Pathetic, ain't it? The flagship university in the state has, hands down, the worst basketball coach.I've seen FU play several times this year, and came away impressed each game. Even if they lose, what a performance. I support Lamont, and he should get his chance. But it's baffling to me Richey wasn't qualified and Lamont was. I guess maybe his time as an assistant at WISC set him apart?? Who knows. One thing is certain, FU just plays better basketball than we do.
I wouldn't go that far. As bad as it was, Paris exceeded expectations. As good as Richey looks, he did inherit a solid program built by Medved. Paris inherited a saturday morning YMCA squad. I think he's got a lot of potential, but Richey looks very impressive.
A miracle shot got Darrin Horn the job, and a miracle shot got Paris the job...so, miracle shots. That's the key.
Yes, it's a USC phenomenon that transcends any one AD. Some might call it the....nah, NM.
So you waited till Furman wins to post this.I've seen FU play several times this year, and came away impressed each game. Even if they lose, what a performance. I support Lamont, and he should get his chance. But it's baffling to me Richey wasn't qualified and Lamont was. I guess maybe his time as an assistant at WISC set him apart?? Who knows. One thing is certain, FU just plays better basketball than we do.
Actually, they hadn't won yet when I posted this. I believe they were down by 3.
That has been my guess all along. Richey was my 2nd preference behind Miller. Gates was my 3rd.I guess maybe his time as an assistant at WISC set him apart?? Who knows. One thing is certain, FU just plays better basketball than we do.
Been at Furman for 6 years. Paris 1
Well it was dissolved, or merged or closed maybe that is why nobody talks about it much?
Also, Paris inherited a program that lost 70% of the prior year's team. And hired as late as he was, had to primarily replace those 70% with "projects".
Yea. I made that same point earlier as well. I like Paris and think he’ll do well. But, Richey’s entire body of work as a HC has been better than Paris.
He did well enough with what he had. We were picked dead last in the sec. Won @ Rupp, and beat Clem. Plenty of positives to build on.
2 fluke wins isn’t “plenty”
We finished 12th. I am not going to repeat what i said previously to you. But here is something that I feel certain you will agree with because it is accurate: We finished higher than some picked us to finish in the SEC. And we did not finish any lower than anyone picked us to finish.
I was referring to the official SEC media projections on 14th, which is a composite of SEC and national media members.
12th is also higher than 13th and 14th. Since some picked us to finish 14th and 13th, SEC media picked us 14th as did FanSided.com, 2 of 4 ESPN writers picked us 13th and CBS picked us 13th, we clearly finished higher than some picked us to finish in the SEC.
Evidently more picked us to finish worse than 12th. Add Sports Illustrated to those who picked us to finish dead last at 14th.
I listed the publications: Sports Illustrated, SEC media, CBS, etc. The SEC media follow the teams and the league more and closer than anyone, and they picked us 14th as did Sports Illustrated. And CBS picked us 13th, which is worse than we finished.
Spot on.
Sports Illustrated, CBS, the SEC media, ESPN (a couple of their writers).....ALL picked us to finish worse than we did. They are both reputable and well-known around the nation (that sports fans have heard of and are familiar with).
I agree with you. And I listed reliable and trustworthy media/publication sources. In addition to the SEC media, which follows SEC teams more and closer than anyone, Sports Illustrated picked us to finish dead last in the league, as did FanSided.com (which I admit is new to me). CBS and a couple of ESPN writers picked us 13th, which again is worse than we actually finished. As I said last night, accurately, we finished higher than some picked us to finish in the SEC And those "some" are multiple, well-recognized and known sources that I listed.
2 of ESPN writers picked us 13th. Sports Illustrated, CBS are all recognized nationally. SI picked us 14th, CBS 13th, And again, no one knows and follows the SEC better and closer than the SEC media. They picked us 14th. More sources picked us to finish worse than 12th than did not.
I never said that no one picked us 12th. Go back and read what I posted last night and you will see that I never said that. Everything I posted was accurate. What I am saying today is that more picked us to finish worse than 12th than did not. And I add the 247 source to that. They picked us to finish 14th, dead last.
As I said in my prior comment just before this one, more picked us to finish worse than 12th than did not. A lot more picked us to finish worse than 12th than did not. And I listed multiple sources.
