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That's 156 years old in Power conference basketball years......He's only 56.
Probably wasn’t playing his back up big man enough.Wow. Wonder if there were off-court concerns, he seemed like a really good coach.
Maryland belongs in the ACC. They probably just long for the days of Gary Williams (a Maryland alumn) roaming the sidelines and playing the likes of Duke, UNC etc. Those were the glory years of Terps basketball (Joe Smith, Stevie Francis, a national championship). They never should have left.Doubt it. The Maryland fan base has been pushing for this move for a few years now. They believe that they should be a much better program than they are.
Maryland belongs in the ACC. They probably just long for the days of Gary Williams (a Maryland alumn) roaming the sidelines and playing the likes of Duke, UNC etc. Those were the glory years of Terps basketball (Joe Smith, Stevie Francis, a national championship). They never should have left.
I'll give you 54 million or so reasons they are right where they are.Maryland belongs in the ACC.
I think that's a really good analogy. I bet their fan base thought that they would dominate moving to the BIG which is definitely more of football conference. It's always tough to follow a legend though and I think he did a good job.I don't have a pulse on the Maryland fan base, but this feels Indiana(ish). "For some reason we believe ourselves to be blue bloods and entitled to greatness". I'm probably wrong and influenced by the fact I always found Turgeon a good coach.
It's actually a really bad analogy though. Maryland has won 1 national championship in men's basketball. That's tied with 21 other teams for the 16th most overall. Indiana has won 5 men's natty's, which is tied for 4th most overall. Maryland has been to 2 Final Fours ever (in back-to-back years) while Indiana has been to 8. Both fan bases may have overly inflated views of what they "deserve" but they aren't really analogous.I think that's a really good analogy. I bet their fan base thought that they would dominate moving to the BIG which is definitely more of football conference. It's always tough to follow a legend though and I think he did a good job.
if the players were chafing under Turgeon, for whatever reason, then they will come out smoking against us.Teams usually come out fired up after a big change like this. It may eventually catch up with them, but they often play very inspired in the immediate first game after the change. Of course, that would be us.
Turgeon had coached Maryland for each of its 7 full seasons in the Big Ten.This just seems really weird to me. Eight games into the season and they let him go?
The analogy is not about history. It’s not about dumping a coach that, for me, is good, as Indiana did not have one of those. It’s just about the inflated sense of self.It's actually a really bad analogy though. Maryland has won 1 national championship in men's basketball. That's tied with 21 other teams for the 16th most overall. Indiana has won 5 men's natty's, which is tied for 4th most overall. Maryland has been to 2 Final Fours ever (in back-to-back years) while Indiana has been to 8. Both fan bases may have overly inflated views of what they "deserve" but they aren't really analogous.
A much better analogy for Maryland would be Arkansas or Arizona or Syracuse.
They were preseason #21 yet they’re 5-3 with a couple bad losses. The fans have been dogging him for years and think he underachieves (especially post season). I think fan discontent had come to a head; people were heckling him all game, out in public, etc. I think it had just gotten miserable and the rough start to the year made it worse.The analogy is not about history. It’s not about dumping a coach that, for me, is good, as Indiana did not have one of those. It’s just about the inflated sense of self.
I really don’t understand this Turgeon thing. Something is weird, the timing tells us so. Makes no sense. We might find out what happened, we might not. But the story was not that they just decided to part ways.
Great coach
Insane!Turgeon had coached Maryland for each of its 7 full seasons in the Big Ten.
They made the tournament in 6 of those seasons.
Before Maryland he had Texas A&M for 4 years and made the NCAA each year.
For an NU fan like me, thats pretty darned good.
That was a hell of a game and a wild atmosphere. Except for a no-call by the refs on a Juice layup against DJ White, ‘Cats would have sprung the upset.Hopefully we have better results than the last time this happened to us, when Kelvin Sampson was replaced by Dan Dakich in 2008.
The analogy is not about history. It’s not about dumping a coach that, for me, is good, as Indiana did not have one of those. It’s just about the inflated sense of self.
I really don’t understand this Turgeon thing. Something is weird, the timing tells us so. Makes no sense. We might find out what happened, we might not. But the story was not that they just decided to part ways.
What a world! Fan bullying finally got him to ‘part ways’.They were preseason #21 yet they’re 5-3 with a couple bad losses. The fans have been dogging him for years and think he underachieves (especially post season). I think fan discontent had come to a head; people were heckling him all game, out in public, etc. I think it had just gotten miserable and the rough start to the year made it worse.
I think it is bad just as it is in other areas of society. Mob rule often ends up as something very uglyWhat a world! Fan bullying finally got him to ‘part ways’.
I like it.