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MikeDamone
MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
edited April 2014 in Hardcore Husky Board
..my argument why UW will never, ever, be a basketball power. Fire Romar, and you'll be demanding the to fire his replacement in a few years.

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    You can win with the right coach. Butler made back to back NCAA finals. Not like they were ever a power previously.

    Can UW be a power? Define power.

    If George Mason, Butler, VCU and Witchita State can make a final four then UW certainly is capable.
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  • doogsinparadise
    doogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    Slow day?
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    You can win with the right coach. Butler made back to back NCAA finals. Not like they were ever a power previously.

    Can UW be a power? Define power.

    If George Mason, Butler, VCU and Witchita State can make a final four then UW certainly is capable.

    You didn't watch the show.
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    doogsinparadise said:

    Slow day?

    So?
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    MikeDamone said:

    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    You can win with the right coach. Butler made back to back NCAA finals. Not like they were ever a power previously.

    Can UW be a power? Define power.

    If George Mason, Butler, VCU and Witchita State can make a final four then UW certainly is capable.

    You didn't watch the show.
    I watched it when it first premiered. I miss that college basketball where guys like Ewing would play all four years. I don't get where you are going with this.

    The Big East had a bunch of schools that were independent but not basketball powerhouses. Then in the 80's they became powerhouses.

    The conference was kicking ass then in the 90's when T.V. deals started to dominate college sports therefore football became even more attractive. The Big East fell apart.

    I really don't see how the Big East going from a nothing, to the best conference in America to suddenly dissolving all in a 30 year span has anything to do with UW basketball.
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  • doogsinparadise
    doogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    You can win with the right coach. Butler made back to back NCAA finals. Not like they were ever a power previously.

    Can UW be a power? Define power.

    If George Mason, Butler, VCU and Witchita State can make a final four then UW certainly is capable.

    This may be unpopular, but it's not in the interests of the corporate side of collegiate sports for schools like Washington to be good; simply not strong enough as a national brand. You can hire a good coach and be in the sweet sixteen for a few years, but to sustain long term success is another animal.
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  • doogsinparadise
    doogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    edited April 2014
    Im talking long term ucla, arizona, unc, kansas type of success, not Butler or Creighton
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,524 Swaye's Wigwam
    doogsinparadise said:

    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    You can win with the right coach. Butler made back to back NCAA finals. Not like they were ever a power previously.

    Can UW be a power? Define power.

    If George Mason, Butler, VCU and Witchita State can make a final four then UW certainly is capable.

    This may be unpopular, but it's not in the interests of the corporate side of collegiate sports for schools like Washington to be good; simply not strong enough as a national brand. You can hire a good coach and be in the sweet sixteen for a few years, but to sustain long term success is another animal.
    I don't get why it would hurt the corporate side at all. It's not like if UW is good it means Duke, UNC, and Kentucky are going to suck. It wasn't in the interest of Arizona to be a power back in the 80's either.

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    doogsinparadise said:

    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    You can win with the right coach. Butler made back to back NCAA finals. Not like they were ever a power previously.

    Can UW be a power? Define power.

    If George Mason, Butler, VCU and Witchita State can make a final four then UW certainly is capable.

    This may be unpopular, but it's not in the interests of the corporate side of collegiate sports for schools like Washington to be good; simply not strong enough as a national brand. You can hire a good coach and be in the sweet sixteen for a few years, but to sustain long term success is another animal.
    It's why I asked Damone to define power. I didn't say UW can be the next Duke or even UCONN/Arizona(Both nothing before Olson/Calhoun).

    But if the small schools I mentioned before can make the final four why can't UW? That's my point.
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  • doogsinparadise
    doogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    edited April 2014
    I was referring to the more lasting power definition, as that seems to be the standard around here for the football team.
    Basketball doesn't have the sort of tradition where people around the country would talk about the team if they started winning. That's what football has, and what the media means when they called it a "sleeping giant" under the previous regime.
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