Buzz in every sense, but the stench of Cuonzo's interview a few days prior still lingered.  As George Costanza said, it was the "perfect combination of Mountain Dew and mozzarella."

[4everwarriors]

You're 100% right, Tower. But here's the thing...

Both Al and Wojo got the job because they "blew away the room" when they interviewed. I get it with Al. As Dick Enberg said, he "owned every room he walked into". I'm sure he blew away any room anytime he wanted to. Can you imagine Wojo ever blowing away any room? Has he said or done anything in 7 years that indicate he has that in him? Not to me. Tells you something about the people who were in that room.

Pretty sure the only room Woj blew away had an M on the door, hey?

[The Sultan]

You're 100% right, Tower. But here's the thing...

Both Al and Wojo got the job because they "blew away the room" when they interviewed. I get it with Al. As Dick Enberg said, he "owned every room he walked into". I'm sure he blew away any room anytime he wanted to. Can you imagine Wojo ever blowing away any room? Has he said or done anything in 7 years that indicate he has that in him? Not to me. Tells you something about the people who were in that room.

Nobody would give a crap about him "blowing away a room" or any of the other silly criticisms about him...if he won more on the court.

If fact if he would be winning more, I would argue that there really is not much negative about Wojo.

[Silent Verbal]

If fact if he would be winning more, I would argue that there really is not much negative about Wojo.

Yeah, and if John Wayne Gacy wasn't a murderer, I'd argue he'd be the exact type of clown you'd want to hire for your child's next birthday party.

You should really consider charging for this type of premium content.

[willie warrior]

Would never make it today.   Three point line, shot clock, would be in trouble for fighting with players.    Everybody is mining what used to be his fertile recruiting areas.    Arguing with administration.    Flirtations with the NBA.   Terrible record at a basketball backwater.      fuggedaboutit

Biggest pile of speculative BS posted here in a long time by the #1 Wojo excuser.

[willie warrior]

Must have been a very boring room...

excuses.
.....until Wojo-Dukiet whipped out his power point, which then turned the room into a fourth of July fireworks celebration.

[tower912]

Good job, boo-boo, of letting the sarcasm go right over your head.

[avid1010]

Any coaching hire is a crap shoot.   Al turned out to be a genius for his time.    Wojo hasn't.

Tell me this is sarcasm as well...because some school's/AD's have pretty good track records.

[tower912]

Nope.  Any coaching change is a crap shoot.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Tell me this is sarcasm as well...because some school's/AD's have pretty good track records.

Who? Im honestly curious if that's the case.

[HutchwasClutch]

Who? Im honestly curious if that's the case.

This hurts to say, but off the top of my head, Badgers are one such school- Bennett, Ryan, Gard.  Even Stu Jackson.  And they pulled the plug very quickly on Van Gundy and Soderberg. 

[The Sultan]

Yeah, and if John Wayne Gacy wasn't a murderer, I'd argue he'd be the exact type of clown you'd want to hire for your child's next birthday party.

You should really consider charging for this type of premium content.

Apparently the point went over your head per usual.

All the criticisms about Wojo, from not "electrifying the room" to his press conferences to his sideline huddles, are irrelevant.  What is relevant is that he isn't winning enough on the court and the reasons for that.

[The Sultan]

This hurts to say, but off the top of my head, Badgers are one such school- Bennett, Ryan, Gard.  Even Stu Jackson.  And they pulled the plug very quickly on Van Gundy and Soderberg. 

Barry Alvarez has hired one basketball coach - the one promoted as an assistant who he reportedly wasn't sold on.  He also biffed on a football coaching search and many would say on the latest hockey search.

So we may want to pump the brakes on that one.

[shoothoops]

The list of non-Power 5/Big East schools in Ken Pomeroy top 50 for both adjusted offense and defense:

Loyola Chicago, Houston, Gonzaga, SLU.