I’ve been traveling all day and just got home to the news that Maryland Head Basketball Coach, Gary Williams has retired effective immediately. I guess anyone looking forward to the Maryland vs NC State battles in the future because of Debbie Yow and Gary Williams will never get to see. Even though the SFN authors […]
Coaches
Where Do ACC Basketball Coaches Come From?
Now that the recent NC State coaching search has concluded and more discussion of the decline of coaching in the Atlantic Coast Conference has continued, I wondered to myself — where did ACC basketball coaches come from? (Other than being delivered by the stork). There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth that State didn’t […]
Lutz to join BB staff
Former Charlotte 49ers coach Bobby Lutz will join Mark Gottfried’s staff at N.C. State. Lutz gives the new Wolfpack basketball coach two assistants with connections to the state, as well as head-coaching experience. Charlotte Observer article Longer article from Hickory Daily Record It’s not often that the HDR has a longer article than the CO […]
Orlando Early to join staff
Full link. Early started his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Gardner-Webb, in 1993. He left in 1995 to start a three-year stint at Western Carolina. From 1998-2001 he was the coach at Charlotte under Bobby Lutz. During that time Early established a reputation as a good recruiter. “When he was at […]
Gregg Doyel calls Gary Williams “a little bity tiny coward runt of a man” (and worse)
Readers who want to keep abreast of the mushrooming Gregg Doyel-Gary Williams feud really should read this piece from WRAL and this one from the Washington Post. Below is a picture of model employee Gary Williams.
Evaluating “Flavor of the Month” Coaches
Every year there are certain teams that get hot during the postseason and become the “Flavor of the Month” (FOTM). What defines a FOTM? Usually they are a mid-major or smaller team, mostly with high tournament seeds, and they’ll usually reach the Sweet 16. Since the coaching search is what’s dominating all discussions I thought […]
Final Four shows young coaches shouldn’t be overlooked
Link to article from Gary Parrish. My only point is that a good athletic director should be able to examine candidates, find the right guy for his job and pull the trigger. In some cases, the right guy might be a 50-year-old veteran. But I’ve long believed great coaches are often identifiable at a young […]
Continue Relaxing, People
There will be plenty of time after the hire is made to score the search, and to try to piece together what actually happened. For the next 36-48 hours (at least – I use that timeframe because it’s the next “benchmark” – i.e., when everyone will travel to Texas for the Final Four weekend then), […]
Revised and Extended Miller Sales Pitch
Even if you’ve been living under a rock, surely you’ve heard by now – Sean Miller’s sophomore-laden Arizona Wildcats delivered an epic, vicious beating to senior-led, defending national champion Duke last night. Any chance of an “under the radar” courtship, or U of A passing on a bidding war for Miller’s services – completely out […]
BJD’s Official “Tin Foil Hat” Deductions
At the bottom of this link, I told you to relax about the information void. Now, I hope to help make sense of all the static in the atmosphere. Important disclaimer – although I believe my deductions are logical, they are in no way based on specific intelligence. This is ME talking from my gut […]
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