I think we blew it with LB. Sure he moved around, but always high-profile jobs…NBA, UCLA & Kansas. We only secured him because he was at the tail end of his career and still wanted to coach. 2 years after SMU he was coaching Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino, anybody ever hear of that team???
I think an argument could be made that at a minimum we could have kept him through 2018. I also suspect LB would rather be the HC of SMU than an assistant under Penny, but who knows.
We blew it with the handling of LB, we blew it by not protecting LB or Keith during the NCAA inquisition, by not fighting the heavy handed sanctions, we blew it by neutering the MOB, and of course ticking off the most loyal fans with the disastrous reseat. And now we’ve kept Jank too long.
Agree with Arkpony, this was a true Heartbreaker.
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Re: Heartbreaker
by SoCal_Pony » Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:04 pm
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Re: Heartbreaker
by ponyboy » Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:07 pm
Good points. The handling of the MOB and the reseat were abject failures for sure.
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Re: Heartbreaker
by redpony » Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:05 pm
SCP- couldn't agree more. I always felt LB really liked it here and might have stayed longer than normal had he not been run off.
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Re: Heartbreaker
by Charleston Pony » Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:28 pm
redpony wrote:SCP- couldn't agree more. I always felt LB really liked it here and might have stayed longer than normal had he not been run off.
IIRC he had a son in school at SMU who still had a couple more years before graduation and that may have offered another incentive to hang around...especially since LB was basketball royalty at SMU
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Re: Heartbreaker
by Terry Webster » Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:00 pm
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Re: Heartbreaker
by Charleston Pony » Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:34 pm
Terry Webster wrote:Hmm. Trouble in Memphis world.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/100 ... te-assh--e
I remember Coach Brown was quick to bench guys who took bad shots and failed to share the ball or were not playing good defense, blocking out and rebounding. So many times guys would pass up good looks to get the ball to someone who had an even better look. Lots of quick "touch" passes. Haven't watched Memphis but I'm guessing there is a lot of selfish one on one ball being played
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