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2019 College Basketball Coaching Carousel

I'm a Mike Anderson fan, don't think he should have gotten fired at Arkansas.
 
You all can shit on Mike Anderson if you want to, but St. John’s has a better coach than we do.
 
birdman said:
You all can shit on Mike Anderson if you want to, but St. John’s has a better coach than we do.
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Yeah. His career record is 369–200 (.649). By comparison, Prosser was 126–68 (.649) at Wake and 291–146 (.666) overall.
 
PhDeac said:
Yeah. His career record is 369–200 (.649). By comparison, Prosser was 126–68 (.649) at Wake and 291–146 (.666) overall.
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...and Anderson’s gotten that .649 winning record at three schools with many different recruiting classes. SJU probably isn’t going to win a Natty with Anderson, but they will be better.
 
birdman said:
...and Anderson’s gotten that .649 winning record at three schools with many different recruiting classes. SJU probably isn’t going to win a Natty with Anderson, but they will be better.
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I could see him getting Wake to a double bye in the ACC tournament and maybe sweet 16 in NCAA's. That would be much appreciated after the last decade.
 
birdman said:
...and Anderson’s gotten that .649 winning record at three schools with many different recruiting classes. SJU probably isn’t going to win a Natty with Anderson, but they will be better.
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This is why raw numbers, without context don't mean much. Skip was a HC for fourteen years. He had two bad at Wake (that were turned around after his death). In his other twelve years as a HC, his teams came in 5th once, 3rd four times, 2nd three times and 1st four times.

Anderson league record is - 10th -once; 9th twice; 6th/7th/8th once each; 5th three times; 4th twice; 3rd once; 2nd three times and 1st once.

In his fifteen years as a HC Anderson has come in 5th or worse 9 times. Ship came in 5th or worse 3 times out of fourteen. Skip was 11/14 Top 3 vs. Anderson was 5/15.

What am I thinking? Putting numbers in context is wrong. I should know this by now.

I'm not saying Anderson is a bad coach. His record is mediocre.
 
RJKarl said:
This is why raw numbers, without context don't mean much. Skip was a HC for fourteen years. He had two bad at Wake (that were turned around after his death). In his other twelve years as a HC, his teams came in 5th once, 3rd four times, 2nd three times and 1st four times.

Anderson league record is - 10th -once; 9th twice; 6th/7th/8th once each; 5th three times; 4th twice; 3rd once; 2nd three times and 1st once.

In his fifteen years as a HC Anderson has come in 5th or worse 9 times. Ship came in 5th or worse 3 times out of fourteen. Skip was 11/14 Top 3 vs. Anderson was 5/15.

What am I thinking? Putting numbers in context is wrong. I should know this by now.

I'm not saying Anderson is a bad coach. His record is mediocre.
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You should also add the context that Anderson took over a disaster at Missouri and Skip took over a team with Songaila and Howard. But, I wasn’t comparing him to Skip, just saying he’s had descent success at different schools with different players. SJU has a better coach than we do.
 
Wake is better with Manning than UVA is with Bennett going forward, though...

Just yanking your chain, RJ!
 
Goodman's takes on the coaching carousel: https://watchstadium.com/news/breaking-down-college-basketball-coaching-hires-best-worst-hire-biggest-surprise-04-19-2019/

Best hire: Buzz Williams TX A&M
Worst hire: Mike Anderson St. John's
Best outside the box hire: Nate Oats Alabama (not sure why this is outside the box; just a good hire)
"Coolest" hire: Mike Young VT (because it looked like he was going to be mid-major lifer)

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Available and waiting:

1. Pitino
2. Matta (Waiting for the perfect job "probably means something in the Midwest")
3. JT III
4. Bryce Drew (took Vandy to the NCAA in year #1; recruited an NBA lottery pick to Vandy)
5. Andy Kennedy

53 openings. Only 8 filled by African-American candidates. Hmmmm....
 
This is not exactly a coaching search article but it eloquently sets out why the VT job is not for everyone. Ms. Giovanni is a great promoter of VT and its version of Maya Angelou. I wish she'd mentioned that Buzz is not going to find a doughnut better than Carol Lee's in College Station. A similar article can be written for LOWF and the Dash.

https://www.roanoke.com/opinion/com...cle_9ccda332-5ade-5d9f-b62e-9fbddb7e6a21.html
 
You won't find heaven on Earth, but the Roanoke Kroegers are about as close as one gets
 
Any chance Billy Donovan is going to be available soon?
 
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