Re: Coach K
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 12:47 pm
Isn’t the Duke athletic department the same guys whose “search” for eligibility issues also starts and ends by 1pm on the same business day?
If you were to order these from most important to least important when seeing how great a coach is, how would you do it?BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 11:25 am Since Self has been here he's been better than probably everyone if we are talking winning %. K does have 1 more natty than Self during the KU years.
But resume wise it's really not close.
Self:
729-223 (77%)
1 natty
3 final fours
2x AP COY
1x Naismith COY
K:
1097-302 (78%)
5 nattys
12 final fours
3x Naismith COY
Can't find Self's NCAA tournament only record, but his career tournament record is 49-21 (70%), which i think includes conference tournys.
Ks tournament record is 97-30 (76%) in the NCAA, but 2-2 in the NIT.
Love Self, but his lack of NCAA tournament success when it comes to winning national titles makes it hard for him to get into the convo with guys like K or even Roy imo.
Wasn't in Wendell Carter? or Bagley?
The cynical side of me wonders if it was done to fulfill some kind of internal minority candidate requirement. You would probably know about the existence of those better than I.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:19 pm I'm sure they did hire a search committee...that doesn't mean they didn't have "Their guy" already. But you probably put out some feelers, if for no other reason than to see how the job is being viewed, so...is Brad Stevens even interested...Would Mike Brey take it for cheap...and, to determine things like Scheyer's asking price and maybe do a basic background check on him...etc.
Dook is private. So, I think it would depend on their own internal rules.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:21 pmThe cynical side of me wonders if it was done to fulfill some kind of internal minority candidate requirement. You would probably know about the existence of those better than I.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:19 pm I'm sure they did hire a search committee...that doesn't mean they didn't have "Their guy" already. But you probably put out some feelers, if for no other reason than to see how the job is being viewed, so...is Brad Stevens even interested...Would Mike Brey take it for cheap...and, to determine things like Scheyer's asking price and maybe do a basic background check on him...etc.
Right. Thought maybe your time at Yale would give some insight as to how common those are. Pretty common in private non-academia but not so often put in writing.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:24 pmDook is private. So, I think it would depend on their own internal rules.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:21 pmThe cynical side of me wonders if it was done to fulfill some kind of internal minority candidate requirement. You would probably know about the existence of those better than I.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:19 pm I'm sure they did hire a search committee...that doesn't mean they didn't have "Their guy" already. But you probably put out some feelers, if for no other reason than to see how the job is being viewed, so...is Brad Stevens even interested...Would Mike Brey take it for cheap...and, to determine things like Scheyer's asking price and maybe do a basic background check on him...etc.
Which, my cynical side now, makes it a lot easier for them to "get away with" recruiting violations than public schools.
K has more total wins and a better winning %.NDballer13 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:19 pmIf you were to order these from most important to least important when seeing how great a coach is, how would you do it?BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 11:25 am Since Self has been here he's been better than probably everyone if we are talking winning %. K does have 1 more natty than Self during the KU years.
But resume wise it's really not close.
Self:
729-223 (77%)
1 natty
3 final fours
2x AP COY
1x Naismith COY
K:
1097-302 (78%)
5 nattys
12 final fours
3x Naismith COY
Can't find Self's NCAA tournament only record, but his career tournament record is 49-21 (70%), which i think includes conference tournys.
Ks tournament record is 97-30 (76%) in the NCAA, but 2-2 in the NIT.
Love Self, but his lack of NCAA tournament success when it comes to winning national titles makes it hard for him to get into the convo with guys like K or even Roy imo.
National Title
Conference Title
30 win season
National titles 5-1 K
Conference Titles 19-12 Self
30 win seasons 15-10* K Should be 11, but 2020 technically finished with 28 wins.
It's the same argument I've made about individual team success. Too much emphasis is put on national titles when that is decided by a single elimination, non-series tournament. Natty's and Final Fours are the only thing K has on Self, everything else Self is right with him, or better.
It's not hard, at all, for Self to "get in the convo".
Done engaging on the current completely contrived argument.BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:57 pm I have seen recent lists where Self wasn't even ranked 1st or 2nd in active head coaches.
BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:57 pm I have seen recent lists where Self wasn't even ranked 1st or 2nd in active head coaches.
Does Pitino count?CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 2:02 pmDone engaging on the current completely contrived argument.BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:57 pm I have seen recent lists where Self wasn't even ranked 1st or 2nd in active head coaches.
So, a positive tangent, doesn't an active (in 2023) coaching Mount Rushmore look something like:
Izzo
Self
Calipari
Boeheim(?)