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re: Tom Crean just got fired

Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:12 pm to
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
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Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:12 pm to
Seattle is a pretty talent rich area, but both programs are pretty much the same tier IMO.
Posted by barry
Location, Location, Location
Member since Aug 2006
50369 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:16 pm to
quote:

That would like Saban going from Bama to coach Indiana football


what a terrible analogy, IU aint bama and Crean is barely a top 25 coach.
Posted by ninthward
Boston, MA
Member since May 2007
20455 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:17 pm to
quote:

I think I'd rather have Scott Drew?
First choice for me, he recruits the south. Brey is 2nd w Crean 3rd
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15937 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:27 pm to
What's with you people thinking it's so easy to win at IU these days? Crean won the B1G by two games just last season, but "couldn't get it done"?

All these magical advantages and resources, yet 30 years since a national championship and 15 since they played for one. 2012 was their second Sweet Sixteen appearance since 1994. LSU even had been to two within that time frame.
Posted by TeamLSU
Member since Feb 2009
3082 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:28 pm to
Collis Temple has NO influence on the AAU circuit. He rode the coattails of Big Baby, Tyrus, Tasmin. Since those guys left, Temple is an afterthought. Collis Temple took advantage of the surplus of talent that was in the area. That's it.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
95951 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:28 pm to
quote:

All these magical advantages and resources, yet 30 years since a national championship and 15 since they played for one
Bama Football went 27 years between championships.......

IU is 10x easier to win at than LSU
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 1:28 pm
Posted by timlan2057
In the Shadow of Tiger Stadium
Member since Sep 2005
17021 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:28 pm to
quote:

Does Alleva have the stones?


I'd crean in my pants.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
203567 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:29 pm to
If they are not on the phone with him by now the AD is fricking stupid.( or more stupid then we already thought).
Posted by ColeLSU
Member since Jul 2008
5856 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

I think I'd rather have Scott Drew?
First choice for me, he recruits the south. Brey is 2nd w Crean 3rd




Drew, Brey, and Crean huh....... Maybe I'm off base here but I think you guys are setting your sights pretty high..... I'd love to have those, but why the hell would they wanna come to LSU, unless LSU dishes a boatload of cash, which Alleva isnt gonna do
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 1:32 pm
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:37 pm to
quote:



Define "get it done".

He made the Sweet 16 3 out of 6 years not on probation, and the tournament 4 out of 6 years.




That's what I want from an LSU coach.

But he did that at a much bigger and better program with far more advantages.

Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15937 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:38 pm to
quote:

Bama Football went 27 years between championships......

That streak ended a quarter of a century ago and was still less than 30 years.
quote:

IU is 10x easier to win at than LSU

Link to this quantifiable data since Knight, Davis, Sampson and Crean all just underachieved for 30 years at such an easy place to win.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41248 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:43 pm to
quote:

If you're, let's say, West Virginia in football, would you hire a guy that Alabama fired that barely made the Outback Bowl every other year with a couple Independence Bowls sprinkled in? With all the resources and advantages that Alabama has?


We have an AD who hired a coach that was fired from Ole Miss
Posted by TopWaterTiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since May 2006
10227 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

That's where I'm at right now, benchmarking with John Brady. I hate Joe Alleva.



Sad but true!
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
95951 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

Link to this quantifiable data since Knight, Davis, Sampson and Crean all just underachieved for 30 years at such an easy place to win.
Well, since you are going to bitch if I use too far in the past, lets say since 1990

Championship game appearances

LSU- 0

IU- 1

Final fours
LSU-1

IU- 2

Elite 8

LSU-1

IU- 3

Sweet 16


LSU-2

IU-8

Tournament Appearances


LSU-10

IU-21


So double the final fours, 3x the elite 8s, 4x the final fours, and 2x as many tournamanet appearances
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 1:51 pm
Posted by karralum
southeastern conference territory
Member since Apr 2012
1138 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:51 pm to
If you take out his first 3 years (38-66) it seems IU made the tourney 2 straight years then don't make it. Then 2 straight years again then don't make it.
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15937 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:56 pm to
But we already know Indiana > LSU at basketball.

Your argument against Crean was that he underachieved at IU with all those resources. My point is, it's not as easy to win there as everyone is claiming and those numbers since 1990 prove that.
Posted by daytontiger
Dayton, OH
Member since Dec 2012
42 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:57 pm to
Interesting article by Archie's dad:

LINK /
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 2:10 pm to
quote:

But we already know Indiana > LSU at basketball.


Its far easier. Maybe not like Duke/UK/UNC, but its far easier.

And his results post-probation have been what we want an LSU coach to achieve at LSU.

And its not like he was trending upwards all those years. It was a plateau.

Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
26961 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 2:28 pm to
Collis Temple has ZERO involvement in AAU or any prep basketball and hasn't for about 10 years.
Posted by ChromeHeart
Denham Springs, LA
Member since Oct 2009
23 posts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 2:39 pm to
He's not making 3 mil now....
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