Doherty

[GiddyUp]

Doherty is more polished than PB so at least he looks good on TV.

We are helping pay for his nice suits..

[mustangxc]

Some of Doherty's recruits were run off in favor of not having a bench at all by Larry Brown. More will apparently be gone this offseason. His one real quality recruit was McCoy. In 6 seasons Doherty only had 1 player make all-conference first or second team.

Bennett got Sanders, Robinson, Morstead, Keylon Kincade (I know he's fun to slam, but he did run for 1200 yds twice and spent 3 years with the Cowboys), Justin Rogers, etc.

There is so much wrong w/your firs paragraph, not sure where to start. First off, Larry Brown made a mistake. He pleaded w/Leslee after he cut him, to get him back. Leslee will most likely be in the Big 10 next year, as of now. He's not as talented as, but is a better player than Cannen, just saying.

McCoy wasnt Doherty's one quality recruit. HE was a 3 star Spring signee that had inflated offers b/c it was Spring. All of Cannen, Blaise, Dia, Shawn, Russell were as highly rated. Mauel and Jalen had as many stars etc. 6 win teams don't get first team all conference players.

In the 2nd paragraph, you equate 5 kids in the pro's from a 100 person team w/hoops, who has 13 graduates every 4 years. Not apples to apples I'd bet a higher percentage of SMU hoopsters will play pro's overseas and earn a paycheck than will collect a check in the NFL. Not as glamorous, but seeig the world, playing a game, for a check, doesnt suck

You forgot Faye, who was a high major transfer.

[GiddyUp]

Papa was his best I would guess?

[mrydel]

Papa was a rolling stone.

[gostangs]

seems like a pointless argument. Safe to say neither got us where we needed to be.

[hoopmanx]

Bottom line on Doh's recruiting is that he was getting top 4 CUSA classes but never saw top half results. Maybe that's on evaluation, maybe just him being a lackluster coach. Still, he was averaging close to 1 top 100 kid per, by someones service. That is roughly the pace Dement recruited at when getting Sas, Hancock etc. Dia, McCoy, Blaise, Cannen, Nick, Shawne all made a top 100 national list or more.

[CalallenStang]

Bottom line on Doh's recruiting is that he was getting top 4 CUSA classes but never saw top half results. Maybe that's on evaluation, maybe just him being a lackluster coach. Still, he was averaging close to 1 top 100 kid per, by someones service. That is roughly the pace Dement recruited at when getting Sas, Hancock etc. Dia, McCoy, Blaise, Cannen, Nick, Shawne all made a top 100 national list or more.

A lot of it was talent development. The players he got didn't get much better between their freshman and senior years

[StangEsq]

Laughing @ Bennett as a recruiter. Those guys made the pros, but they weren't highly touted recruits. You have 2-stars in that list. Sometimes you find a gem in the rocks, sometimes you just get lucky.