College Hoops Around The Country [TN opponents, RPI, others]

[bleedingTNorange]

They’re getting dangerously close to “must win the AAC tournament to get in” mode and it’s still January. Oof.

They are already there.

 

[VolPack22]

They’re getting dangerously close to “must win the AAC tournament to get in” mode and it’s still January. Oof.

Couldn’t happen to a better guy.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Penny is doing well. He’s totally fine.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

 

[bleedingTNorange]

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Penny the wordsmith.

 

[gordonr24]

Here’s the clip of Anfernee’s outburst. Sad human being with no accountability.

 

[walkenvol]

Those quotes from Penny sounds like a coach feeling the pressure

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

He should have just said that the reporters shop at Kmart and moved on.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Penny does nothing but make excuses. He has a roster of supremely talented future NBA players and all he does is make excuses. Who cares what their age is. A good coach worth their salt could easily take 17/18 year old Jaren Duren and Emoni Bates and run roughshod over the AAC.

 

[gordonr24]

There’s no doubt that Penny will be Larry Finched. And he will be fired because he’s a dumb mf that has too much pride and thinks he’s a good coach.

 

[cardvolfan]

Hardaway is who we’ve always known he was. I can’t imagine any coach in America getting away with the stuff he does. Maybe Bobby Knight way back when. He’s a ticking time bomb.

 

[Delmar]

Penny showed his class (or take out the c and the l) in the first game against UT. Everybody knew he was all hat and no cattle when it came to coaching. Sorry but high school all stars and AAU ball don’t count when you are in the big leagues. Funny thing is they aren’t even in the big leagues and he can’t handle it. Listen to the press conference on You Tube. I can’t see how they let him continue. It is one of the most classless things I’ve ever seen.

 

[omghulkhands]

You can have a giant ego and succeed as a coach.

But you can’t have a giant ego AND a fragile self-esteem. That just doesn’t work

 

[Delmar]

You can have a giant ego and succeed as a coach.

But you can’t have a giant ego AND a fragile self-esteem. That just doesn’t work

If you don’t have the coaching chops, it doesn’t matter which one you have. His only experience was a couple of years with a recruited high school all star team and AAU ball. Never paid his dues as a college assistant and it shows.

 

[VolGee4]

There’s no doubt that Penny will be Larry Finched. And he will be fired because he’s a dumb mf that has too much pride and thinks he’s a good coach.

I think there’s a chance he leaves before they fire him. But I know someone who knows Penny, and it’s obvious, but he has a big ego.

 

[gordonr24]

I think there’s a chance he leaves before they fire him. But I know someone who knows Penny, and it’s obvious, but he has a big ego.

That’s why I think Memphis will be forced to make the tough decision and decide for him. His ego.

 

[cncchris33]

Those quotes from Penny sounds like a coach feeling the pressure

Yup

 

[Delmar]

I think there’s a chance he leaves before they fire him. But I know someone who knows Penny, and it’s obvious, but he has a big ego.

A lot of great players think they can coach. But there have been plenty of examples of those who can’t. Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullen come to mind. Add Penny to that list.

 

[cncchris33]

You can have a giant ego and succeed as a coach.

But you can’t have a giant ego AND a fragile self-esteem. That just doesn’t work

It's always seemed like false bravado because that fragile self-esteem always seemed to outshine the big ego.

 

[Delmar]

It's always seemed like false bravado because that fragile self-esteem always seemed to outshine the big ego.

No debate about a huge ego. But I don’t think his self esteem is fragile at all. He is on record as saying he was one of the best to ever play the game. And he was when healthy. But I think he truly thinks he can coach as well as he could play. His “success” in high school and AAU ball fed that delusion. He just thought he could promise kids he knows how to get them to the NBA and that’s all he would need.

 

[golfballs]

Hate to see it

 

[golfballs]

“Stop disrespecting me bro”

 

[Delmar]

Hate to see it

Yep, an absolute tragedy.

 

[TooLegit2Quit]

Rasheed peaced out from sideline coaching before the game too, lmao. Is this the death of Memphis basketball or did Pastner drive the stake through it? The program has been completely irrelevant since Cal left.