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[BurnsWhenIPee]

Damn, can't imagine anyone there getting excited about that hire.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Strange, strange hire. Maybe it turns out fine but it smells of everyone else turned us down.

 

[dixiehack]

He’s more accomplished than Mike Woodson but Mike Woodson vibes without the school tie-in.

 

[No. 2]

He’s more accomplished than Mike Woodson but Mike Woodson vibes without the school tie-in.

His daughter is on the volleyball team so he's been in Chapel Hill and around the athletic department a good bit since getting fired last year. Not saying it's the same as being an alum, but it gives it more of that vibe.

 

[dixiehack]

His daughter is on the volleyball team so he's been in Chapel Hill and around the athletic department a good bit since getting fired last year. Not saying it's the same as being an alum, but it gives it more of that vibe.

Yeah but that isn’t at all like having the pedigree from the House of Dean. My point was more about having a random NBA coach show up on the doorstep anyway.

 

[UNCGrad]

Sigh.

Like, I can't argue with anyone about Malone's Xs and Os. I rooted for him as Jokic's and Denver's coach. Like, everything I've ever read about him is that he's a basketball genius. And I know I can't hold whatever Sacramento did against him. Because, you know, Sacramento.

But...god.

He gets fired from everywhere. But he sure as hell won't be intimidated by anyone. And I know he loves the program. I know he's New York tough. And...

****, I don't know.

****.

This reeks of Belichick.

I hate everything.

I also hope it's genius.

I don't know anything.

What it proves is that UNC is not a job everyone was clamoring to get, no matter what Bubba or Bomani or Forde says.

Unless we're just that stupid. And this was a genius hire.

Which we may be.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Screw it, you know what?

They have to prove something to me.

That's it.

That's what it comes down to now.

I love my school. I love basketball and I've loved this program all my life.

But they have to prove it,

To me.

I already miss the goodness of Hubert.

That was easy to root for. Even though I know it couldn't last.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I just don't know.

Duke's laughing again.

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

It's either going to be a brilliant, game-changing hire that could alter the paradigm of what characteristics are needed for success as a head coach at the college level ... or it'll be a debacle. Doubt it ends up anywhere in between.

He's a terrific tactician. And for years, players developed on his watch in Denver. The divorce in Denver was very much a he-said/she-said type deal. Someone would have hired him in this upcoming NBA offseason, probably at a high salary; he was going to be in demand.

But name an NBA coach who'd never been a college head coach who went to that level and succeeded.

Sigh.

Like, I can't argue with anyone about Malone's Xs and Os. I rooted for him as Jokic's and Denver's coach. Like, everything I've ever read about him is that he's a basketball genius. And I know I can't hold whatever Sacramento did against him. Because, you know, Sacramento.

But...god.

He gets fired from everywhere. But he sure as hell won't be intimidated by anyone. And I know he loves the program. I know he's New York tough. And...

****, I don't know.

****.

This reeks of Belichick.

I hate everything.

I also hope it's genius.

I don't know anything.

What it proves is that UNC is not a job everyone was clamoring to get, no matter what Bubba or Bomani or Forde says.

Unless we're just that stupid. And this was a genius hire.

Which we may be.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Screw it, you know what?

They have to prove something to me.

That's it.

That's what it comes down to now.

I love my school. I love basketball and I've loved this program all my life.

But they have to prove it,

To me.

I already miss the goodness of Hubert.

That was easy to root for. Even though I know it couldn't last.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I just don't know.

Duke's laughing again.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Guessing he got the blessing of Ol' Roy?

I wouldn’t assume that. I doubt Roy approved the execution of Hubert Davis.
Roy and the Family have been replaced by Trumpists.

 

[waterytart]

Roy and the Family have been replaced by Trumpists.

Dean has to be spinning.

 

[TigerVols]

I think UNC very well might have landed a fantastic coach; college coaches no longer recruit, they just work with ADs or basketball general managers and AAU coaches to sign the right players, then they have to coach 'em up for a year or two until they move on either to another school or the Association. And by many accounts Malone can coach players and game plan the X and Os far better than most.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Before you diss Malone's collegiate bona fides, check out Popovich's going the other direction.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

To piggyback on @UNCGrad, the biggest takeaway here is UNC's status within the world. This is not a blue blood gig anymore. And with the football schools stomping over everything, there may not BE any more blue blood gigs as we know them. Michigan went and got Dusty May, who seems in no rush to leave. Josh Schertz is the other slam dunk genius who is going to win a national title at his next stop, but why would he go anywhere other than the SEC, Big 10 or Big 12? Why not win national titles and get left alone at the school's third-most popular sport behind football and spring football? Nate Oats, one of the world's worst humans, will do that at Alabama long before it happens at Kentucky, which only technically plays football but ran off John Calipari and already seems to want to run off Mark Pope.

And what happens to Duke when Scheyer leaves? UConn hit the jackpot twice w/Calhoun and Hurley, and in between ran off an alum who won a national title. What do they do once Hurley gets fit for a straitjacket? They're a lot closer to a UNC-esque hunt than it seems.

(I retract the right to delete this if Malone leads UNC to the 2028 national title )

 

[wicked]

Matt Doherty wasn’t available?

 

[Here me roar]

It's entirely possible that UNC went outside the family, they did without regard to the dude's daughter, because they see the end of the ACC and the end of Duke UNC as a conference rival

 

[UNCGrad]

Scheyer's only, what, 38?

He can coach another 35 years at Duke if he wants. He gets the National Player of the Year every year, plus four more. I imagine the only pull on him might be the NBA.

Might.

Then Duke would hire JJ after his Lakers run.

 

[terrier]

Two guys from my alma mater (Bishop Hendricken HS, Warwick, RI) have coached in the NBA: Malone* and Joe Mazzulla.

* Malone played two years while his dad coached URI. He finished at Seton Hall Prep.

Also, Rocco Baldelli is young enough and won enough at Minnesota that he'll eventually get another shot in MLB.

 

[wicked]

Also, Rocco Baldelli is young enough and won enough at Minnesota that he'll eventually get another shot in MLB.

Wouldn't be a bad choice for the Red Sox when Cora's gone.

He can coach another 35 years at Duke if he wants. He gets the National Player of the Year every year, plus four more. I imagine the only pull on him might be the NBA.

Might.

At this point, just coach the Olympic team every four years and it's basically the same thing.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Matt Doherty wasn’t available?

Too busy with Catholics for Trump.

 

[tapintoamerica]

They’re paying Malone $50,000,000 over six years. That makes him the second-highest paid coach in college hoops. Astounding.
If he so much as wins one NCAA tournament game next year, he’ll get a raise.

 

[wicked]

Too busy with Catholics for Trump.

Dean is rolling in his grave for multiple reasons. He was one of the few guys who seemed to walk the walk.