Are you in favor of picking a successful mid major coach once again, or do we need a splash hire like we did in football? The Murray State coach has his team cruising.
wangus12 said:
Can we even get a splash hire here
Luke The Drifter said:
Uh...the last time we hired a Murray State coach, it didn't end so well. 6 years of terrible basketball with 2 good years sprinkled in.
Hard pass...
Deputy Travis Junior said:Luke The Drifter said:
Uh...the last time we hired a Murray State coach, it didn't end so well. 6 years of terrible basketball with 2 good years sprinkled in.
Hard pass...
Problem was we hired Fran (Kennedy) while Patterson (Prohm) once again didn't come along.
Nothing wrong with hiring a low level coach who knows what he's doing.
Luke The Drifter said:
Uh...the last time we hired a Murray State coach, it didn't end so well. 6 years of terrible basketball with 2 good years sprinkled in.
Hard pass...
did Maryland know Williams was going to bolt or how did they snag turge that late in the game?Luke The Drifter said:
And let's not forget that Turgeon resigned on us late in the game. Has he bolted in early March vs. late April, our pool or replacements would have been deeper. We hired Kennedy in part because he was the (alleged) best available in the month of May.
Because Williams retire that late. He retired May 5thAston04 said:did Maryland know Williams was going to bolt or how did they snag turge that late in the game?Luke The Drifter said:
And let's not forget that Turgeon resigned on us late in the game. Has he bolted in early March vs. late April, our pool or replacements would have been deeper. We hired Kennedy in part because he was the (alleged) best available in the month of May.
My opinion is bb was lazy with that hire. Didn't do his homework and went on the cheap.
Kennedy has a better overall winning percentage and conference winning percentage at Murray St. than the current coach everybody is drooling over today after the Marquette win. But don't let me slow down your schtick.AgsNguyen said:
It's jist like us to hire the only bad Murray state coach in a sting of very good coaches.
Whether you think it was faulty or not, his plan was to hire Kennedy on the cheap and then use the savings to money whip a stud high level recruiter, which was Cyprien. He had a Top 25 national recruit committed and several Top 50 prospects set up for official visits when the Parkinson's diagnosis went public...and that caused the commit to leave and the targets look elsewhere. The diagnosis basically hamstrung Cyprien after that, and his strengths as a recruiter were never seriously utilized after that.Aston04 said:did Maryland know Williams was going to bolt or how did they snag turge that late in the game?Luke The Drifter said:
And let's not forget that Turgeon resigned on us late in the game. Has he bolted in early March vs. late April, our pool or replacements would have been deeper. We hired Kennedy in part because he was the (alleged) best available in the month of May.
My opinion is bb was lazy with that hire. Didn't do his homework and went on the cheap.
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how did they snag turge
Hop said:Kennedy has a better overall winning percentage and conference winning percentage at Murray St. than the current coach everybody is drooling over today after the Marquette win. But don't let me slow down your schtick.AgsNguyen said:
It's jist like us to hire the only bad Murray state coach in a sting of very good coaches.
Hop said:Kennedy has a better overall winning percentage and conference winning percentage at Murray St. than the current coach everybody is drooling over today after the Marquette win. But don't let me slow down your schtick.AgsNguyen said:
It's jist like us to hire the only bad Murray state coach in a sting of very good coaches.
agreed. My point is it's not impossible to make a really good hire late in the game. Should have been ready for scenario to go after interested stud coaches with how much turge complained.91AggieLawyer said:Quote:
how did they snag turge
He was looking to leave. Maybe not just anywhere but he would jump at any good opportunity.
GrayMatter said:
Because until he is announced everything is speculation at this point. Too many things can happen until the contract is signed.
GrayMatter said:
Because until he is announced everything is speculation at this point. Too many things can happen until the contract is signed.
Pumpkinhead said:GrayMatter said:
Because until he is announced everything is speculation at this point. Too many things can happen until the contract is signed.
this situation seems to have gone a bit beyond the 'speculation' point.
You are now arguing something different than your OP...which was that Kennedy was the only bad coach Murray State has had in recent history. The numbers don't reflect that, even if my math on the overall record was off by 1.2%. His numbers are very similar to Cronin, Prohm, Gottfried, and McMahon.AgsNguyen said:Hop said:Kennedy has a better overall winning percentage and conference winning percentage at Murray St. than the current coach everybody is drooling over today after the Marquette win. But don't let me slow down your schtick.AgsNguyen said:
It's jist like us to hire the only bad Murray state coach in a sting of very good coaches.
At Murray state Bk 107-53 Win percentage .669
McMahon 86-41 Win percentage .677
But don't let facts gets in the way of your schtick hop.
Put Cronin prohm Bk and McMahon on a list and one guy is clearly getting picked last. Unless the job is for who can get the most Aggie message board love after getting fired for sucking.