Another TU coach who thought the pasture was greener but found out differently. He should have asked Buzz Peterson and Steve Robinson. He will probably sit on the Kansas bench for the next few years with Norm Roberts .
Danny Manning Fired at Wake Forest
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He could have had a good career at Tulsa but seemed to be “above” coaching at little ole Tulsa from the start. The Tulsa job always was just a stepping stone for him.CUSA to the ACC was too much too soon and possibly just too much at any time.
I do wish him the best but I.I. Is correct—he’ll probably sit next to Norm for a while and like Norm, maybe a long while.
He mostly did right by us. There was a lot of good energy back then. Wish he hadn’t of whimped out on AAC.
It’s more of a gray area with Robinson and what Buzz did is so shameful it still haunts him.
It’s more of a gray area with Robinson and what Buzz did is so shameful it still haunts him.
He got us Shaq Harrison, who's one of the coolest players we've ever had. I still think he could have stuck it out with that class and gotten a better job, but hard to argue with $30 million for 6 years of work at Wake.
$385,000 per win or $1,000,000 per ACC win. Not a bad gig.
Agree. He lacked the chip on the shoulder of “I have to prove myself” that nearly all memorable Tulsa coaches have. I never got the feeling that he thought he was too good for us, my impression, speaking briefly with him just a few times, was that he had such a high personal confidence in himself that he felt he would be successful somewhere else regardless of what opportunities TU gave him. We were a pit stop, not a stepping stone and not a step down.
I don’t think he really got to know the city at all. In contrast, Haith seems to appreciate it.
I thought Manning could have had a great career at TU.
I ran into his uber-short assistant coach at Reasors his first year. He said Danny wasn’t worried about money...he wanted to win. They thought they could win C-USA every year.
To me, the turning point was concessions the University wouldn’t make for him.
There were two Juco big men (I think on the West Coast) that Danny badly wanted...but needed to bend the rules to get them. Didn’t happen. He was super pissed...and I don’t think he ever became “unpissed”.
I think Bill Self told him TU would support scenarios like this (David Shelton), but they didn’t.
I ran into his uber-short assistant coach at Reasors his first year. He said Danny wasn’t worried about money...he wanted to win. They thought they could win C-USA every year.
To me, the turning point was concessions the University wouldn’t make for him.
There were two Juco big men (I think on the West Coast) that Danny badly wanted...but needed to bend the rules to get them. Didn’t happen. He was super pissed...and I don’t think he ever became “unpissed”.
I think Bill Self told him TU would support scenarios like this (David Shelton), but they didn’t.
I'm glad he went when he did....I never thought he was playing with a full set of
keys, and he thought TU was the Ghetto of basketball destinations....Piss on him
and the Jayhawk he rode in on.....
You really wonder if Bill Self has any need or room for him....What is he going to
contribute?? He has proven he can't coach a lick......
He's never been 'great' any place else, and he simply didn't like the basketball
situation at Tulsa....I'm not sure where his greatness mojo would have come
from.......He's really been a coaching disaster...
Kansas will use him for PR and handshaking the recruits telling them he can get them to the pros easier. But we all know now his limited capabilities................
It’s interesting that your impression of him is so different from mine. But you spend more time close to the program and more importantly know so much more about basketball.
He also had a transfer from Auburn on campus who was ready to play and couldn’t get cleared by the school. I got to play a bit of pick up ball with him in the rec center.
Manning really didn’t do much in recruiting after the first year. That last class kind of stunk. Curtis, Ray, and Shaq were good players. Anyone could have recruited Shaq and Ray. Curtis never lived up to the hype.
People forget how much of that team was made up of Wojcik leftovers like Swannegan and players who stayed on because no one else came after them, like Juice and Wright. That was what was fun about that team.
People forget how much of that team was made up of Wojcik leftovers like Swannegan and players who stayed on because no one else came after them, like Juice and Wright. That was what was fun about that team.
Hell, I’d take a D’Andre Wright, A Rashad Smith or even a Zeldric King right now. We just need another bigish body.
I'll see your scrubs and raise you Emmanuel Eze Chinonso, Keondre Dew, and Petar Rusic.
Taking a big for the sake of having a big is a sucker’s play. I’d rather have good players.
I fold with only a Brian Cardwell in my hand.
It's going to be hard to land either of those this late in the process. lol
Also, only one of those guys was a bad player per se.
Why can't I get just two d's(
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Sorry if the reference was over your head,(/\) considering you prolly weren't even born yet.
Sure hope CK has graduated. He's getting a little long in the beak to still be in college.
Oh no, Blondi Baruti came up on the river... I’ll be taking those chips.
Alyn was decent his senior year.. he at least forced you to shoot over him and alter your shot..