Bryce Drew... welcome to Mississippi State!
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And I might be in the minority, but I don't like the distraction that the NCAA tourney shot over Ole Miss this is going to bring. We have enough of the Ole Miss trash talking from Mullen, the billboards, and other ads. In basketball we are way above Ole Miss. I want to concentrate on beating bigger and better teams now, but I fear many of our fans will use this to trash talk Ole Miss fans in basketball, which we really should not even recognize them on our basketball radar.
We should have been able to pull in a more experienced proven young coach. Hope this works out, it's not terrible I guess.
Claim to fame is a buzzer beater against Ole Miss, you're walking right into the discussion. Doesn't matter what you want. Tate's what you'll get.
We could have hired a more experienced coach. But we're just not in a position where we're going to be able to make a home run hire without taking a few risks. Greg Marshall was probably the best coach out there and he apparently looked at the list of teams with positions available and decided that he would sit and wait another year or two for the home run job (which is also a bit of a risk on his part). The only candidates I've seen mentioned that I liked better than Bryce Drew were the Ohio coach, who we couldn't get because Illinois is a better job, and the Kansas assistant. Obviously, Stricklin liked Drew better than him which is fine by me. We pay Scott to make those decisions and he does a very good job.Mullenation said:
claim to fame? anyone outside of mississippi or wherever valpo is couldn't tell you anything about that game.
Most people probably don't register it in their memory, but it is played every year on ESPN for their "top 10 tournament moments" and "top 10 buzzer beaters" and such.
Drew to NCAA's before Kennedy threads. Drew upgrade over Stans threads. Fan-17ing-tastic.
I'm checking out for a while, girls. That way I can't be accused of purposeful trolling and banned again. I'm just gonna watch.
I'm checking out for a while, girls. That way I can't be accused of purposeful trolling and banned again. I'm just gonna watch.
that are going to be available in the next year or 2 that are so much better than ours? Maybe UCLA, due to Howland's turmoil. UConn or 'Cuse due to retirements? but they probably aren't going to be going after mid-major coaches. I figure those schools will go for the mid-major guys who have already made the jump to a BCS school and have had a couple of years of success. That's just off the top of my head though..
I agree. From a pure coaching point of view, howdoes this guy's resume stack up againstProhm's?Prohm has a better record because heinherited a better team, which he had a hand in putting together. Drew's name will ring a bell with some as it scrolls across the WWW tonight, but not for anything HE'S donefroma coaching point of view.DawgBot said:
His staff is made up of a guy a year or two removed from euro ball with some possible connections in theChicago area. Besides that, he had Valpo's answer to Phil and a guy whois a couple of yearspast ball boy at Baylor status.
It might have been time to move on from the Stansbury era, but this is not what many anticipated.
Ialso wonder ifthe Lousiville job might openif they somehow manage to winthe tournamentthis year. I think you might see Pitino seriously consider retirement if they win it all, even though he said 2017 is his target. He will be 60 this year, has had a great basketball career, and could go out on top.
Boeheim is 67 and I think will call it quits soon, and Bo Ryan is 64 and may do the same thing. Coach K is 65 and may leave soon as well, and Roy Williams is 62 I believe.6 of thetop jobs in college basketball have coaches that are 59 year or older.We will be seeing a very different landscape in college basketball in the next 5 years when all of these high profile coaches with high profile teamsretire.
Boeheim is 67 and I think will call it quits soon, and Bo Ryan is 64 and may do the same thing. Coach K is 65 and may leave soon as well, and Roy Williams is 62 I believe.6 of thetop jobs in college basketball have coaches that are 59 year or older.We will be seeing a very different landscape in college basketball in the next 5 years when all of these high profile coaches with high profile teamsretire.