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Newy Scruggs, Dallas NBC Sportscaster on Doh. Some good observations!

SMU Hires a Tar Heel
Posted: April 24, 2006
You should know I'm a Tar Heel basketball fan. So, I'm down with SMU hiring Matt Doherty as the new men's basketball coach.

I still think Jimmy Tubbs got a raw deal and was forced out over some junk. I think Jim Copeland was as terrible A.D. and only good things can happen now that he's on the way out.

Matt was a passionate player and coach. It's a shame the Carolina job ended for him the way it did. Lots of fingers were pointed his way but I truly think Matt's a better coach for it.

The Tar Heel family ate one of their own and no one should ever feel good about what happened. Roy Williams won a national title, so Carolina was right, Matt wasn't the right guy.

Ray Felton, Sean May, and Rashad McCants were players Doherty brought to Chapel Hill. Those fellas won the national title in 2005 and became NBA first round draft picks.

That's what Doherty can sell recruits. He can get them to the NBA. That is what guys want to hear.

The man's resume is incredible. He won Dean Smith his first national title as a starter for Carolina 1982. Michael Jordan and James Worthy were his teammates.

He was an assistant at Kansas under Roy Williams for 7 years. He was a head coach at Notre Dame in 1999 before leaving for North Carolina.

Now SMU has to spend some money. They haven't put any real cash into the program.

They also have to find a way to make it easier for player to get in. Sorry, folks in Conference USA, schools like Houston, UTEP, UAB, and Memphis can get anybody in. SMU can keep on trying to act like Harvard, but if you want to win, you have to be able to get kids in.

Newy Scruggs
www.newdawg.com

well said by Newy

Speaking of cash to put into the program, what has been spent so far in getting rid of Tubbs and bringing in Doherty at an increased salary? Tubbs' contract was bought out and what is Doherty's total package worth annually?

Will Orsini be able to go out right away and raise the necessary money to renovate Moody and add a practice facility or will Doherty have to produce some results first?

Apparently, money is being thrown at men's basketball. I believe somewhere else in this forum someone mentioned getting the prace facility started as early as this summer, as well as "incremental renovations" to moody.

I don't watch Ch. 5 news... when did Newy return to Dallas? What happened in LA?

smu diamond m wrote:Apparently, money is being thrown at men's basketball. I believe somewhere else in this forum someone mentioned getting the prace facility started as early as this summer, as well as "incremental renovations" to moody.

As I said in a previous thread, just keep Gerald Ford happy and the money will flow!

mustangbill67 wrote:Newy Scruggs, Dallas NBC Sportscaster on Doh. Some good observations!

SMU Hires a Tar Heel
Posted: April 24, 2006
You should know I'm a Tar Heel basketball fan. So, I'm down with SMU hiring Matt Doherty as the new men's basketball coach.

I still think Jimmy Tubbs got a raw deal and was forced out over some junk. I think Jim Copeland was as terrible A.D. and only good things can happen now that he's on the way out.

Matt was a passionate player and coach. It's a shame the Carolina job ended for him the way it did. Lots of fingers were pointed his way but I truly think Matt's a better coach for it.

The Tar Heel family ate one of their own and no one should ever feel good about what happened. Roy Williams won a national title, so Carolina was right, Matt wasn't the right guy.

Ray Felton, Sean May, and Rashad McCants were players Doherty brought to Chapel Hill. Those fellas won the national title in 2005 and became NBA first round draft picks.

That's what Doherty can sell recruits. He can get them to the NBA. That is what guys want to hear.

The man's resume is incredible. He won Dean Smith his first national title as a starter for Carolina 1982. Michael Jordan and James Worthy were his teammates.

He was an assistant at Kansas under Roy Williams for 7 years. He was a head coach at Notre Dame in 1999 before leaving for North Carolina.

Now SMU has to spend some money. They haven't put any real cash into the program.

They also have to find a way to make it easier for player to get in. Sorry, folks in Conference USA, schools like Houston, UTEP, UAB, and Memphis can get anybody in. SMU can keep on trying to act like Harvard, but if you want to win, you have to be able to get kids in.

Newy Scruggs
www.newdawg.com

Sounds like UNC did to Matt what SMU did to Tubbs. They cut their losses when they knew it would not work out. Sometimes business decisions are tough and not always fair.