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Danny Manning to MD as Assistant to Turgeon

He's a name kids (or at least their parents) may recognize. He was apparently a decent assistant at KU. He may be a good dude in person; hard to tell based on his press conferences. It is probably worth a shot from the Terrapin perspective.
 
He's a name kids (or at least their parents) may recognize. He was apparently a decent assistant at KU. He may be a good dude in person; hard to tell based on his press conferences. It is probably worth a shot from the Terrapin perspective.

Interestingly, KU had an assistant spot open and he was not hired there. No idea whether there was any mutual interest or not, but he did not go back despite being available and room for him on the staff. I guess he's fine as long as he does not have to actually coach.
 
Meh. Mark Turgeon hires his buddy. This doesn't move the needle in either direction. Mark Turgeon's two biggest problems are that he absolutely cannot coach offense and he's completely shut out from any of the big time DC prospects for political reasons. Danny Manning does nothing for either of those issues. Turgeon has zero drive as a competitor to be great. He's perfectly happy going 24-12 and collecting his paychecks. He thinks that's "winning."
 
We thought the same thing when Manning was hired that his name would open parents' doors. We knew he couldn't coach , but we thought he would be able to recruit great athletes who could win despite him. I'm sure he will bring the same traits to MD.
 
Meh. Mark Turgeon hires his buddy. This doesn't move the needle in either direction. Mark Turgeon's two biggest problems are that he absolutely cannot coach offense and he's completely shut out from any of the big time DC prospects for political reasons. Danny Manning does nothing for either of those issues. Turgeon has zero drive as a competitor to be great. He's perfectly happy going 24-12 and collecting his paychecks. He thinks that's "winning."


Manning has a similar attitude.
 
Good luck to Manning. Had an awful run at WF but maybe he'll be back in his element as an assistant, who can help develop the bigs.
 
Unwiped ass and the Maryland fan base. Name a more iconic duo.
 
Meh. Mark Turgeon hires his buddy. This doesn't move the needle in either direction. Mark Turgeon's two biggest problems are that he absolutely cannot coach offense and he's completely shut out from any of the big time DC prospects for political reasons. Danny Manning does nothing for either of those issues. Turgeon has zero drive as a competitor to be great. He's perfectly happy going 24-12 and collecting his paychecks. He thinks that's "winning."

Bro this is a wake message board. I'd kill for fucking 24-12
 
I've never heard this before. What's the story behind this?

That has been a theme for Maryland basketball for a long time. DeMatha and Gonzaga are two of DC's Catholic school powers. Each school produces D1 players every year, and the last quality player that MD landed from either school may be Jarod Mustaf (who is now in his 50s). It's hard to explain as MD has done very well in Baltimore, including the Catholic schools there. The really weird thing about this is that Turgeon's kid played at Gonzaga; so, you would think that would help the DC to Maryland pipeline (Maryland is pushing hard for Judah Mintz; 2022 prospect at Gonzaga). Think a big part of Maryland's problem in DC is that DC is not a "Maryland" town; if anything its a pro sports town, but no alums/fans from any one school dominate the area as DC has so many people that moved there from someplace else. There is no hometown preference; kids in DC don't grow up dreaming of playing for Maryland, like kids from KY grow up dreaming for playing for Kentucky. The best players in DC often want to get out of town. Most recently, that included Hunter Dickenson going to Michigan, Justin Moore going to Villanova and Luke Garza going to Iowa (Maryland didn't recruit Garza).
 
That has been a theme for Maryland basketball for a long time. DeMatha and Gonzaga are two of DC's Catholic school powers. Each school produces D1 players every year, and the last quality player that MD landed from either school may be Jarod Mustaf (who is now in his 50s). It's hard to explain as MD has done very well in Baltimore, including the Catholic schools there. The really weird thing about this is that Turgeon's kid played at Gonzaga; so, you would think that would help the DC to Maryland pipeline (Maryland is pushing hard for Judah Mintz; 2022 prospect at Gonzaga). Think a big part of Maryland's problem in DC is that DC is not a "Maryland" town; if anything its a pro sports town, but no alums/fans from any one school dominate the area as DC has so many people that moved there from someplace else. There is no hometown preference; kids in DC don't grow up dreaming of playing for Maryland, like kids from KY grow up dreaming for playing for Kentucky. The best players in DC often want to get out of town. Most recently, that included Hunter Dickenson going to Michigan, Justin Moore going to Villanova and Luke Garza going to Iowa (Maryland didn't recruit Garza).

While true, KY basketball teams are almost entirely not made up of players actually from Kentucky. KY is not a hotbed of talent.
 
We thought the same thing when Manning was hired that his name would open parents' doors. We knew he couldn't coach , but we thought he would be able to recruit great athletes who could win despite him. I'm sure he will bring the same traits to MD.

Not to re-litigate it (but also, why not?)... but there were plenty of us dubious about his recruiting ability and the value of his name when he was hired at Wake.

Coming in, the one thing I was confident about was that he would coach a good defense (because he did in his 2nd year of Tulsa). Everything else was, at best, unproven.
 
It’s past time for us to have a [redacted] equivalent. Wasn’t it going to be [Paint Touches]
 
I guess we don’t have to discuss Peyton or Eli anymore.
 
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