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#276
I guess the good thing about this breaking out is that we'll find out relatively soon whether he has interest or not, assuming he speaks to the media.
 
#277
#277
jw0595 said:
I'm surprised Tubby hasn't got more play. I had heard earlier in the year he was looking for warmer weather. I would not mind Tubby at all. Also, Cuonzo Martin is a great coach, he can relate to the inner city kids, he grew up in East St. Louis, which is about as freaking hopeless as it gets.
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Tubby will not win a championship here. Many of the guys we are considering won't either, but we don't know that. We know Tubby won't therefore he is a non-starter.
 
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#278
lylsmorr said:
He's one of the best possible candidates for the job.
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And again I say: maybe I'm missing something. This is the guy who coached the Nets and actually got worse as they went along, right? I mean, there isn't another "Lawrence Frank" who's a basketball coach is there?
 
#280
#280
Stephens is clearly a home run hire and would be my personal choice.....He's proven he can get it done with less..Smart I am not sold on yet...I would like to see what he could do with his own recruits...Mooney wouldn't be a bad choice either.
 
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#281
papatomany said:
And again I say: maybe I'm missing something. This is the guy who coached the Nets and actually got worse as they went along, right? I mean, there isn't another "Lawrence Frank" who's a basketball coach is there?
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Haha have you seen the roster he was coaching when they were terrible?
 
#282
#282
Frank neither plays the bongos nor trains ants - should've used those to throw it off. Never, expected Feynman reference would take hold. At all.
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#283
#283
tvolsfan said:
Seems like a brilliant direction for a program that has been dealing with the NCAA.

And with the exception of the Fab 5, what has he done with his own players?
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Have you been watching basketball? I mean San Diego St is like 30-2. Not saying we should hire the man but he has proven he can win with his own guys
 
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#285
Tenacious D said:
Frank neither plays the bongos nor trains ants - should've used those to throw it off. Never, expected Feynman reference would take hold. At all.
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I tip my hat to you for seeing the commonality and making the connection in the first place.
 
#287
#287
About him bailing on the Celtics: He can take two weeks or what not, get acclamated with the players, talk to the current and future recruits, and get his staff together. Then go back to the Celts.
 
#288
#288
volwarrior33 said:
I don't believe he'd be allowed to talk to any current players or recruits while he was still with the Celtics.
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How is that any different from a football coach like Weis staying in the NFL until there season is over while running a college program like he did at ND a few years back?
 
#293
#293
papatomany said:
And again I say: maybe I'm missing something. This is the guy who coached the Nets and actually got worse as they went along, right? I mean, there isn't another "Lawrence Frank" who's a basketball coach is there?
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Just because he didn't do well with the nets(like anybody can) doesn't mean he's a bad coach. He has little control of what players he gets and he has to deal with legit super stars. Different animal in NBA.
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#294
#294
utvols88 said:
Just because he didn't do well with the nets(like anybody can) doesn't mean he's a bad coach. He has little control of what players he gets and he has to deal with legit super stars. Different animal in NBA.
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If people can't look at the situation with the Nets and understand why Frank's teams got worse, you can't help them.
 
#296
#296
Im gonna put all this Fisher stuff to bed. Never said we should hire the guy as a matter of fact I don't want UT to hire him. I was just saying that he can win, the Webber thing wasn't his fault, and he made San Diego St. of all places a hoops winner.
 
#297
#297
papatomany said:
And again I say: maybe I'm missing something. This is the guy who coached the Nets and actually got worse as they went along, right? I mean, there isn't another "Lawrence Frank" who's a basketball coach is there?
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You mean the deadbeat organization whose ownership literally killed the team and got progressively worse after Frank left?
 
#298
#298
ITSGR82BATNVOL said:
Stevens...34 years old...8-3 in the ncaa tourney against teams with far superior talent...That's all that needs to be said. Don't know if he would be interested, but you try like hell to get him.
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This is where the checkbook counts. Make it so attractive that he cannot say no.
 
#299
#299
kxtop said:
This is where the checkbook counts. Make it so attractive that he cannot say no.
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Major longshot--I doubt as a midwest guy that he has any affinity for the south, sec or UT, but give this guy our absolute best offer/pitch. Put a busty, nude blonde on a Tennessee Walker and send them up to his house (after the tourney)--find his weakness! Except that could get us in hot water again....
 
#300
#300
RockyTop411 said:
I don't really want Smart.

Stevens probably won't leave Butler.

And do we have a legit chance at the Marquette Coach?
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Money levels the playing field, no matter how much the coaching prospects may deny it. The Marquette coach only makes about $850,000 per year living and coaching in the frozen tundra.
 
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