So I'll Take You Off The Christmas Card List, Then

Lot of similarities here between this hire and hiring a guy like Brey, Gillispie, or Lavin.

The more I think about it, the more I think it might work.

Honestly, I had to look the dude up when the word came out. I was in shock for a good 20 minutes.

But as I read up on him, this seems as likely to work as hiring a mid-major who had no experience at this level, and perhaps even more likely. By “work” I mean “consistently good team” – I think the odds of a homerun are basically nil. But that’s OK.

You doing a POAPS on Gottfried?

Seriously. Not very professional of Debbie Jean King.

Look, I work in a professional job and I act professionally, but there have been a few times over the years where I thought someone was trying to **** with me that I lost my cool like Debbie lost hers. Fortunately for me, I did not have a microphone in front of my face and I had time to calm down.

This wasn’t a calculated move on her part, it was an emotional reaction born of frustration. She’d take it back if she could. It was the southerner/redneck coming out for a second.

Let’s move on and talk about the new coach, who I’m starting to think will do pretty well here.

Somehow MG screwed up his dream job at his alma mater. And then he couldn’t get a look for two years until his (“I’ve known him for 18 years”) big sister rescued him.

I’ll support him, but let’s not kid ourselves. This went south and DY tried to make the best of it.

Not a good day for the Pack.

Who did you have over last night?

Here are the basics: The guy is a killer recruiter, no one questions that. He has the great recruiter, weak coach rep, and if you look at what he did and what he had most of the years he was in Tuscaloosa, you will understand. Also he is committed to the UCLA high post offense. Considering his record and his time away from coaching, I would be cautiously optimistic as a NCST fan. I think he will build the team up and achieve much more than what has been going on there lately. However I do question how high he can go, and how long he can sustain success.

First, I don’t see how this is any more of a gamble than hiring even a Mike Brey, let alone a mid-major. But, as with any new hire, we’ll see where it goes. I at least think that DY believes this is a homerun hire.

Which leads me to my second thought. From everything that occurred at the press conference, I don’t think DY would lie about anything. She may say some things she shouldn’t, but, to me, that more reason to expect a very good coaching staff. If she were very smooth and skilled at posturing, I would be more concerned with her honesty. But, it was clear to me that she was very excited about the hire and the prospects of the program’s future. Her outspokenness about Gary Williams just re-inforces to me that she probably isn’t skilled in posturing, so I expect that her excitement was genuine.

She needed to defend the integrity of the position, and while folks think she was counterproductive in how she went about this- then tough $h^t. It was not a calculated swipe at that snatch-head in College Park. This was born out of the media frenzy reported out of Houston that she sucked to work for. Then it was brought head on by a stupid question- a leading question- by another quack media member, to a new head coach minutes into his introducing. Yow needed to come quick and forceful to end this charade and allow the new HC an opportunity to go to work w/o this nancy-pancy behind the scenes crap floating about. She said it-answered it-now move on.