I seem to remember Lo Brown saying it was a problem that the team thought of Sid as a best friend.

3/26/2011 6:17:14 PM

Quote :

"I see him connecting with guys like Harrow and Leslie on the same level that Sidney did"

As in being friends and letting them do their own thing?

Because that is exactly what we don't need.

We need a TOB disciplinarian for basketball.

3/26/2011 6:18:17 PM

we are fucked. should have kept Lowe, should have kept Herb, should have kept Les, should have kept Press Maravich, should have disbanded after the 2nd NC.

We are a Football school.

3/26/2011 6:22:33 PM

Quote :

"I imagine with his recruiting background and our resources, it wouldn't be hard for him to put together some great classes."

His recruiting is the thing I'd be least worried about. I just think teams like UNC would shred the fuck out of that defensive scheme he runs.

3/26/2011 6:23:03 PM

his own players have said they view him as a mentor and teacher, don't base your arguments against him on assumptions made by internet posters

3/26/2011 6:23:31 PM

No. I mean the fact that he's not an old white man. You can connect with young kids, and not be their best friend.

3/26/2011 6:24:05 PM

Quote :

"I'm slowly boarding the Smart train as well. Simply because if he turns out to be legit, picking him up at such a young age would be incredible. "

3/26/2011 6:25:54 PM

Old white men win a shit ton of titles.

3/26/2011 6:30:01 PM

I fear the puns we would suffer

3/26/2011 6:36:03 PM

rather have puns associated with smart than low(e)

3/26/2011 6:40:47 PM

Smart graduated Magna Cum Laude

3/26/2011 6:45:36 PM

Shaka lost to Old Dominion, George Mason, Drexel, and James Madison coming down the stretch.

I agree that Smart is easily > Lowe, but he is a huge risk compared to someone with a track record.

3/26/2011 6:52:17 PM

nobody with a track record is interested in coaching at state

3/26/2011 6:53:29 PM

^^ Agreed he is a risk but I would argue he potentially has a much better upside than gregg.

3/26/2011 6:55:39 PM

how about who ever we get we play games at reynolds and actually have some home court advantage. rbc blows.

3/26/2011 6:55:56 PM

^^^Donovan. Mark it down

[Edited on March 26, 2011 at 6:56 PM. Reason : .]

3/26/2011 6:56:02 PM

I just marked it down onmy "List of Shit that Will Never Happen"

3/26/2011 6:58:26 PM

So begins the countdown to Donovan laughing at us when we offer him

3/26/2011 7:03:33 PM

Shaka has gone farther than Gregg ever has in the NCAA tournament

3/26/2011 7:03:51 PM

brad stevens has taken motherfucking butler to back-to-back final fours

i hate basketball

3/26/2011 7:03:59 PM

go put your money on arizona, since sean miller has been mentioned in the coaching search arizona will beat uconn and further shit on our chances of a good coach

3/26/2011 7:04:07 PM

OMG HIRE STEVENS RIGHT NOW!!!! OMFG!!!!

3/26/2011 7:04:27 PM

Think Yow has called Billy yet?

3/26/2011 7:04:30 PM

give Brad Stevens a blank check.

3/26/2011 7:08:10 PM

If you are Stevens your stock is probably never going to be higher (of course I thought that last year too). If he was going to jump ship this would be the year to do it. That would indeed be an epic fucking hire.

3/26/2011 7:10:45 PM

could Butler be the next "fab five?" lose to Duke one year in the final game, UNC-CH the next year?

3/26/2011 7:11:25 PM

nah. surely he has gleaned carolina's one true weakness through his utilization of statistical analysis from pomeroy generated data

3/26/2011 7:13:45 PM

I think you meant lose to Duke and then hand Carolina yet another title as always seems to happen when they win it.

3/26/2011 7:13:46 PM

right, howard will travel but then call a timeout he doesn't have when he gets trapped at the end

3/26/2011 7:16:12 PM

Or they could be the next dook, lose in a title game then win it back to back.

3/26/2011 7:17:21 PM

if he doesn't go to state, i'd bet stevens holds out for the IU job. crean probably gets 1-2 more seasons to do something significant, and then they'll throw the kitchen sink at stevens

3/26/2011 7:19:31 PM

if they were the next Duke, they would have beaten Duke this year

3/26/2011 7:20:30 PM

PP is convinced Smart is a good coach which keeps me skeptical.

Dude has finished 4th and 5th in the CAA and we're ready to crown him.

3/26/2011 7:29:03 PM

pp seems to be just as torn on the issue as tww

3/26/2011 7:34:20 PM

Look at those kids. Theyd be much happier living a few hours away from the beach and mountains.

3/26/2011 7:36:26 PM

Quote :

"Follow24Hodge Sean Miller (scratch), Brad Stevens (scratch), If Georgia Tech steals Shaka from us I'm getting on the "Bring back Herb" train!! "

lolololol

3/26/2011 7:39:03 PM

Smart might have finished 5th and 4th, but that's still finishing in the top of his league.

Plus he's been to his conference championship game two years in a row, won the CBI championship, and been to an NCAA elite 8. Sounds like a pretty good tournament coach to me.

3/26/2011 7:52:40 PM

hodge's tweet makes me think brad stevens is def not leaving.

3/26/2011 8:08:20 PM

he also said he wanted herb back...so you can follow him if you want....

3/26/2011 8:11:37 PM

shaka has yet to lose a postseason game. i don't want a mid-major coach, but if we have to go that route we could do a lot worse than him. obviously i'd prefer brad stevens but i don't see him going anywhere.

3/26/2011 8:15:55 PM

^
^^

Hodge doesn't know whats going on... i was following him at first but he doesn't know anymore than anyone else.

3/26/2011 8:17:27 PM

which is to say that he knows brad stevens isn't coming here.

3/26/2011 8:18:26 PM

Unless Stevens really plans on staying at Butler for his career or has a specific job in mind he is waiting for and figures will come open in a year or two he would be stupid not to leave after this season

3/26/2011 8:18:52 PM

Quote :

"which is to say that he knows brad stevens isn't coming here."

exactly, some of you people live in crazy land

[Edited on March 26, 2011 at 8:23 PM. Reason : ^just like he was stupid for not leaving after last season]

3/26/2011 8:21:55 PM

do people really think we still have a shot at miller???

3/26/2011 8:22:31 PM

Quote :

"Unless Stevens really plans on staying at Butler for his career or has a specific job in mind he is waiting for and figures will come open in a year or two he would be stupid not to leave after this season"

IU fits this description perfectly.

[Edited on March 26, 2011 at 8:23 PM. Reason : .]

3/26/2011 8:22:47 PM

yeah i didn't say that either... honestly i don't know who i want right now.... (that we can get)

if we get archie.... sean is only a brotherly phone call away and we keep the wolf blood thick.

[Edited on March 26, 2011 at 8:24 PM. Reason : .]

3/26/2011 8:23:24 PM

^^or duke.

3/26/2011 8:28:18 PM

^ k is not going anywhere any time soon.

3/26/2011 8:30:27 PM

stevens will be like 40 when k retires

3/26/2011 8:32:49 PM