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coredeac said:
Why in God's name are we absolutely obsessed with retaining Rusty Larue and Randolph Childress? Are we running a job opportunity program or a God damn big money, Division I enterprise?

Can we PLEASE stop with the nepotism? Please!

I just don't get it.
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We're not. People just like to keep posting that like it's true.
 
KVegasDeac said:
I'm willing to bet Turner is on the list...just by the way his name keeps coming up. Could be that a lot of our staff and people close to our staff have a connection to him. Doesn't mean he will get hired or even interviewed.
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That makes a lot more sense. It also sounds a whole hell of a lot better.

Marshall, Ron. Ya jackass. . ,
 
IAppreciateIt said:
Turner is obviously not my favorite, but he would be okay. He has the resume of a guy who looks like a decent coach and even brought a 4 star to uci. Id take him over a lot of other horrible names that have been discussed like Mooney, Pauslen or reed.
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I usually agree with you, and I'd prefer him to those 3 by default. But his KP resume is pretty ugly. They popped this year solely because they are 1/351 in 2 pt FG % defense due to the 7'6¨ beast rim protecting against bad competition. I don't really view that as easily translatable. Their offense is still very poor this year as it has been all 4 years.

I really don't see the optimism unless it is just a read into his recruiting ability from his recruiting history at Irvine.
 
Turner isn't in my top 3, but why all the hate? His responsibility at Wake was the bigs when Duncan was here. I'd say he did a pretty damn good job coaching up a 6'8 210lb freshmen into a nice little player. I'd bet he could recruit like hell off of Duncan.
 
Azdeac said:
Turner isn't in my top 3, but why all the hate? His responsibility at Wake was the bigs when Duncan was here. I'd say he did a pretty damn good job coaching up a 6'8 210lb freshmen into a nice little player. I'd bet he could recruit like hell off of Duncan.
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Russell Turner needs Tim Duncan on his resume far more than Tim Duncan needs Russell Turner on his.

There's your first clue.
 
Azdeac said:
Turner isn't in my top 3, but why all the hate? His responsibility at Wake was the bigs when Duncan was here. I'd say he did a pretty damn good job coaching up a 6'8 210lb freshmen into a nice little player. I'd bet he could recruit like hell off of Duncan.
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What's his recruiting been like at Irvine?
 
coredeac said:
Russell Turner needs Tim Duncan on his resume far more than Tim Duncan needs Russell Turner on his.

There's your first clue.
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Turner deserves a fuckload of credit for developing Tim Duncan. You're an idiot if you don't know that.
 
BobStackFan4Life said:
What's his recruiting been like at Irvine?
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You can't compare recruiting to UCI to recruiting at Wake - the ACC is a different ballgame. Talking up Duncan's development where he actually played is different.

Guys, I'm not saying Turner is the right man for the job or advocating the hire - just saying he doesn't deserve the hate.
 
Azdeac said:
Turner deserves a fuckload of credit for developing Tim Duncan. You're an idiot if you don't know that.
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LOL. No, he doesn't deserve a "fuckload of credit" for developing Tim Duncan. We've been through three pages of Russell Turner with the hardest of hardcore WFU fans and people are having to Wiki the guy to even know who he is. So, no, Russell Turner did NOT develop Tim Duncan.


I assume you're drunk for even posting something this dumb.


Let's please move onto serious coaching candidates. Russell Turner is NOT one of them.
 
wake20 said:
Russell Turner is Jeff [Redacted], Jr. Seriously.

Just kill me.
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woody9186 said:
Turner's KP finishes at UC-Irvine

225
252
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94 (currently)

UGH. I just can't get excited at all. Would be really, really disappointed if Turner ends up being the guy. Really disappointed.
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But he's obviously someone who would keep all of our current assistants... And look how well that has worked out for us.
 
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If we hire a fucking coach from UC-Irvine then we can quit playing in the ACC.

Nobody here knows anything for sure but one or two well-informed posters. It's impossible to get information at all out of this regime and almost anything that comes out is almost certainly speculation.

Everybody else is just pulling shit out of their ass for giggles.
 
thedeacfan said:
But he's obviously someone who would keep all of our current assistants...
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That doesn't make much sense when you're hiring a 43 year old coach. With Howland, there is at least the argument however weak it is that you could have him right the program and then have him hand the reins over to Rusty or Chill in a few years. A Turner hire just locks them into assistant roles for their entire careers.
 
If there was a person out there who could legitimately claim to have developed Tim Duncan from a skinny kid from the VI into one of the greatest college players of all-time, he'd be doing a lot more than coaching at UC-Irvine.

I think the career trajectories of Tim Duncan post-Wake compared to anybody who ever coached him are a pretty strong indication that Tim Duncan is responsible for his own greatness.
 
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