Thoughts On Bo Ryan?

[BadgerBeer]

If this has been covered elsewhere I am sorry.

Bo Ryan was caught up in a story the last few days regarding restriction's placed on a kid that wanted to transfer out of UW. While we could have some good discussion regarding this rule I am more interested in how Bo is perceived around the country. I happen to find him an arrogant, condescending prick that acts as if he is the smartest person in every room. I am not a big fan of Mike and Mike but I was glad to see somebody actually stand up to this bully and call him on his bull****. What are the boards thoughts on Bo?

Here is the M&M interview...http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/58140/video-debate-bo-ryan-vs-mike-mike

 

[SockPuppet]

Bo Ryan? Bo Whine, in my book. One of the coaches I dislike the most. He whines about calls on both ends of the floor. His players never foul, his players always get fouled. (And then his team gets away with an egregious double shove under the basket that helps Wisc beat Vandy in the NCAAs).

I don't care how good a coach he is or that he consistently wins with players who aren't athletic (re: white). I think he's a prick.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I could care less about Bo Ryan the coach. I care that he's another tool in the NCAA's system of looking out for everyone except the people that they claim they look out for.

Get rid of the ****ing rule. This is supposed to be amateur extracurricular activities. Why should anyone have control over where anyone goes to school, who pays for the school and what activities the student chooses to participate.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Great coach in the regular season, whiny ***** in the NCAA Tournament.

I just remember him bitching and moaning about the NCAA transfer rules the day before UNLV kicked Wisconsin's ass in the NCAA Tournament about five years ago or so...

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

 

[dixiehack]

I never paid a lick of attention to him before this week, aside from my general distaste for Wisconsin's style of play. Now? Yeah he's a prick.

 

[Bubbler]

Bo Ryan couldn't be more wrong on this issue. Coaches want to be dictators. The pigeons are coming home to roost.

 

[SockPuppet]

Ryan said he didn't know how to handle a transfer request so he asked some fellow coaches for advice. So not only did he do the wrong thing, he got advice on how to do the wrong thing.

 

[rtse11]

He didn't know how to handle a transfer request? How about, "OK. Good luck."

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I'm sure he was disappointed in the Wisconsin football team accepting Russell Wilson as a transfer last season.

 

[armageddon]

I'm sure he was disappointed in the Wisconsin football team accepting Russell Wilson as a transfer last season.

To be fair, he didn't like it one bit. He hates that rule. He came out publicly against it when asked about it by local reporters.

He was asked about it last season, after it became a topic on the Big Ten coaches' teleconference. Weber and Izzo also criticized the rule -- despite the fact they used the rule to add such transfers. I know both Izzo and Weber. Both good guys but both hypocrites on that topic.

 

[dirtybird]

Great coach in the regular season, whiny ***** in the NCAA Tournament.

I just remember him bitching and moaning about the NCAA transfer rules the day before UNLV kicked Wisconsin's ass in the NCAA Tournament about five years ago or so...

Don't worry, he whines in the regular season too.

 

[Starman]

I have really never heard anyone who does NOT consider Ryan a whiny arrogant condescending asshole.

For most of the Wisky fanbase, it's OK because he wins.

 

[old_tony]

He climbed the ladder, starting in Division III and he's won everywhere he's been. He doesn't cheat. He limited the schools for a kid who didn't even have the balls to tell him he was transferring in person and instead did it by note. Yup, an asshole of the highest degree.

 

[SockPuppet]

Old Tony: I guess it takes one to know one.

Anyone who's been around him, watched his teams play, watched him ***** and moan about EVERY whistle ... he's conceited for no reason (never really WON anything). Asshole in my book. But he was that way BEFORE this transfer deal. So there's that.

 

[dirtybird]

Old Tony: I guess it takes one to know one.

Anyone who's been around him, watched his teams play, watched him ***** and moan about EVERY whistle ... he's conceited for no reason (never really WON anything). Asshole in my book. But he was that way BEFORE this transfer deal. So there's that.

Somewhere between what you and Tony wrote is the truth. He whines, but so do many coaches. I don't think he's conceited, more grouchy a lot of the time. Also, if you don't think he's ever "really WON anything" you don't really understand what he's done at Wisconsin or really the nature of "winning." I'd venture to argue he's won most things outside reaching a final four. He built a team that is perennially good from very good in a crap-tastic situation, he has lower-division titles and a tidy collection of league titles and Sweet 16s (one Elite Eight), all that seems like something.

But yes, he's being a jerk, his team's play less watchable basketball and he's doing something other coaches do, which is wrong.

 

[ColdCat]

biggest horse's ass in the B1G
He even comes across as an ass during post-game pressers, which is quite an accomplishment

 

[Beaker]

Another one of the NCAA's ridiculous rules exploited by another arrogant prick of a coach.

They want these kids to be considered as "student athletes," but they're not even allowed to go to college where they want.

 

[bigalabama]

To be fair, he didn't like it one bit. He hates that rule. He came out publicly against it when asked about it by local reporters.

He was asked about it last season, after it became a topic on the Big Ten coaches' teleconference. Weber and Izzo also criticized the rule -- despite the fact they used the rule to add such transfers. I know both Izzo and Weber. Both good guys but both hypocrites on that topic.

In general, I don't think it's hypocritical to dislike a rule and then use it. If you refuse to use a rule on principle - just because you don't like it - you're putting yourself at a disadvantage unnecessarily. John Calipari says he doesn't like one-and-dones, but uses them extensively because the rules allow it. That doesn't make him a hypocrite.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Another one of the NCAA's ridiculous rules exploited by another arrogant prick of a coach.

They want these kids to be considered as "student athletes," but they're not even allowed to go to college where they want.

They can go to the college they want, they just can't get it paid for, and/or they're not allowed to participate in the extracurricular activity they want.