Kermit Davis to OM

[msugolf]

That's the rumor....

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Is it too late to revoke his degree?

 

[ababyatemydingo]

That's the rumor....

Just got his *** beat yesterday by USM in the CUSA tourney

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Thad didn't fit?

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I’d rather him be at OM than Thad Matta for sure.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Just got his *** beat yesterday by USM in the CUSA tourney

And won a third regular season championship which is the real indicator of how well a guy can build a program.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Thad Matta would really know how to use #TheNetwork

 

[L4Dawg]

I’d rather him be at OM than Thad Matta for sure.

For sure.

 

[Beretta.sixpack]

There are a lot of johnnies not too happy with that rumor either....

That's the rumor....

I don't know much about KD, but some of the folks around here aren't too happy with that rumor.....coming from the same people that were upset with matt luke hire....all of their fingers are pointing to Bjork.....if luke fails, they are going to lynch bjork....this rumor has those back in uproar...

 

[Dawg1976]

I can't see it happening although I do have one OM friend who would be fine with it. He's a little more progressive in his thinking tho.

 

[Raiderdawg.sixpack]

Here's the thing about KD at MTSU

I don't know much about KD, but some of the folks around here aren't too happy with that rumor.....

Being a MTSU grad as well as a MSU grad, I have kept up with the Raiders. For KD's first 9 years, he had a ~53% winning percentage with no conference championships & no NCAA/NIT. Of the 120+ FBS schools playing DI basketball, he was the longest tenured coach w/o an NIT/NCAA appearance. No P5 school in the country would give a coach that much time without real success.

Then something changed for him since 2011-2012 - he started hitting the annual lottery with transfer players. In the last 7 seasons, MTSU has 4 conference player of the years (all transfer from P5 schools that were at MT for 1 year). If you have the best player in your conference fall into your lap 4 out of 7 years, you win a conference like the Sun Belt and C-USA.

So the questions for KD: can he recreate his last 7 years at MT quickly at a different school? Can he keep landing one and done, POY level transfers that can make the same difference in the SEC as the SB/CUSA? I don't think he would be as successful in Oxford as he is at MT, but this is probably the best time for him to move if he is ever going to.

 

[Go Budaw]

I’d rather him be at OM than Thad Matta for sure.

Thad Matta to OM was about as real as the Houston Nutt to Kansas rumors from several years back. Was strictly a leverage play for a bigger fish, in this case it is the Pitt job.

 

[patdog]

Good info. I had wondered how he had improved so suddenly after so many years.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Good info. I had wondered how he had improved so suddenly after so many years.

Kermit didn’t improve suddenly. He won 50 games in two years at Idaho which is why A&M hired him at 31.

 

[patdog]

So what happened in 2011-2012 then?

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Sun Belt Conference) <small style="font-size: 11.305px;">(2002–2013)</small>
2002–03	Middle Tennessee	16–14	9–5	2nd (East)
2003–04	Middle Tennessee	17–12	8–6	3rd (East)
2004–05	Middle Tennessee	19–12	7–7	3rd (East)
2005–06	Middle Tennessee	16–12	8–6	2nd (East)
2006–07	Middle Tennessee	15–17	8–10	5th (East)
2007–08	Middle Tennessee	17–15	11–7	3rd (East)
2008–09	Middle Tennessee	18–14	10–8	3rd (East)
2009–10	Middle Tennessee	19–14	13–5	2nd (East)	CIT First Round
2010–11	Middle Tennessee	16–16	10–6	2nd (East)
2011–12	Middle Tennessee	27–7	14–2	1st (East)	NIT Quarterfinals
2012–13	Middle Tennessee	28–6	19–1	1st (East)	NCAA First Four
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Conference USA) <small style="font-size: 11.305px;">(2013–present)</small>
2013–14	Middle Tennessee	24–9	13–3	T–1st
2014–15	Middle Tennessee	19–17	9–9	6th	CIT First Round
2015–16	Middle Tennessee	25–10	13–5	2nd	NCAA Round of 32
2016–17	Middle Tennessee	31–5	17–1	1st	NCAA Round of 32
2017–18	Middle Tennessee	24–5	16–1	1st

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[olblue.sixpack]

Looks like he got a league championship after a run of second and third place finishes.

 

[patdog]

And won a lot more OOC games and made a lot more postseason tournaments. But I guess that’s not improvement. **

 

[olblue.sixpack]

And won a lot more OOC games and made a lot more postseason tournaments. But I guess that’s not improvement. **

What? Kermit has been a really good coach since he was in his 20’s. And he is still a really good coach some three decades later. He just didn’t figure it all out one day in 2010.

 

[tatedog]

Is it too late to revoke his degree?

We didn't do it to Van Chancellor and I'm not sure we ever beat him.

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

Just got his *** beat yesterday by USM in the CUSA tourney

He cost me money on that game. 17 Him! Can’t beat a bad USM team. Be embarrassed.

 

[Raiderdawg.sixpack]

What? Kermit has been a really good coach since he was in his 20’s. And he is still a really good coach some three decades later. He just didn’t figure it all out one day in 2010.

I don't think KD "figured it all out one day," but I did watch him spend 9 years never beating a P5 school, never finishing higher than 2nd in his division (the records patdog posted were division standings, not conference), having less than a 51% winning percentage versus D1 schools, and never sniffing the NCAA/NIT.

Something changed the last 7 years. It wasn't X's and O's, it was getting LaRon Dendy, Jacorey Williams, & Nick King transferring & turning into POY caliber players in 1 year. Its about getting a punch of guys with ZERO P5 scholarship offers to turn into very good players. That's to KD's credit.

However, I don't think recruiting a bunch of players no one else wants or counting on transfers to turn into POY caliber players out of nowhere is a winning formula in the SEC. KD seems to be a good guy, whatever he is doing now works at MTSU and I am very happy about it, but I completely understand reservations Ole Miss fans have about this hire.