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If Hop stays, couple big men in the transfer portal they could look at.
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The game of basketball is changing and shifting away from a heavy D focus to focus on offensive skill
I have zero desire supporting Bennett ball -
They don’t call it McKay ball.Tequilla said:The game of basketball is changing and shifting away from a heavy D focus to focus on offensive skill
I have zero desire supporting Bennett ball
Why go to UW when you can go to UVA - a school that actually gives a fuck about basketball - and play for the namesake himself and a guy who has won a natty?
You don’t think Tony Bennett has a line on every player in the State of Washington who could shine in his system? He did spend a few years around here.
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And Legans is somehow better...? Some moron who played at CAL forever ago... who made a Big Sky program competitive in one of the worst leagues in America and only has experience coaching 1-star white kids?PurpleThrobber said:
They don’t call it McKay ball.Tequilla said:The game of basketball is changing and shifting away from a heavy D focus to focus on offensive skill
I have zero desire supporting Bennett ball
Why go to UW when you can go to UVA - a school that actually gives a fuck about basketball - and play for the namesake himself and a guy who has won a natty?
You don’t think Tony Bennett has a line on every player in the State of Washington who could shine in his system? He did spend a few years around here.
Richie McKay...Jesus Christ.
He doesn't have a single player on his roster who is from the Western side of the state. He has 0 ties to anyone worth a damn in the state of Washington... and the school he coaches at is in a shittier version of Spokane.
On what planet do kids come play for the Dawgs under this nobody?
At least McKay went to SPU and coached at UW which means he knows what the Western side of the state looks like and probably still has connections within the program... he reinvented himself under a coaching regime that won a natty, he is known as a great recruiter.... and his Liberty teams have been elite, far superior to Eastern's. -
Get the Ritchie McKay talk out of here
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Have you seen me back him?BroadcastingDawg said:
Washington shouldn’t be looking at bottom tier conference coaches without a significantly established track record of success ... which is not true at Eastern at this point.
You want to know what that looks like?
You lose 1 conference game in 3 years.
You win 3 straight conference tournaments.
You win NCAA games 2 out of 3 years.
That’s Brad Underwood’s resume at Stephen F Austin
Now, you want to go dig at the depths of the NCAAs and find me a resume like that I’m listening ... even in the Big Sky
But don’t bring me the resume of somebody not dominating in a lower tier conference and try to sell me that that coach will dominate at Washington -
Then do me a favor and jump on Purple Throbber for his coaching suggestion and quit jumping on me like it's the cool thing to do.Tequilla said:
Have you seen me back him?BroadcastingDawg said:
Washington shouldn’t be looking at bottom tier conference coaches without a significantly established track record of success ... which is not true at Eastern at this point.
You want to know what that looks like?
You lose 1 conference game in 3 years.
You win 3 straight conference tournaments.
You win NCAA games 2 out of 3 years.
That’s Brad Underwood’s resume at Stephen F Austin
Now, you want to go dig at the depths of the NCAAs and find me a resume like that I’m listening ... even in the Big Sky
But don’t bring me the resume of somebody not dominating in a lower tier conference and try to sell me that that coach will dominate at Washington
Cause Legans? That shit would be apocalyptic for the program.
And I did... what McKay has done at Liberty is quite similar except with like 5 or so conference losses.
Liberty won their conference in 2019, 2020, 2021.
Liberty won their conference tournament in 2019, 2020, 2021.
They beat a 5 seed Miss St. in 2019 and who knows what they might have done in 2020 when they were 30-4.
There's a lot of people picking them to beat Ok St. in the 1st round this year.
They're also something like 5-8 against power conference opponents since he took over despite having far inferior talent on their roster. Underwood's SFA teams were 2-8 and the 2 wins came in the tournament.
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Big difference between McKay and Underwood is McKay worked his way up, had a P5 opportunity, and BOMBED
Good for him getting back on the horse and doing good work with Liberty.
McKay’s 55 and just isn’t moving the needle with a hire on a number of fronts.
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He's not joking.Tequilla said:Big difference between McKay and Underwood is McKay worked his way up, had a P5 opportunity, and BOMBED
Good for him getting back on the horse and doing good work with Liberty.
McKay’s 55 and just isn’t moving the needle with a hire on a number of fronts.
I saw the Legans/Cal reference as a joke
And Underwood is 57, was 53 when he took the job at Illinois.
I get that McKay struggled coaching at Oregon St. 20 years ago... but who doesn't? That school is shit for athletics. And the P12 was fucking tough in that era. Nobody has won consistently at that program since the 80's. And the guy he took the program over from was 52-88 in 4 seasons... doubt he left much talent around.
I like the fact that he was associate head coach for Bennett at Virginia... those 2 did some amazing things together. And it's clear he's turned over a new leaf as a head coach...
Short of bringing in Tommy Lloyd or Brian Michaelson, I'm not sure who you can look at with West Coast ties as a realistic choice that's going to turn the program around in the way we hope. My suggestion is purely off the fact that McKay has Washington ties, has shown to be an extremely successful head coach the last 3 years, and coached under an extremely successful coaching regime at Virginia.
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And if there was to be a move after firing Hop, some lower tier coaches I’d look at (no particular order):
Pat Kelsey - Winthrop
Wes Miller - UNC Greensboro
Matt Langel - Colgate
Craig Smith - Utah St
Porter Moser - Loyola Chicago (although I think he may jump to Creighton if McDermott has died fallout)
Dennis Gates - Cleveland St
Bryce Drew - Grand Canyon
That’s a decent list to start with ...
Top 3 I’d want to talk with in no order are Kelsey, Langel, and Drew
