MikeJackets1967
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It would be nice to see Marquette return to the level they were when Al McGuire coached them
Mark Fox and GT
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MikeJackets1967
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UGAG doesn't give a damn about men's basketball and it shows with them hiring another mediocrity like Tom Crean.
Still holding out hope he takes the WCarolina gig.
If not, could be a good landing spot for DLab.
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I don't think Crean is a great coach but you don't have to be even a good coach to know keeping Hayes is JOB 1 for him. Hope he fails
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I think he's a quality coach who will get them to the tournament at a higher percentage than Fox which isn't saying much. He is also likely to get frustrated with the lack of attention and support and want to leave after a few years. Obviously, ugag didn't want to find an up n' coming mid major guy again, even though that's the route I would have gone if I were them. They whiffed on their first name coach and settled for Crean. I don't think his hiring directly impacts our rebuild. They may be a little tougher to beat the next few years than they would have been otherwise.
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Crean just comes off so creepy - knowing dwag fans, if he doesn't get good results in the first couple years, they will tire of him quickly.
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One of the better Tom Crean biographies:
https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2015/2/11/7977925/what-is-a-tom-crean
"The fascinating weirdness of Tom Crean"
https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2015/2/11/7977925/what-is-a-tom-crean
"The fascinating weirdness of Tom Crean"
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And here is another quality Tom Crean memory:
https://www.crimsonquarry.com/2015/...ans-continue-to-have-no-chill-chant-tom-crean
Remember, this was 2015. He coached through 2017.
"Bloomington basketball fans chant "Tom Crean Sucks" at son's game."
https://www.crimsonquarry.com/2015/...ans-continue-to-have-no-chill-chant-tom-crean
Remember, this was 2015. He coached through 2017.
"Bloomington basketball fans chant "Tom Crean Sucks" at son's game."
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Either he’s trying to bring the band back together again, or Brian Gregory was leading the search firm for his buddy Crean’s staff. I’m pretty sure AAR was on the same staff BG had during his time with GT.
At least for a while.
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He was the Director of Player Development early in Gregory's tenure before leaving for an asst spot at College of Charleston.
Yep. Was supposed to get us back 'in' on the Wheeler guys IIRC.
Not sure how this is a recipe for success for uGA but whatevs.
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Yea I guess the idea is to use his status as an alumnus to get the "in" for Wheeler? He was hired as an assistant for 2008 (right after I graduated), but before the season even started he accepted a different offer, so I don't know how that was viewed. I feel like hiring his brother would do more for pulling Wheeler kids than hiring him, but I don't know how much either stayed connected with the Wheeler basketball scene. I feel like if Wheeler keeps putting out the quality it has though, those players are going to keep going to the blue bloods.
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keep in mind that the HC for Wheeler - Doug Lipscomb left the school last year to take some time off and was replaced by former Greenforest Academy coach Larry Thompson. So ties to Wheeler (especially Lipscomb) may not mean quite as much as they used to.
Is the narrative supposed to be that Dollar couldnt recruit to GT because of academics? Did he have a hand in pulling guys like Okeke, Brown and Harper to Auburn or something? I don't understand the love.
When you look on paper, he appears to have a really good resume/track record. He's fooled 3 D1 coaches at this point.