SkinsNDeacs
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If we hire Dambrot maybe we can get JAMES! BOOOOOM!
Too bad you had to wake up!......
Not that anyone believes Miller would leave AZ to come here, but for the deluded, there's this from a couple of years ago - when Maryland was trying to get him:
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask...5385/why-didnt-sean-miller-leave-for-maryland
According to the Washington Post, one reason Miller didn't leave was because Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson, while interviewing the coach in Las Vegas, would not relent on academic standards for players.
Special admits. That's a term for special admission to a university, a way for a coach to secure more talented players -- most of whom are African American, from inner cities -- without strictly conforming to exact NCAA standards. It's what many successful coaches feel they need to compete against other schools that give talented, academically challenged kids a break that other student-athletes don't receive. It's what Miller wanted to coach at Maryland, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
Many coaches might have asked for the same. But it does show that Anderson is not complicit in anything under the table, because this is what he said:
No.
So we're not getting Sean Miller then. (Not that we were getting him anyway).
I don't want to be a total hater toward Archie Miller, because I do think if Shaka doesn't work out he will probably get a call from us, but his conference record is 9-7, 7-9, 10-6 in the A-10, which is essentially what Brian Gregory was doing when he was coach there. He's made a nice run in the tournament this year, but I don't think he's nearly an established enough winner to be a "home run" hire.
I also think people are reading too much into the "certain elements" part of Dan's story. He talks about how he was just hanging out shooting the shit with people at football practice - for all we know, "certain elements (or factions, whatever he said) could have been some random fans who don't think Shaka is that great (for what reason, I have no idea).
So we're not getting Sean Miller then. (Not that we were getting him anyway).
I don't want to be a total hater toward Archie Miller, because I do think if Shaka doesn't work out he will probably get a call from us, but his conference record is 9-7, 7-9, 10-6 in the A-10, which is essentially what Brian Gregory was doing when he was coach there. He's made a nice run in the tournament this year, but I don't think he's nearly an established enough winner to be a "home run" hire.
I also think people are reading too much into the "certain elements" part of Dan's story. He talks about how he was just hanging out shooting the shit with people at football practice - for all we know, "certain elements (or factions, whatever he said) could have been some random fans who don't think Shaka is that great (for what reason, I have no idea).
Do. Not. Want. (you jacking me off)
No one jacks me off better than I do.
Yeah, admins are unblockable.
What if you block a user and they later become admin (like, say, LK did)?
I would rather have Manning or White than Rick Barnes.
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Here is a crazy thought that would make the last two pieces by Dan make sense.
We are making a play for Sean Miller.
He's still coaching and is likely coaching through next weekend this justifying Wellman's comments about a long search.
He would be legit home run and I could imagine some saying Shaka is settling by comparison.
It's crazy but that's the only thing that makes sense given what Dan has shared.
I would rather have Manning or White than Rick Barnes.
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I would rather have Manning or White than Rick Barnes.
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If we're not getting Shaka I hope we don't go below a Marshall or Howland caliber name. We have got to have someone who has been proven to be a flat out great college coach and has the name recognition to make people sit up and take notice. I have little doubt Howland could do great things here. But I prefer Marshall. Have a bad feeling we're gonna end up with a much lesser name though.
I also think people are reading too much into the "certain elements" part of Dan's story.