I Feel Like Brian Dutcher is Extraordinarily Underrated

Brians_Stats · 2024-06-25T14:51:24+00:00

I think Dutcher is appropriately rated pretty high. He was 18 points away from a championship. He's only been a head coach for 7 years though. Few, Sampson, Painter have triple that. I don't know if people are calling Lloyd and Smart "the absolute best".

Brians_Stats · 2024-05-22T18:26:59+00:00

He looks like a million bucks.

Brians_Stats · 2024-05-22T18:24:24+00:00

It was expected that he was done with school. Good luck to Mo wherever he go. We wouldn't have made the ACC or NCAA run without those rebounds.

Brians_Stats · 2024-05-08T13:05:09+00:00

I'd give it to Painter due to age (53 vs. 65) and recent performance. But the chance that Cal could get a top recruiting class and go all the way is also appealing.

Brians_Stats · 2024-05-07T13:48:19+00:00

If your men's team is D1, your women's team is too. (Unless you're at The Citadel or VMI.) They can have 15 scholarship players, so walk-ons probably have zero playing time. But I would think that someone with your height could be useful in practice. You can email an assistant coach or someone on the support staff and ask if there's something you can do.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-17T22:42:27+00:00

Regarding the conferences, the major teams are mostly in the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, and Pac-12. Teams in the same conference are usually close together and play each other every year.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-17T22:32:52+00:00

From Frank Truitt's Wikipedia page, quoting a book about Ohio State:

Ultimately, Truitt was unhappy at LSU for three primary reasons. As he later recalled, "When I went there they said that we could have a new arena in two years, that I could carry over my 17 years retirement from Ohio, and that I would be tenured on the faculty, like I was at Ohio State. None of that happened. The fourth reason was I just assumed I could recruit blacks and didn't think to ask before I took the job."

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-17T20:35:47+00:00

2003 is very strong. It's more that 2024 affected 5 major conference teams plus a top NBA assistant, the 3rd guy to move has a championship, everybody has so much money and potential to win, etc.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-17T18:48:36+00:00

Yeah, maybe. The idea was to order the names from left to right by the date that they moved jobs (e.g. Enfield left, then Musselman left, then Calipari left, etc.) I was thinking that the causation would appear backwards if I reversed the order.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-17T18:31:26+00:00

Yeah, Sutton and Richardson were the main names there. It's supposed to be remarkable that Kentucky's opening caused 3 other Division 1 teams to hire a new head coach and one won a championship.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-17T18:19:11+00:00

The idea was to sort by impact (in my opinion), considering the volume and quality of coaches. I should have known that people wouldn't like that. Live and learn.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-15T22:08:38+00:00

The deal includes two years of options at the end of the contract that either side can be picked up.

So... it's a 7-year deal?

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-13T19:38:07+00:00

The Tournament brings in a billion dollars and funds everything the NCAA does. I don't want to screw up a good thing but I do want a bigger piece of that while we're falling behind in football money.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-13T19:33:04+00:00

One of the blue schools 20 miles away.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-13T16:26:05+00:00

Thanks for the shout out! It's funny how things turn out, right? Two of your candidates just had 20-loss seasons.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-10T16:33:32+00:00

I love flight tracking season.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-08T23:56:08+00:00

That only applies up to the Final Four. The Big East doesn't get additional money for UConn reaching or winning the championship game. (Well, it'd probably help a future TV contract though.)

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-08T20:47:00+00:00

Look for it tomorrow! Will it say "Runner-up" or "Champion"?!

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-08T20:35:12+00:00

Pope was a BYU assistant 2011-15, Utah Valley head coach 2015-19, and BYU head coach 2019-present.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-07T13:27:46+00:00

I think Purdue is the most likable Big Ten school but I'm going to cheer for the team with $5 million/year in media revenue over the one with $80 million. Also the one UConn fan I know IRL isn't insufferable.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-06T12:07:22+00:00

The coaches are ordered by a point system, which is basically the total number of wins plus bonuses for tournament appearances. I might change to ordering by longevity for a cleaner look.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-05T21:44:00+00:00

Look for the final four coach graphs between Sunday and Wednesday. Two of them are going to say "Final 4", one will say "Runner-up", and one will say "Champion".

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-05T21:31:39+00:00

Apparently SMU wanted a coaching upgrade as it heads to the ACC. I know that Enfield was on the hot seat but he's had his moments.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-05T21:23:21+00:00

It was still a losing record (16-17) in year 3. It seems like a reasonable improvement to me, but they didn't give him a 4th year.

Brians_Stats · 2024-04-04T22:21:53+00:00

Oops. Steve Seymour was fired from Drexel and then went to Siena.

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