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hatvol96

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Kevin O'Neill is now the official coach designate at Arizona. As I said in a column earlier this month, for all practical purposes, he's the Wildcat head man now.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Kevin O'Neill is now the official coach designate at Arizona. As I said in a column earlier this month, for all practical purposes, he's the Wildcat head man now.
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Good for Kevin.....AZ could be a nasty team come tourny time, the guard they have (help me out with his name) is going to be a good one...
 
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VolfanMike said:
Good for Kevin.....AZ could be a nasty team come tourny time, the guard they have (help me out with his name) is going to be a good one...
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Bayless is very good. He gets overshadowed by the other guards in this class.
 
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Man - one lucky guy to have that job fall into his hands like that... that's a great HC position.
 
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not good. UCLA might have a pete carroll style run in pac-10 basketball if lute retires. they already are halfway there.
 
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A link confirming hat's post:

Excite - Sports News

Bassmanbruno said:
Man - one lucky guy to have that job fall into his hands like that... that's a great HC position.
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I'm not sure I'd call him "lucky;" he is a good coach with a high degree of intensity. It was only a matter of time before he found his way back to the helm of a big program.
 
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cotton said:
A link confirming hat's post:

Excite - Sports News



I'm not sure I'd call him "lucky;" he is a good coach with a high degree of intensity. It was only a matter of time before he found his way back to the helm of a big program.
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I think there is a huge difference between getting the Arizona job and just some random big school conference job..
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
I think there is a huge difference between getting the Arizona job and just some random big school conference job..
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I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but Kevin's got a pretty good history. He helped place Marquett back on the map, taking them to the Sweet 16 amd becoming one of the hottest names in the country the year before UT got him. He was making good strides to resurrect our program before personal issues forced him to resign, landing him in the athletic wasteland that is Northwestern, and he even managed to get them to the NIT. From there he bounced around the NBA as an assistant and head coach before landing with Lute.

He did a good job at Marquett, set the table at UT, and had a little success at NW before learning how impossible that situation really is (his NIT appearance was the 3rd postseason appearance in NW history.) He has NBA experience, and he is a famously good recruiter. This is not a "stretch" hire.
 
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Kevin O'Neill is about 20x better of a coach than his record states.

His defensive acumen is going to help Arizona so much (it already has)
 
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I never said he wasn't a good coach. But the guy didn't really have any competition is what I meant when I said "lucky" - he was put in the best possible situation for him and he landed a huge job... Arizona > TN/Marquette/NW.
 
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Talked to a friend in Tucson last night and had to assure him everything would be ok. Lots of worried people down there but I think it's only because they were in a comfort zone with Olsen.
 
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