Yes, I think it was the total package of NU not giving a crap about sports.
Marcus Liberty was ranked #1 by several publications and no lower than 3rd.
I don’t see the problem of being skeptical. I don’t know, you don’t know. But I am surely not going to drink the cool aid and put it all on the kid by default just because he left. The fact is he was one of the best SO in the league. And then it all went to poop. That’s a fact.
I think you are right here. But there is some middle point from “long term success” to dumpster fire. And we are the latter.
How is Jim Calhoun's decision to pass on the Northwestern coaching job in 1986 relevant to anything today?
In 1986, I was way into M.A.S.K. action figures. They were like Transformers, except they were normal dudes who had shape-changing vehicles. There was a motorcycle that turned into a helicopter, and an 18 wheeler that turned into a tank.
And everybody knows that Duke has the biggest academic disparity between its basketball players and the general student population in all of Division 1.
The discussion in this thread was not that it's unrealistic to expect the program to "get back" or even "get close" to the tournament. The discussion was about how realistic a "long run of success" is.
100% agree.
I don’t think there’s a person that has ‘ridiculous’ expectations of any NU men’s basketball coach.
Apart from being the worst BBall in history NU is not at a disadvantage to anyone today?
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Rankings prior to that were:
It should be said again: Collins has 6 of the 10 highest SRS (composite of point differential and strength of schedule) ratings in NU BBall history. (Of his 9 seasons, all but his first two and 19-20 are included).
On the other hand, Sanjay Lumpkin was a leader on the court and calming influence from 2013-2017. I think I'll give him all the credit. Or maybe it was the dynamic duo of McIntosh and Lumpkin... Certainly McIntosh regularly ignored the play he was told to run, or "improvised" in crunch time... but he needed Lumpkin too... Makes as much sense as your theory that we're well-coached.
I'm not questioning your facts. The luck ratings are what they are.
I’ve believed, for quite a while, that McIntosh balanced the poor coaching on the sidelines with on court coaching. And then, after experiencing success, the egos could not get along and it all crumbled.
While the ego issue may have some truth, your thought on McIntosh has about a snowball’s chance in hell of being true. The direct implication from your statement is that McIntosh (and his teammates) did not listen to the coaches. And now he’s back with the old coach he didn’t listen to?
Not really.
If you watch other basketball, you will note that this happens all the time - point guards drive the lane and create. No coach is ever able to devise plays that eventually get open looks all the time.
I don’t need to and will not answer any more of your questions, as your attitude and demeanor specifically are not worth my time, but you forget I have said numerous times that I would give CCC this year to see if he can show continued improvement. If not, there is enough reason, and certainly enough (some misplaced, in my view) sentiment on behalf of the NU community, to make a change. (Yes, I do consider others’ views). If he does show improvement with W/L record with this team, even despite Gragg’s unprofessional show of “leadership” in publicly pulling the rug out from under him, he will prove he is not a flash in the pan and would deserve to be extended for, I would say, 4 more years.
You seem to believe the design of plays is a big deal. I do not.
I am obviously just guessing, but it looks like McIntosh wants to make coaching his career, or at least give it a shot.
