Cash is King. I like Butler and think it is a good college coaching job to have. But there is no way they are keeping coaches there because it is so great they don't want to leave. There are a few programs in the country where that might be the case, but Butler isn't one of them.
And I quote Brad Stevens, "In the NBA, I work four months. I don't have to recruit, and I get to spend the entire summer on Wawasee, sitting on my patio and in my boat enjoying my kids and family". "Why would I ever want to go back to coaching at the collegiate level"
Delusional people have delusional thoughts arch. And having just been in Bloomington a couple of weeks ago on business, I can tell you they're not delusional....they're nuckin' futts.
He also has the benefit of being married to a prominent attorney who adds to the Steven's cash flow quite nicely.
No. Anybody who was paying attention knows why he left. He left because of the challenge of coaching IN THE NBA.
this is part of the point.
Some people here have said that they were banned before they ever posted over there. Now THAT is obsession.
This was your original post that I responded to. Butler does have to pay top dollar or they will lose coaches just like any other program. There is nothing unique about the Butler job that makes it so great coaches will stay there. Stevens may be a little different, but answer me this because I really don't know: Does he make more coaching the Celtics than he did his last year at Butler?? If he left for the same or less money then I stand corrected on him, but I really doubt he took a pay cut.
Really.
No idea what your love affair is with Butler...... I guess my toast argument will be tested when either Butler pays more or they lose their coach. We shall see. Did Stevens get more money to go to Boston or not?? You left that part out.
Blackmon won't get drafted this year. He literally cannot guard ANYONE who is currently drawing an NBA paycheck.
We'll simply have to disagree. 5'6" Yogi just signed a two year deal with the Mav's. Blackmon's every bit the shooter Yogi is. And neither play rock star defense.
Yogi creates for others off the dribble, and plays SOME defense. Blackmon does neither, is too short to play the 2, and WAY too slow to play the 1 in the NBA.
I'll mail you the beer if I lose.
I'll mail you the beer if I lose.
He's going no where and you need to tell your IU buddies to lay off the flightware sight. Those aren't Cook or IU planes.
Don't shoot the messenger, but the NBA puts a whole lot of stock on "measurables." OG practically maxes out in that category, and the knee injury hasn't affected that assessment very much. ACL repairs are reasonably common. He's also a high character kid.
The only way Crean is gone is that he leaves on his own to save face, and I think his ego gets in the way of him doing that. Dead in the Head Fred just isn't going to fire two coaches in one year, though Wilson did him a favor with the cheap buyout.
I've been laughing my behind off reading all your friends posts on the IU board. What amazes me are the idiots who would not want Alford to come home, which I know he'll never do. Donovan, who's honest was questioned at Florida, the Crean Clone at Wichita State, Archie Miller....And all the while Crean will be back next year. The snakes in Missouri would have him peeing his pants.
Have you actually watched UCLA this year? They remind me of the years Knight's teams began to play with the 3 point line. Scored a lot of points, get to the FT line a lot, and have been playing some very good defense the last half of the season. My guess, he loses six to the pro's this year and it won't surprise me to see them in the FF. As for PP, that's been blown way out of proportion.
I'm pretty much a Boiler now, but if by some freak of nature Alford or Mike Lewis came back, I'd root for them when they weren't playing the Boilers or Butler. Pretty bad when Mike Davis is going to make the dance and Crean will be figuring out his next offensive scheme.
