Not to mention some of those tournament appearances for CMG came with records Anthony Grant has had while at Bama and only ended up in the NIT.
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This is probably immaterial since CMG isn't on our radar as a replacement. Just shows that we need to spend some $$$$ to get a good coach.
If Stevens returns it will be to go to Indiana. A large faction of IU boosters are all in to dump Crean and replace him with Stevens.
This is one of the pervading themes I've feared for quite some time before I finally abandoned hope. Players that had bigger personalities than Grant early on were subdued, and he preferred to have an entire team cut directly from his cloth, in my opinion. However - a team, like any other organization - needs a good dynamic of leader/follower, inspirer/responder, etc. It's almost as if Grant was intimidated to have anyone on his team that may have had stronger leaderships skills than he, and the whole has suffered for it for multiple years now.
That's why it's so important to go back beyond the strategy that most fans are jumping to to where the fundamentals lie. These are still kids who want to have fun while playing and must be motivated that way. In short, I believe the entire team could use an "anti-depressant" at this point. Winning would cure a lot, but we lack the essentials to get there. So close as to always seemingly lead Florida with less than 10 minutes left, but so far away as to be psychologically trained to never come out on top.
Getting into women's basketball is a whole other soap box, but I faintly remember regularly battling Georgia for the number 2 spot in the league, at least worrying Coach Summit more than anyone else, making Sweet 16s regularly and the Final 4 run.
I'm unsure how close we got to hiring Staley a couple coaches ago (in the cycle I believe that resulted in the basic promotion of Hudson), but I knew we truly missed the boat if we were ever close.
If you're pondering such a move to the men's team, I'd still say you could do much worse.
This is what I've said ever since the early Gottfried days. Based on our once rich history and the emergence of a program like Florida who was considerably less historically successful than Bama before Donavan, there's no reason to be okay with accept less than this.
Three "Sweet 16 or beyond" seasons per decade and almost regular participation in the tourney is rationale and should be attainable. Florida blew up the notion (and good for them for doing it) that a school could only be a "football school". We've done it to a lesser extent in other (particularly women's) programs. It's basketball's turn.
Beware the ides of no March Madness again, but Grant also might want to beware the ides of February - it was humiliating losses to the Cow College on this date that ended the careers of his two immediate predecessors as 'Bama's basketball coach. Just sayin' (if not prayin')...
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Looking at IU's current record and upcoming schedule it would appear to me they are looking at around 21-22 wins overall, 11-12 conference wins and a probably NCAA tourney bid. Not sure you can fire Crean after a season like that which was a rebuilding year. I agree that Crean is not what IU needs but he probably is a good enough coach that will win enough games each year that they will have trouble firing him.
Since when have Universities had a problem "firing" winning coaches? It's happened before.
IU fans may be unhappy but I don't think I don't see them getting rid of Crean this year.
If Stevens tells them he is ready to leave the NBA, Crean is gone... Stevens is an Indiana guy and no way IU lets him go somewhere else.
Sean Miller…throw enough cash to make it happen.
Won't happen, but he would be my guy if I had Bill Battle's checkbook.
Won't happen, but he would be my guy if I had Bill Battle's checkbook.
I have to tell you that Sean loves Tucson and Tucson Loves Sean! Even more than Rich Rod!
Alasippi- I had this conversation with a guy at the State High school finals in Birmingham last year. Watched Mountain Brook win the 6A title with a bunch of white guys none of which were going to pay D1 ball anywhere. He was younger than me and disagreed with my assessment of the talent level. I just had to laugh.
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