Seeding
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This is just wrong. As we all know, anyone could have been hired as coach when Self left and had success. Hell, John Phillips had success winning 2 NCAA tournament games which should have been 3 at a minimum.
Buzz was the wrong hire. He had no real credentials to be named the head coach here over Norm Roberts (or Billy Clyde).He had ZERO desire to be here. He recruited NO ONE. And his style was a 180 from all the players on campus who Self recruited. He got the job because he was tight with Michael Jordan.
Buzz was a hot commodity among lower tier coaches and an up and comer, I’m sure he had other options. That’s the problem with putting yourself in the tier 4 head coach or big program assistant market - it’s a crapshoot. Remember Doug was supposed to be one of the best assistants and most likely to get a head coaching gig too.
I never said he was the right hire. He obviously was not. But his year did not do anything to make the job less attractive. If the administration had followed the game plan when Buzz left, a young and ambitious up and comer would have had two years of a tournament team to get him started. Buzz was a mistake, but not one that should have had a long term impact.
One thing we all miss is the fact that a majority of TU fans felt JP was a great hire. And when he hired Pooh and Kwanza it looked like a great winning combination.
The first indication that all three of them could never recruit was the signing of Meier. I love them all but they were the worst recruiters in the history of modern TU basketball.
JP and staff ‘s recruiting was so bad, Bill Self would have had a losing record with JP’s last year players.
The first indication that all three of them could never recruit was the signing of Meier. I love them all but they were the worst recruiters in the history of modern TU basketball.
JP and staff ‘s recruiting was so bad, Bill Self would have had a losing record with JP’s last year players.
The focus was too local. Chris Wallace was barely a D2 player and should have never been running the point for a D1 team. Then the Brazilian kids who never amounted to much. Teichmann looked like he had some potential but never got the coaching or developmental instruction at this level to move the needle. Same thing with Charles Ramsdell.
Chito-as for Wojcik, I don't think anyone really thought he was the wrong choice for the job when he was hired. And that's the problem with assistants. You never know until they run their own program if they have that ability to manage every aspect of the program. Keith Burns was the same thing. Everyone was excited about him and his hype and his enthusiasm for what he wanted to do. Wojcik wanted to coach players and develop them, he didn't want to do all the other things that make programs successful like engage students and fans or the media or develop new donor contacts. Every GHC pregame meal I went to that he addressed the patrons at seemed like it was the last place on earth DW wanted to be. His brother and Cason were great when they spoke though and they went around shaking hands and talking to people at tables, etc. Some just get in over their head with the program management aspect of the HC gig.
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