[NU Sports] BB Coaching Change? (fwd)

[Roy Lamberton]

Folks, we may not know it, but Carmody is a high profile coach.

Read what the other Big 10 coaches say about him - they're not blowing smoke
because they know the Carrill offense works when you have the right mix of
players, a mix that NU is very close to having even this year.

I can't find anything about it on NU Sports, but NU is planning a multi-million
dollar upgrade of facilities, including new coaches offices overlooking the
basketball practice court - essentially where the batting cages are now.

The next step is new locker rooms - enough for 4 teams so we can host the
holiday tournaments.

I'm not sure what the status of that fund raising is, but the people I've talked
to seem to think it will happen sooner, not later.

Bill Carmody has had one of the best runs of any past NU Coach. Many don't agree
with his offensive philosophy, but NU could never attracted 8 or 9 guys who
could play O'Neil's or Winter's or anyone else's offense well. The Princeton
style offense attracts smart kids who can shoot - we're finally getting those
kinds of players, as our rep in the city continues to grow.

Maybe we were kinda spoiled by Vedran's ability to control a game. Its too bad
Doyle wasn't here from the beginning of his college basketball career, he would
have been a major player with the guys back then. 

Anyway, too much of this talk is similar to the same line folks used against
Walker after the Wheeler death. Had we followed what fans were saying on the
internet, we would have had another rebuild and probably not had Fitz as the
head guy.

I guess I believe in building on what you've got, not chasing after
possibilities. 

Go Cats

Rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:23 AM
> To: 'Arthur Miller'; nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] BB Coaching Change? (fwd)
> 
> 
> I honestly don't know what the nature of the investments that 
> NU is making in basketball compared with other BT schools 
> that are enjoying more success than we have.  So I can't 
> honestly comment that more money is the answer. I'm sure that 
> Carmody is paid well, but I don't know how that compares to 
> other coaches.
> 
> As Roy has already said, NU is building new facilities so 
> perhaps the process of investment is already under way.
> 
> But as far as the argument is concerned, I think that it 
> comes down to the head coach being held accountable for the 
> results of the program.  A head coach that comes in here with 
> the expectation of being successful is going to evaluate what 
> they need and demand a commitment for those resources BEFORE 
> they take the job. 
> 
> Many on this list have said that Carmody is doing the best 
> with what he has, but if resources are an issue, he agreed to 
> take the job knowing that he didn't have access to the same 
> sort of resources available to other BT programs.  So he and 
> the AD share the blame for a poor result.  Allowing him to 
> continue under those circumstances is basically saying that 
> we don't expect that he CAN do any better and we're willing 
> to accept this poor result as his best effort.  
> 
> IMHO, the process of getting a high profile coach in here 
> will resolve all of the other issues of resource and send the 
> message that NU is willing to make the investments (whatever 
> they turn out to be) to have a competitive program sooner 
> rather than later.
> 
> Jeff
> 
>