Bo Ryan retiring effective immediately...
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If it's just from being fed up with a poor season after last year that's terrible, but I would rather it be that than something g medical or family related.
This mostly. I understood it was the heat of the moment, but I agree. However, I do respect what he's done for that program. Good luck to him and the kids on the floor.
^^This. He knows he should have left like planned after last season. If it's not a medical reason, he see's the writing on the wall for the rest of this season. Lost all respect for him during and after the NC game.
Go Duke!!
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Here's the ESPN link.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...-coach-bo-ryan-retiring-effective-immediately
After what Ryan said back in April about Duke my first inkling is to say good riddance. But I think that would be a bit hasty. What we do know is that Ryan made Wisconsin top-flight program the last 14 seasons and they reached new heights over and over. Plus, it sounds as though his decision was made last April, but combined with some begging by Alvarez and his top assistant having a terminally ill father he felt the need to go on.
I'm going to try and just be a bigger man and wish him well in retirement. His couple lines tirade directed at Duke doesn't define a very distinguished career. Good luck to him.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...-coach-bo-ryan-retiring-effective-immediately
After what Ryan said back in April about Duke my first inkling is to say good riddance. But I think that would be a bit hasty. What we do know is that Ryan made Wisconsin top-flight program the last 14 seasons and they reached new heights over and over. Plus, it sounds as though his decision was made last April, but combined with some begging by Alvarez and his top assistant having a terminally ill father he felt the need to go on.
I'm going to try and just be a bigger man and wish him well in retirement. His couple lines tirade directed at Duke doesn't define a very distinguished career. Good luck to him.
I think this was the plan all along. For him to retire when his assistant was ready. I believe the assistant that was to take over missed all of last summer helping his father with his cancer treatments. That pushed back Bo retiring for a while. As much as I dislike Bo Ryan, and I do, I am giving him the benefit of the doubt.
It may be rash, but that is close to where I land as well. I get he had just lost the biggest game of his career, but every year a coach loses in the championship game, and rarely are they so childish (Roy's infamous "I don't give a **** about Carolina" aside). A big disappointment doesn't have to be an excuse for a lack of character, it is an opportunity to show character. Look no further than K who has lost in the last game four times, each with dignity.
Even so, Ryan was a terrific coach.
Well, I'm going to chalk this one up as the most bizarre thing to happen in College Basketball news for the day.
Agreed. It was undoubtedly a bad moment for Bo. But, with that said, a couple minutes of sour grapes doesn't define a career and -- while I'm not condoning it -- I do feel some sympathy for how devastated he must have been. As he walked into that presser, he surely knew that he had just lost his last realistic chance at a national title in a game where his team really looked well-positioned to win halfway through the 2nd half. When I listened to his interviews pre-championship game, I got the sense that Bo believed it was his his destiny to win that game as a type of valedictory culmination to his career -- and I just don't think he knew how to handle it in the moment. While he deserved the criticism he received at the time, I don't hold a long-term grudge against him over that isolated incident. People make mistakes.
I heard them discussing that on Lebatard's show on ESPN Radio today. They were contending he did it into the season purposefully so he could hand-pick the successor because Alvarez wasn't completely on board with giving Ryan that luxury. No idea if it's true.
Ha haa, ask the hole fans and they would have a totally different take. "K Rat" is the devil you know!!! Lol...what a bunch of tools.
Yep, K berates and treats everyone he comes in contact with, on a daily basis, like total ****. Lolll.
I grew up in Platteville, went to his camps, heck I've toilet papered his house. Bo is a damn good dude man. But Bo is Bo, he goes about most things a little differently. Nobody in his tight little circle is shocked he went out the way he did. The timing shocked many, but Bo isn't the type to want a grand party all about him.
I've always been Duke first but liked seeing Bo do well if for nothing more then he was the hometown hero.
It was hard for me to see Bo act the way he did after the natty game and it was hard for me to see him step away. Anybody whose a fan of the game realizes we lost one of the best.
Pretty sure this was a battle of ego's and nothing more. Couple hard headed men right there
I've always been Duke first but liked seeing Bo do well if for nothing more then he was the hometown hero.
It was hard for me to see Bo act the way he did after the natty game and it was hard for me to see him step away. Anybody whose a fan of the game realizes we lost one of the best.
Pretty sure this was a battle of ego's and nothing more. Couple hard headed men right there
I was impressed by Roy's comment. Bo's comments made me dislike him. Keep has lost plenty tough tournament games, and he has remained a gentleman, Roy and Cal as well. But to call our guys rent-a-player and act like the refs calls trumped his guard's inability to guard turned me off. Damn him and his legacy.
Beyond personal ties (which I can't quantify), the jump from UVA to Wisconsin would seem to be a bad move at this point. UVA has a better recruiting base, plays in a better league, and currently consists of a roster of players he's personally recruited and coached. Further, in the next few years, many of the elite and upper-level programs in the ACC will be undergoing major coaching transitions -- including Duke, Syracuse, probably UNC, FSU, and Miami. Louisville, moreover, may also be looking at serious NCAA issues. In that vacuum, UVA's going to have a great chance for sustained success in the league. Wisconsin IMO is just a much more challenging job b/c of its geographic location.
Lol. Well I said probably b/c Roy's talking about wanting to stay for another decade. I assume he can't be serious, but who knows. As much as we all take shots at UNC, reality is that Roy's teams are almost always pretty good and he's recruiting well enough to remain competitive. If he's serious about wanting to stay, I think he's going to be a hard guy to remove b/c of his past accomplishments and b/c UNC is unlikely to ever be truly bad under his watch. I think we're more like a Tubby Smith type situation where the program remains good, but not necessarily elite.
Lol he says that but I can't see it. He's recruiting okay but when u have someone like him that it takes ELITE talent to win the big one or even make the final four I can't see him lasting long because he's never getting that again. But hey if he stays 10 more that's probably good for us
Bo Ryan is 67 years old...four years older than myself. If he were 30 or even 40 years old it probably wouldn't have bothered me much, but at his age...no excuse.
At this point in his life if he doesn't understand that losing a game isn't nearly as important as the life lessons he had a chance to teach his team...about losing graciously, not making excuses, giving credit to your opponent, etc., then he's wasted what little advantage ageing supposedly bestows upon a person...wisdom. He also had an opportunity to apologize later on, but, again, didn't use what a 67 year old man should have accumulated over the years.
He let his team down (all those young men), the university he represents down, and himself down.
That said Ryan had a great career, and one bad moment shouldn't ruin it. I hope Bo has a long and happy retirement. OFC
At this point in his life if he doesn't understand that losing a game isn't nearly as important as the life lessons he had a chance to teach his team...about losing graciously, not making excuses, giving credit to your opponent, etc., then he's wasted what little advantage ageing supposedly bestows upon a person...wisdom. He also had an opportunity to apologize later on, but, again, didn't use what a 67 year old man should have accumulated over the years.
He let his team down (all those young men), the university he represents down, and himself down.
That said Ryan had a great career, and one bad moment shouldn't ruin it. I hope Bo has a long and happy retirement. OFC
I agree OAD, you would think he was old enough to know better. I didn't realize you were 63, you're still a young man. I enjoy your perspective on topics. I just hit half a century myself, still have a lot of maturing to do. LOL