OT - A late retirement

[RGV Pony]

John Lucas?

[EastStang]

Lucas was an All America at UMD. He coached in the NBA (with limited success). Maryland likes to hire alums. Would not surprise me if they took him.

[RGV Pony]

offered to Turgeon:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6515713

[hoopmanx]

suck a d, aggies. Got ya

[RGV Pony]

And so who do the aggies go get now ?

[PonyKai]

A sheep?

[Junior]

A sheep?

you mean "another sheep"?

[BleedingRed+Blue]

An Aggie friend was lamenting the fact that Turgeon left for Maryland. He seriously thinks there's a comparison between the two.

If Turgeon were a football coach, he might have a complaint, but in hoops? Aggie High is a football-first school, and always will be. Maryland, on the other hand, is Maryland. John Lucas, Tom McMillan, Len Elmore, Buck Williams, Albert King, Greg Manning, Adrian Branch, Walt Williams, Len Bias, Grevis Vasquez, etc. It's the ACC, and it's the fertile Washington-Baltimore-Philadelphia feeding grounds for recruits.

This move was a no-brainer.

[harry callahan]

An Aggie friend was lamenting the fact that Turgeon left for Maryland. He seriously thinks there's a comparison between the two.

If Turgeon were a football coach, he might have a complaint, but in hoops? Aggie High is a football-first school, and always will be. Maryland, on the other hand, is Maryland. John Lucas, Tom McMillan, Len Elmore, Buck Williams, Albert King, Greg Manning, Adrian Branch, Walt Williams, Len Bias, Grevis Vasquez, etc. It's the ACC, and it's the fertile Washington-Baltimore-Philadelphia feeding grounds for recruits.

This move was a no-brainer.

Glad your such an expert in hoops but Texas A & M has done outstanding in basketball and draw excellent crowds. Your Aggie High putdown really is a slam to the players and coaching staff who bust their tail everyday. We are so blessed by your wonderful insight that football is king at A & M. We could not have figured that out on our own. Did you have an inside source? Maryland also likes their football - check their attendance especially when they are winning.

[harry callahan]

Fan base thinks Sean Miller should be the guy, and Miller has always been adamant about wanting the Terp job. We'll see.

Adamant? Wow, that will be a surprise to UA fans!

it shouldn't, Xavier fans knew it. This is going to be a crazy hire, cause both sides are already saying he's coming, he's going etc. Tons of misinformation by the minute

If he has always been adamant about the Maryland job, why did he turn it down?

[leopold]

I think it's telling that A&M have had two of the last "hot" coaches. Byrne has shown he knows how to hire a no-name coach who can produce, and then he puts them in a postion to win. The Aggies, with the right coach, could do very well.

Did you have an inside source? Maryland also likes their football - check their attendance especially when they are winning.

Eh, not really. On a good year, it's 50,000. UM averages about 50-60% of what the Aggies do. Better than us, but not exactly epic.

http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-footbl/ ... dance.html

[RunPeruna]

An Aggie friend was lamenting the fact that Turgeon left for Maryland. He seriously thinks there's a comparison between the two.

If Turgeon were a football coach, he might have a complaint, but in hoops? Aggie High is a football-first school, and always will be. Maryland, on the other hand, is Maryland. John Lucas, Tom McMillan, Len Elmore, Buck Williams, Albert King, Greg Manning, Adrian Branch, Walt Williams, Len Bias, Grevis Vasquez, etc. It's the ACC, and it's the fertile Washington-Baltimore-Philadelphia feeding grounds for recruits.

This move was a no-brainer.

Glad your such an expert in hoops but Texas A & M has done outstanding in basketball and draw excellent crowds. Your Aggie High putdown really is a slam to the players and coaching staff who bust their tail everyday. We are so blessed by your wonderful insight that football is king at A & M. We could not have figured that out on our own. Did you have an inside source? Maryland also likes their football - check their attendance especially when they are winning.

The aggy boards disagree with you...talk about how attendance was a major problem. Not that you can believe anything on a message board

http://texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp? ... forum_id=7

[hoopmanx]

callahan has no clue, and is abrasive alll while being wrong. Awesome! Terps could care less about football, especially since they chose Edsall.

Miller and Terps barely discussed contract before Nike stepped in and threatened Miller. Jumping to a UA school, even if ts Maryland, is potentially very damaging to rising careers.

Lastly, Turgeon did leave b/c A$M is a football school, and he played at Kansas, and coached at Wichita St, both hoops schools. He hated the support he received administratively, and from the 'fans'. Just wanted a basketball environment, can't blame him.

[RGV Pony]

Johnny Jones to aTm?

[harry callahan]

callahan has no clue, and is abrasive alll while being wrong. Awesome! Terps could care less about football, especially since they chose Edsall.

Miller and Terps barely discussed contract before Nike stepped in and threatened Miller. Jumping to a UA school, even if ts Maryland, is potentially very damaging to rising careers.

Lastly, Turgeon did leave b/c A$M is a football school, and he played at Kansas, and coached at Wichita St, both hoops schools. He hated the support he received administratively, and from the 'fans'. Just wanted a basketball environment, can't blame him.

Did you get your feelings hurt because you predicted Miller and you were wrong? Trust me, Gary Williams is a friend and I know Turgeon very well. I am not being abrasive but once again a "know it all" ponyfan puts out wrong information.