UMD DUKE Thread

[rolliefingers]

I think I'm finally on the "Gary has to go" train. No ACC team should ever lose to another ACC team by that much. I don't care how good Duke is - and they're plenty good, and hats off to them - but that just shouldn't happen.

I'm beginning to think the Morgan State game was less aberration than norm.

Does anyone think Booth would be a good replacement?

[OregonBird]

I think I'm finally on the "Gary has to go" train. No ACC team should ever lose to another ACC team by that much. I don't care how good Duke is - and they're plenty good, and hats off to them - but that just shouldn't happen.

I'm beginning to think the Morgan State game was less aberration than norm.

Does anyone think Booth would be a good replacement?

No, too inexperienced.

This is one of the top jobs in the country. It may not have the tradition of an Indiana but its smack dab in the middle of the nation's most fertile recruiting ground. A young, hungry coach that can recruit will take this team to the Sweet 16 several times.

Jamie Dixon (Pitt), Jay Wright (Villanova), Anthony Grant (VCU) are all names that I would inquire.

[Dr. FLK]

I think I'm finally on the "Gary has to go" train. No ACC team should ever lose to another ACC team by that much. I don't care how good Duke is - and they're plenty good, and hats off to them - but that just shouldn't happen.

I'm beginning to think the Morgan State game was less aberration than norm.

Does anyone think Booth would be a good replacement?

No way. They need someone with a nice track record. They should have their pick from mid-major coaches IMO. Since plenty of those mid-majors land better talent than the Terps, imagine what one of those guys could do with the UMCP resources.

It's really a shame what Gary's lazy recruiting has done to this program post-championship. I think he got arrogant and thought he could do whatever he wanted after that, so he just quit recruiting all together. Patsos left, the new guys weren't as good as he was, and now the Terps get nothing but leftovers. Unfortunately, I think Gary looks at his championship banner and decides that it must all be someone else's fault of just plain bad luck.

[Mike B]

I think I'm finally on the "Gary has to go" train. No ACC team should ever lose to another ACC team by that much. I don't care how good Duke is - and they're plenty good, and hats off to them - but that just shouldn't happen.

I'm beginning to think the Morgan State game was less aberration than norm.

Does anyone think Booth would be a good replacement?[/QUOTE]

Other than the Baltimore connection promoting Booth does no good. He is not known as a skilled recruiter and has zero exp. as a head coach. If a change is made go with one of the young lions. Jay Wright of Villanova is familar with the recruiting area and would probably be thrilled with the job. Mike Brey of ND is another and the Gonzaga coach Mark Few is a heck of a coach.

[BaltimoreTerp]

Does anyone think Booth would be a good replacement?

I hate to pile on here (because you are really getting a good beating for this ), but IF you are going to change coaches under the present circumstances you have to do two things:

1) Go in a completely different direction. If you don't want your current coach it is likely because they aren't leading the team in the direction you want, so you don't hire someone from the same group (unless you are the Cleveland Browns...)

2) Find a coach that you believe is at the very least as good as the one they are replacing. They don't have to be Bobby Knight coming out of retirement, but you want someone with enough of a track record that you can project to success in your situation.

Someone like (among those already mentioned) Jeff Caple, who built up the Virginia Commonwealth program and is doing well at Oklahoma (similar to how Gary Williams did at BC and Ohio State), and who knows the region for recruiting and knows the conference from his playing days would be a good choice (even as a Dookie ). Same for Mike Brey, who is Bethesda-born and a DeMatha grad, and coached at Duke and Delaware.

If this were five years from now, the program is back on the right track, Williams is retiring under his own terms and Booth has shown himself a plus on the bench and in recruiting, then you talk about Keith Booth. Now, though, he isn't the answer (unless the question is "Who will replace Pat Kennedy at Towson next year?")

[Dr. FLK]

I think that we need to stop saying that Gary is the one who needs to go. After the precedent set by this coach being fired, I think Coach K is actually the guy who needs to go...

[tuofan]

If this were five years from now, the program is back on the right track, Williams is retiring under his own terms and Booth has shown himself a plus on the bench and in recruiting, then you talk about Keith Booth. Now, though, he isn't the answer (unless the question is "Who will replace Pat Kennedy at Towson next year?")

Why do you think Keith Booth would be a good HC at TU?

[Dr. FLK]

Why do you think that Keith Booth would be a good HC at TU?

I think he's saying that Booth would be a better option to start his career at a lower profile program.

[BaltimoreTerp]

Why do you think Keith Booth would be a good HC at TU?

Baltimore kid, local legend, learning the ropes under a great coach. The kind of guy Towson is hoping they have in Ambrose with the football program, and a change from the "coach-centric" basketball program around Pat Kennedy that he has not earned.