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New Maryland Head Coach: Mark Turgeon

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Agree......this hire is definitely more like a Edsel.

IMO, Anderson didn't miss the boat this time.....he sank it. And I have a sinking feeling that Maryland football and basketball are going to be painful to watch for a while. :(

I know what you mean. Between his successful track record and the ringing endorsements from most of the basketball community, all signs point to failure. MD should probably just eliminate the basketball program now.

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Happy with the hire, now I just want to know if we can keep Faust, Gibbs, and Stoglin.

I just spoke with Stoglin online. He said he's excited and actually was recruited by Turgeon at Texas A&M. Doesn't look like we have to worry about him going anywhere.

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I just spoke with Stoglin online. He said he's excited and actually was recruited by Turgeon at Texas A&M. Doesn't look like we have to worry about him going anywhere.

From what I've read, Turgeon seems like a guard-centric coach, so I would imagine that the guards should be pretty excited about his hiring.

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Agree......this hire is definitely more like a Edsel.

IMO, Anderson didn't miss the boat this time.....he sank it. And I have a sinking feeling that Maryland football and basketball are going to be painful to watch for a while. :(

You are the most negative hippie ever. Do you sit on your porch and complain about whippersnappers too? Lighten up.

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I think this guy is the type of coach we want:

  1. Program builder - so he should retain and build on Gary's work
  2. Seems to be a guy who does things 'the right way', which means he avoids violations. Yes, maybe this costs some recruits, but it keeps the pipelines flowing long term
  3. Hard working tenacious personality, the fan base expects no less after Gary

Concerns:

  1. Gotta recruit the locals better then Gary did. Hopefully the assistant coaches have enough connections to give in the start he needs
  2. Offense. Can a MD fan base tolerate teams scoring in the low 60's on a regular basis? Win or loss? Can you win in the ACC like this? And I mean, win it all, not just have 2011 FSU seasons now and then.
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I know what you mean. Between his successful track record and the ringing endorsements from most of the basketball community, all signs point to failure. MD should probably just eliminate the basketball program now.

Funny. I mean seriously, how is this a horrible signing? The guy has a great track record. I'll wait until I see his first few draft classes before getting too excited or to down on this hiring and at least four years before making any true opinions on him.

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Funny. I mean seriously, how is this a horrible signing? The guy has a great track record. I'll wait until I see his first few draft classes before getting too excited or to down on this hiring and at least four years before making any true opinions on him.

Along those lines, Dave Telep of ESPN just mentioned the following on Twitter:

Mark Turgeon has already begun making calls to AAU and HS coaches.
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One other thing to consider. If the Kansas job ever opens up, would Turgeon bolt for the Jayhawks if asked?

Probably. But Bill Self is still relatively young and is doing very well there. So I see no reason why that would be something to be concerned about in the near future.

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Look, I don't think Turgeon is going to win a NC every year, but what about this hire makes you think it will be "painful" to watch Maryland BB? What in his past as a coach would indicate that AT ALL? Some people are being silly.

I didn't follow A&M basketball at all, but it does seem that Turgeon preferred a very deliberate, slow-paced offense that usually produced scores in the 50's and 60's. As long as he's winning, I certainly wouldn't call it painful, but dull maybe. Of course he may have played that style simply to suit the talent he had there, and if (when) he's able to get better players at MD, he'll open it up much more. Hopefully.

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By all accounts this is a real smart, even brilliant, mind. With that said, my hope is he can gin up a faster-paced offense that Maryland is used to. Maybe he can adapt his scheme to fit the kind of talent he can hopefully acquire.

This has real strong potential here. I hope he fulfills every bit of potential it seems like he has for this gig. Like Edsall, there are a lot of disappointed fans. But Edsall is winning people over and I hope this guy does, too.

As for Anderson. One day he sits there and says he wants to play Navy every year, or make the football OOC schedule a lot better than it has been. Then he turns around and upsets everyone with an infuriating process of coaching searches. The guy is driving me nuts.

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I didn't follow A&M basketball at all' date=' but it does seem that Turgeon preferred a very deliberate, slow-paced offense that usually produced scores in the 50's and 60's. As long as he's winning, I certainly wouldn't call it painful, but dull maybe. Of course he may have played that style simply to suit the talent he had there, and if (when) he's able to get better players at MD, he'll open it up much more. Hopefully.[/quote']

Turgeon wants to run, run, run. He's a Roy Williams disciple. The reason he slowed it down at A&M was because he had to in order to win. That was the personnel he had. Defensively he doesn't press a lot to try and speed up the game, but he wants to run after the rebound or even as the ball comes through the net.

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