Tom Crean Fired
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I've said it many times, no one did less with more, than Crean. Totally justified. Illinois may soon wish they had Groce back as more big time jobs become open.
Thank god we cut bait with Eddie last year. We would have gotten our 53rd choice this year. So many openings.
in order of attractiveness
1. Indiana
2. Illinois
3. California
4. LSU
5. Washington
6. UMass
7. Duquense
8. Quinnipiac
did I leave anyone else out.
1. Indiana
2. Illinois
3. California
4. LSU
5. Washington
6. UMass
7. Duquense
8. Quinnipiac
did I leave anyone else out.
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Early names for Indiana are Steve Alford and Gene Hackman
I don't know Hackman has that "Mike Rice-like" incident hanging over him
Dennis Hopper------oh wait a minute he was just an Assistant.
I know what you mean but to your second point I was real impressed by him when he went over to Pike end game to apologize for the last second stuff his players did in our lose. Just super intense on the side court. Passing like a loony but heck. His style.
B1GT opener he had a 30+ lead and Crean had his starters in with 3 minutes left....needed an IQ check with potentially 3 more days in a row of play.
He gets drunk and passes out. Where's the problem. Ha.
I'm always in favor of the guy who brings the bottle.
When Crean was head coach at Marquette, they were playing @ Charlotte and Marquette asked the Charlotte AD's office a couple days prior if they could stop the game once Brian Wardle scored his 1,000 point. The Charlotte coach at the time (Bobby Lutz) was furious and game planned to not let Wardle reach the milestone that game. I believe he only needed 1 or 2 points to reach 1,000...
Brian Wardle, who averaged around 17 a game was held scoreless in a loss.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores100/100029/100029369.htm
After the game in the corridor to the locker rooms the coaches almost threw down and had to be separated by the players.
More like not to have Assembly Hall full of "Fire Crean" signs, shirts and chants. The AD new what he was doing
Why would you necessarily leave those programs, though? Indiana is a blueblood program, but unless you are an alum or an Indiana native I don't necessarily see the appeal. Why leave a gig where you make the NCAAs regularly, can legitimately make Final Fours, are really the only game in town, and you're getting paid? The mid-majors that go deep in the tourney like Butler and Wichita State are paying their coaches like P5 programs without the pressure of a National Championship appearance at least 2x a decade or you're fired.
coaches have egoes, they like to be coaching at the highest level. Archie Miller will leave Dayton, he can only go so far there. Marshall at Wichita has his pick of jobs...but consider that WSU was a bubble team if they didnt win their conference tourney...not a good thing to have...the conference his team plays in is garbage. He has turned them down before but just like Smart they have to move at some point. Its not like they are at Villanova with Jay Wright
yes...he could leave...like I said...egos...its plausible, does he want to coach at Nova forever...thats what these coaches have to weigh....Wright is in a way better situation than those other guys
I see Illinois and Indiana as way better jobs than LSU and remember football is king at LSU where hoops is king at Indiana and Illinois
It's hard to lure someone from Wichita State. They have unlimited resources. Like, more money than Oregon.