Larry Brown talks serious according to Kate

[ponyscott]

Larry brown is not an assistant coach.

It's not out of the question if he wants to stay in the game...look at legend ex-Purdue coach Gene Keady, who is Steve Lavins's assistant at St Johns. LB has a lot to offer but maybe game day coaching pressures are not in the cards for him. He could be either position, but after listening to him maybe he is best served as an assistant head coach/consultant to Bedford.

[Comet]

Any updates after today's visit?

[SMU89]

We didn't get the expected storms

Beautiful weather

[ponyboy]

no because SO would want to re-hire Doh as a consultant and give him a 7-yr contract.

We could have had Charles Manson as coach and had to give him the years we gave Doh. Had to after the Tubbs debacle.

[HorseSense]

We could have had Charles Manson as coach and had to give him the years we gave Doh. Had to after the Tubbs debacle.[/quote]
If we had Charles Manson (of Manson family fame) as a coach, every team would have forfeited out of fear. We would be a killer team

[Samurai Stang]

We could have had Charles Manson as coach and had to give him the years we gave Doh. Had to after the Tubbs debacle.

No, SMU had to do no such thing. SMU chose to keep Doherty.

Keeping one horrible coach for too long a time does not negate keeping another for too short.

If SMU had fired Doherty after his third or fourth season, then coaches still would have been interested in the job. Now, you would argue that a quality coach would interpret Doherty's firing as a sign that SMU demonstrates too little patience, when the truth is that coaches are routinely fired after fewer than six years. Doherty could have been fired years ago and no one would have thought twice. The record he compiled was ample evidence for his firing.

If anything, by keeping Doherty, SMU only made its program less attractive to potential coaches. Doherty has coached some of the worst teams in SMU history, and as a result the fan base has been decimated. No program would ever resign itself to such a fate for six years in order to counter a scandal with a previous coach.

[couch 'em]

Agreed. We really showed the works that we don't care about winning in basketball keeping the Dohsaster around so long.

[JasonB]

After hearing Brown's comments, I think there are two possibilities:

1) We are gong to hire him as Director of Basketball Operations, and one of the other three as head coach. This means he can be around the players and coaches and run a program, but doesn't actually coach in the games, doesn't have to be against that pressure.

or

2) He is going to be head coach, but is sending a clear message to the folks interviewing for the HCIW position that they are going to be able to run the games... that HCIW isn't just a lame title, there is a lot of responsibility behind it.

[dickey1331]

From EJ just now

@EJSports4: Looks like #SMU will be announcing the hirings of Larry Brown and Buzz Peterson soon....


Do you really care where I sent this from?

[SMU 86]

BUZZ PETERSON TIMELINE

Assistant Coach


Appalachian State


2 Seasons


1987-88, 1988-89

Assistant Coach


East Tennessee State


1 Season


1989-90

Assistant Coach


N.C. State


3 Seasons


1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93

Assistant Coach


Vanderbilt


3 Seasons


1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96

Head Coach


Appalachian State


4 Seasons


1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00

Head Coach


Tulsa


1 Season


2000-01

Head Coach


Tennessee


4 Seasons


2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05

Head Coach


Coastal Carolina


2 Seasons


2005-06, 2006-07

Head Coach


Appalachian State


1 Season


2009-10

Head Coach


UNCW
1 Season 2010-11

[ponyscott]

NO to Buzzzzzzzz...really? he has no charisma and his record at big time basketball is NOT good.

[Water Pony]

NBCSports reports on Larry and Buzz going to SMU

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports. ... rry-brown/

[PonyKai]

Jesus Christ just say no to Buzz Peterson. What a worthless waste of time even considering him is. Scott Sutton, Flint, Jones, Jacobsen, Cross, Thompson, Dollar, Theus, Hewitt ALL aren't o.k. but this failure ex Big South head man is going to take names in the Big East? Someone had out the clown shoes for the circus.

[SMU 86]

Dan Wolken ‏ @DanWolken

Per @khairopoulos, SMU could hire Larry Brown with Buzz Peterson coming on as assistant/coach-in-waiting. Horrible idea on 2 levels now.

[Mitch McConnell]