Thamel: UNC hiring Mike Malone
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I think I’ve seen that his daughter is currently on their volleyball team and he had been hanging around campus a lot this year, so there is a connection there.
Wow that's unexpected if true.
No college head coaching experience at all? That would be concerning for me. He could be good I guess but I'm certainly not worried. And so much for the "blue bloods can get any proven head coach they want" crowd.
Billy D breaking hearts yet again
lol they thought they were getting May or Donovan and ended up with this guy. Fantastic.
know nothing about the guy but that seems like a punch in the gut to UNC fans
I wonder if Billy D finally said no and they immediately offered the job to Malone
Yikes.
I'd still take him over Mark but this has got to be disappointing
I'd still take him over Mark but this has got to be disappointing
Holy ****, I actually got one right. I've been saying he's a candidate in some of my previous posts.
This is awesome. Jokic was a fat 2nd round pick averaging 8 ppg in summer league when Malone got ahold of him.
This is awesome. Jokic was a fat 2nd round pick averaging 8 ppg in summer league when Malone got ahold of him.
We’ll see how this works. Guy wasn’t a bad pro coach.
And we should take notes. Because if this coming year ends up being Pope’s last, we are in the same boat as UNC.
Times have changed. Established guys with a Final Four on the resume at other P4 schools aren’t leaving that low pressure gig with stability for a fish bowl in which you are expected to win titles annually or else.
And we should take notes. Because if this coming year ends up being Pope’s last, we are in the same boat as UNC.
Times have changed. Established guys with a Final Four on the resume at other P4 schools aren’t leaving that low pressure gig with stability for a fish bowl in which you are expected to win titles annually or else.
Trying to go the Belichick route for basketball? Glad they didn’t get Donovan
Very interesting hire. As a Nuggets fan (second to UK of course) he has lots of pros and cons. But as a college coach...yeah idk. He notoriously played favorites and refused to develop young players. And what got him eventually ousted with Denver was losing the confidence of the locker room. Most likely due to his inflated ego.
Good coach, no doubt. A very big swing for UNC. Don't think he'll be recruiting many top freshman though haha
Good coach, no doubt. A very big swing for UNC. Don't think he'll be recruiting many top freshman though haha
Considered an elite Xs and Os coach. Took Jokic from a fat 2nd rounder averaging 8 ppg in summer league, to arguably the best player in the world.
Easy there he at least won a NBA title and we have Pope who’s probably on his last year unless he wins
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He's a great coach. If he can recruit then UNC is gonna good again real fast.
He’s a good coach, not sure how it will translate to college though.
Some of us said this in a thread a few months ago and got crushed. The days of a blueblood plucking a top coach from another program are gone. We will all have to gamble on up and comers.
I remember you saying he was around campus a lot.
Nah, fake news, I heard nobody wants to be the head coach at a blue blood, they'd rather stay put at ******* state, plus, I heard the blueblood fanbases are way too mean. Hurting coaches feelings.
He's a good coach but curious to see how he recruits and adjusts to the college game.
Low risk(the man can flat out coach), high reward(hire the right staff and recruiting will flourish)
Some of us got crushed for daring to say it a few months ago. Times have changed and coaches aren't motivated enough to risk success at a blueblood
UNC hires a coach who won an NBA title+500 NBA games, UK hires a guy with 0 NCAAT wins. That's what a serious athletic administration gets you.
I mean the guy has won an nba championship. Not like he’s some terrible coach. We’ll see how he does recruiting
Some of us weren’t shocked because we paid attention to CBB as a whole instead of tunnel visioning our own team. Blue bloods have to be smarter than ever these days. We need to be very wise over the next 12 months. (AKA don’t get rid of a coach until you have a gentleman’s agreement with your replacement.)
Haha
How many tournament wins for Mr Malone????
People don’t realize how bad this hire really is
As far as actual coaching goes they got a stud. How to he adjusts to recruiting, portal, hiring a staff remains to be seen.
This is far from a home run hire. He was probably outside of the initial top 10 candidates. It’s a panic hire because the portal opens tomorrow and they have to have a coach by then.
Not sure, why the, "nobody wants to coach at a blueblood" guys are taking this as proof for being right. UNC just hired a guy who won an NBA title and 500 games in the NBA. College is usually seen as a step down from the pros. In both basketball and football. All anyone has to do, is look at college football to know that is BS. Jon Sumrall, Lane Kiffin, Kalen Deober left from playing in the title game, to Alabama. Kiffin was in the playoffs at Ole Miss, left for LSU, Sumrall had Tulane rolling, left for a failing Florida program.
