MIAMI UPDATE

[KAOriginal]

Miami atmosphere is about what ours is like, quite apathetic. Last year's average attendance was 5,800 as a point of comparison. And yes coaching in the ACC would have its appeal, but he is doing so at a disadvantage funding wise. Whereas Mason was near the top of the CAA, Miami is near the bottom. I would equate their program to Penn State's.

You have to ask yourself why he was offered only 1.3 million to coach at Miami while Shaka was offered 2.5 million to coach at Illinois.

Again a bad day at Miami is still better than Mason. A chart I saw from 2010 showed Mason making 2mil in hoops and Miami making 6.5M. I cant imagine they are making them re-tape aglets if their strings break at the U.

And yes one wonders about the salary discrep. But in the end what matters is this. If L does well....he will make more and more money, his staff will make more and more money AND a school like Miami will spend more to do things when he asks.

Plus I think L likes the "under dog" status and the Miami situation in the ACC plays right into it.

 

[wijg]

Would love to steal away their coach.

http://www.greenbayphoenix.com/View...&DB_OEM_ID=22500&ATCLID=3754213&Q_SEASON=2014

Wardle is an interesting option. There were some questions about his coaching techniques last year, but appears he was mostly cleared by the schools investigation:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...bay-coach-brian-wardle-keep-job-investigation

He was a candidate for the Marquette job when that was open. He has since signed a five year renewal at GB. Can't find what kind of pay he is getting.

 

[Washingtonian]

ESPN College BBall ‏@ESPNCBB 4m4 minutes ago
It's a Rout. Eastern Kentucky destroys #18 Miami, 72-44. Hurricanes were outscored 45-19 in 2nd Half.

 

[KAOriginal]

ESPN College BBall ‏@ESPNCBB 4m4 minutes ago
It's a Rout. Eastern Kentucky destroys #18 Miami, 72-44. Hurricanes were outscored 45-19 in 2nd Half.

Playing a bunch of freshman, being ranked and getting drubbed by a good mid major=Larranaga Problem

Playing a bunch of 6'7'' guys with no guards, not being ranked and only drubbing Div II squads=Hewitt Problem

 

[GMUgemini]

Playing a bunch of freshman, being ranked and getting drubbed by a good mid major=Larranaga Problem

Playing a bunch of 6'7'' guys with no guards, not being ranked and only drubbing Div II squads=Hewitt Problem

Eastern Kentucky has losses to Valpo, East Tennessee State and IUPUI and is under .500. I don't know how "good" they are.

Losing to teams like Green Bay and EKU is not good.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

ESPN College BBall ‏@ESPNCBB 4m4 minutes ago
It's a Rout. Eastern Kentucky destroys #18 Miami, 72-44. Hurricanes were outscored 45-19 in 2nd Half.

That's an @ss kicking.

Wonder if it becomes Miami's "Creighton game" going forward.

 

[KAOriginal]

Eastern Kentucky has losses to Valpo, East Tennessee State and IUPUI and is under .500. I don't know how "good" they are.

Losing to teams like Green Bay and EKU is not good.

Well, I wasn't necessarily trying to portray EKU as the next Wichita State or vcu or whatever mid major that actually sustained their success.....

But despite losing to GB, they were still ranked 18th in the country prior to EKU. And already beat their highly ranked in-state rival Florida. And still have a good shot at an at large in the NCAAs with a so so season with those "bad" losses. And with only two scholarship players returning from last year in a "rebuilding" year.

Much like the article the other week about vcu....winning a shit load of games in the season and then only making one or two rounds of the NCAAs is their "unfortunate destiny."

Point being, it's all perspective. We can poke holes at who beat who, what's a bad loss, etc....but the fact is our program is in such a sorry state, we would kill to have such "problems."

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Bet you 5000000000000000000 dollars they don't finish in the Top 25 after the regular season is done.

What does Larranaga's stunning failure of an epic 28 point loss to a bad team do to my sort of real bet with Herndon???

Good chance he is canned after this year, I'd say. One NCAA appearance in four years is hardly better than any of his predecessors.

Jim, if you are reading this, Shaka still makes more money than you. Better go to your AD.

 

[Patriot Lawdog]

What does Larranaga's stunning failure of an epic 28 point loss to a bad team do to my sort of real bet with Herndon???

Good chance he is canned after this year, I'd say. One NCAA appearance in four years is hardly better than any of his predecessors.

Jim, if you are reading this, Shaka still makes more money than you. Better go to your AD.

Hey, you guys stop looking over here!!! The police department is over at my neighbors house trying to get their cat out of a tree. That family is a disaster!!! What???? No, no, this is only a little grease fire at our house not a 3 alarm disaster that threatens all of our neighbors houses!!!

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Hey, you guys stop looking over here!!! The police department is over at my neighbors house trying to get their cat out of a tree. That family is a disaster!!! What???? No, no, this is only a little grease fire at our house not a 3 alarm disaster that threatens all of our neighbors houses!!!

Nobody cares about what is going on in your neighborhood association, Lawdog.

The question is, if L misses the tourney again this year, is making the tourney once every four years good enough to keep his job?

It wasn't for Perry Clark, but we all know that black coaches like him, Leonard Hamilton and Mr.Hewitt are held to higher standards than people like L.

L must be pretty steamed about Obama normalizing relations with Cuba. I guess that must be the reason Miami hasn't canned him yet and is tolerating another poor coaching job.

 

[Vurbel]

Why the bitterness?

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Hey, you guys stop looking over here!!! The police department is over at my neighbors house trying to get their cat out of a tree. That family is a disaster!!! What???? No, no, this is only a little grease fire at our house not a 3 alarm disaster that threatens all of our neighbors houses!!!

It's awfully darn rare that Jollay loses one of these exchanges, but this is one of them.

Well played Lawdog.

 

[GSII]

The U is happy to have Mason's apr score, no player aressts etc. So yea, they will prob offer him a lifetime contract.

 

[Walter]

The U is happy to have Mason's apr score, no player aressts etc. So yea, they will prob offer him a lifetime contract.

Miami extended his contract through 2022

 

[GSII]

Miami extended his contract through 2022

well there ya go...how much does he make per year? 2.2 million??

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Another stunningly poor coached game by L leads to a 76-62 debacle at the hands of Providence.

Fitting. Providence breathing a sigh of relief they didn't go all in on Larranaga all those years ago.

 

[gmujim92]

Another stunningly poor coached game by L leads to a 76-62 debacle at the hands of Providence.

Fitting. Providence breathing a sigh of relief they didn't go all in on Larranaga all those years ago.

Yeah, that guy really sucks. Don't know what any of us saw in him.

 

[Vurbel]

Yeah, that guy really sucks. Don't know what any of us saw in him.

Yeah, I know. Final Four, putting us on the map, all those winning seasons, he was overrated. Good riddance.

 

[wijg]

Who is this Larranaga guy you are talking about? Did we get him in a recent trade with Cuba?

 

[mason89]

Good article in the NYT about Coach L. Based on the picture, you can see another huge difference between Coach L and Coach Hewitt: Not enough hand holding by Hewitt!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/23/s...im-larranaga-returns-to-roots.html?ref=sports