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Marcus Cousin 6-11 center from Seaton Hall. Originally from Baltimore area. Will sit out a year and will have 2 years of eligibility remaining.

Here's some stuff on him:

http://www2.kusports.com/stats/mens_bas ... us_cousin/

It woudln't surprise me at all to see the Coogs in the NCAA's this year, especially considering Dione Dowell from UT will be eligible in mid December. Adding Cousin the following season will give them a true big which they lack right now. Doherty will have his work cut out for him to catch up with UH and obviously to an even greater extent Memphis in the coming seasons.

Another recruiting failure for Doherty. (Just kidding!!!!)

EastStang wrote:Another recruiting failure for Doherty. (Just kidding!!!!)

no, but programs like UH, UAB and Memphis are going to be just as hard for Doherty to beat as they were for Tubbs. If not harder the way UH is going. SMU is going to have to find some way to recruit its backyard at least some if it wants to compete for conference titles. We can talk about how bad CUSA is, but its fairly challenging at the top and no real San Jose State types at the very bottom. San Jose was always good for two easy wins in the WAC.

Hoop Fan wrote:

EastStang wrote:Another recruiting failure for Doherty. (Just kidding!!!!)

no, but programs like UH, UAB and Memphis are going to be just as hard for Doherty to beat as they were for Tubbs. If not harder the way UH is going. SMU is going to have to find some way to recruit its backyard at least some if it wants to compete for conference titles. We can talk about how bad CUSA is, but its fairly challenging at the top and no real San Jose State types at the very bottom. San Jose was always good for two easy wins in the WAC.

Agreed that Memphis (in a class by itself), UAB and UH are all strong at the top of our conference. With that said, I don't see any reason that we should not be considerd in that group of possible tourney bound teams in CUSA within a couple of seasons. My optomism stems from Doherty, Orsini, and our new facilities. I obviously don't expect us to see post season play next year or even the year after, but I do feel like after a few seasons under MD that we will be mentioned as one of the Big Boys in our conference playing post season ball on a regular basis.

Bump.

Sorry I didn't remember it-usually I'm the one that finds and posts the BCS transfers.

Stallion wrote:Sorry I didn't remember it-usually I'm the one that finds and posts the BCS transfers.

No problem. Just wanted to get the stats back up to the top for people to see and show that I wrongly thought UH might have had a chance at the NCAA's this year. As I mentioned in your post about Cousin, I think they will be back in post season play next season.

Cousins was a hack at the Hall, and not memorable in the Baltimore high school scene. He'll be serviceable and not doubting Penders, but Doh is a master recruiter.

He's obviously sub-par on the bench, but a master recruiter and talent evaluator. It won't be long before he gets us the requisite talent to compete. The question about Doh, and always has been, is whether he can coach his way out of a wet paper bag, when the talent is equal.

PonyDoh wrote:He's obviously sub-par on the bench, but a master recruiter and talent evaluator. It won't be long before he gets us the requisite talent to compete. The question about Doh, and always has been, is whether he can coach his way out of a wet paper bag, when the talent is equal.

I have never heard or read that. My understanding was that Doh's problems at NC involved the intensity of his coaching style/player relationships rather than his technical and game coaching expertise.

mustangbill67 wrote:

PonyDoh wrote:He's obviously sub-par on the bench, but a master recruiter and talent evaluator. It won't be long before he gets us the requisite talent to compete. The question about Doh, and always has been, is whether he can coach his way out of a wet paper bag, when the talent is equal.

I have never heard or read that. My understanding was that Doh's problems at NC involved the intensity of his coaching style/player relationships rather than his technical and game coaching expertise.

It was a combination of the two. Ask any ACC follower, and they will tell you as much. Dohs' intensity and abusive nature were very much in question at Carolina. And yes, he was abusive, Dean Smith even turned on him, sadly. That said, the rest of the league thought very little of him as a bench coach. He found himself being on the wrong side of X and O battles w/marked consistency.

All that said, he can amass talent in a big way. When he arrived at Carolina, he immediately re-prioritized the recruiting class that Guthridge had already, pretty much, locked up. The original class was to be James White, Julius Hodge etc. Doh cooled those recruitments b/c he preferred Rashad McCants, Jawad Williams, etc. Roy Williams saw the benefit.

I think Doh has settled in, and now thats he's out of the pressure cooker, can relax a bit. Hopefully, it will allow him to be the coach he can be, as opposed to the one he exhibited in Chapel Hill. Either way, he's more than capable of getting enough talent to be competitive on a national level at SMU. Everyone in the ACC knows he has a GREAT eye for talent

Didn't he hold his own in the Big East at Notre Dame?

PonyDoh wrote: .... Hopefully, it will allow him to be the coach he can be, as opposed to the one he exhibited in Chapel Hill....

The one who was named national Coach of the Year?

abezontar wrote:Didn't he hold his own in the Big East at Notre Dame?

He was there one year and went to the NIT..

Higher Authority wrote:

PonyDoh wrote: .... Hopefully, it will allow him to be the coach he can be, as opposed to the one he exhibited in Chapel Hill....

The one who was named national Coach of the Year?

I'm not hating on Doh, but the facts are out there. He was coach of the year, and then had 2 of the worst seasons, back to back, in the history of UNC basketball. He experienced record losses, blown out by close to 60, at home, to Maryland etc. His players revolted, threatened to transfer, Doh imploded and Dean turned on him. He was a master recruiter and poor strategist.

He's in a better place for him, lessons learned, and a great hire for SMU. The guys recruits at a level, well-above what we've seen in years. In CUSA, talent alone will make us competitive. That said, don't drink the kool-aid and think he just had some player/coach relationship problems at Carolina. That was part of it, but not the whole story. Go to any ACC board and aske for yourself

Wasn't that about the time Maryland won the national championship?

A bad loss is a bad loss, to be sure, but it's not like UNC got lit up by a bad team.

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