The point Iâm trying to make is the same one dave92 did above â what happens over the next five weeks doesnât matter. Theyâve already identified the candidates they want â and a poor season or early postseason loss this year likely wonât affect the pecking order.
John Casteen was enamored with Jim Calhoun from his UConn days so was willing to take his former top assistant whose resume wasnât great, and whose most recent team bowed out early in the NIT.
âJust roll the ball out there and let the players play,â is a gross mischaracterization of Richard Pitinoâs system. âPlay fast, play free,â is more like it.
I know thatâs a hard one for Hoofans to come to grips with, still suffering from the Stockholm syndrome of watching the rigid-as-hell Bennett system play at the slowest pace in the nation for 15 years.
I do think Odomâs performance at the end of this season (read also: Tournament success) could have a major impact on his compensation level at UVA.
I wish I were still under the trance of that syndrome.
364-136. A national title. Two ACC tournament nets.
Iâm not sure why youâre still so hung up on the greatest 15 year-run in UVa basketball history.
Iâm not. I loved it too. Iâm just railing against the notion that, when it comes to UVA basketball, fast = bad!
For me, this is just a continuation of a frequent debate: was Tony a great coach, and his system was X, or was Tony a great coach because his system was X.
The last few years indicate that Tony agreed with the latter formulation ⌠which is too bad, because if he cared more about the former (staying a great coach) he may have cared more about adapting.
What annoyed me the the last few years, is that Tony didnât want to adapt, and he managed to convince a lot of our fans that ânot adaptingâ was somehow virtuous or principled (and I think the first person he convinced was himself).
When Billy Lange (St. Joes) gets canned, wonder if the new coach would take Austin Williford with Chance Mallory. Could be a Joe Bamisile type.
Since we arenât getting BuckyâŚ.
Chris Jans would actually be my first choice - please donât refer to UVA being holier than thou.
4 full seasons at New Mexico State
1st place in conference 4 times.
3 Madness appearances including a 1 point loss in 2019 to Final 4 Auburn and a relatively easy win vs UConn in 2022. - First madness win for NMSU since 1993.
The other time was 2020 with no madness and they went 16-0 in conference.
Then he goes to Mississippi State 3 years ago and first 2 years they get to the madness and are on pace to get there again this year in his 3rd year.
They had only been to the madness once in the 13 years before he got to Mississippi State.
Just curious how would define his style of play/what donât you like about it?
Which side would you bet, @kendall 's list or the field?
He got caught on camera drunkenly feeling up a woman at a bar. Disqualifying even if heâs cleaned up.
Heâs also already 55. I donât really want us to hire someone older than Odom unless theyâre a HOFâer type (e.g., Scott Drew)
I posted this in the vip thread:
Statistical profile of Lllâ Pitinoâs teams:
This reads as a guy who needs better athletes/talent and rolls the ball out. Sort of like his dad but without the level of success (or bagmen)âŚ
On top of that, the commentators in a game were reflecting on pitino saying he needs to âcoach his team lessâ and just âtrust the players to do their thingâ.
Exactly. Nothing any candidate does in the next 2-3 weeks changes who they are as a coach. But the optics can become insurmountable.
Iâm all fairness, heâs coached top 25 defenses the last 2 years. So while I donât like his offensive philosophy as a fit at uva, heâs coached up good defenses.
Heâs also had good rebounding and turnover teams.
All of that is great. But his offensive approach screams needing better athletes than his peers (in this case Unc, duke, Louisville, etc).
Jim Brewer is the guy who I think had the longest career in the NBA
Actually it probably was Kevin McHale (who played with Brewer and Mr Seagull)
Roy Williams was accused of being the same. I think this discounts the level of system implementation that happens in practice. The players are drilled so that when X happens, then each player is supposed to do certain things or if the defense does Y then each player knows what to do.
Coach not calling plays from the sideline each possession doesnât mean theyâre not coaching or the players do whatever they want.
McHale did not arrive at Minnesota until 76-77. He was definitely not on the 1972 team (he was born in 1957, Brewer and Winfield were born in 1951).
I just cant get over how much our guy @kendall looks like my cousin Clint
One thing I havenât seen discussed is that VCU is basically all seniors. Which helps explain why theyâre playing well, but also, Odom wouldnât be bringing any players of consequence with him