[NU Sports] BB Coaching Change? (fwd)

[Jim Bendat]

I agree with the post. I do think the trustees have to show they care 
about basketball. Yet, I would not place Bill Carmody in the same light 
as Tex Winter and Bill Foster. Tex Winter came to NU after being a big 
time Big Eight and Pac-10 coach. Bill Foster came here after being a big 
time ACC coach.

But Bill Carmody came here after being a big time Ivy League coach. And, 
I'm sorry, but being a big time Ivy League coach does not translate to 
being a big time Big Ten coach. Let's assume that Carmody has some 
Chicago contacts and that he has done all he can do to try and get some 
big-time players. Well, he hasn't gotten them, and I don't believe he 
will ever get them because of our style of play. What decent recruit, in 
his right mind, would want to play boring, slow-down basketball? After 
all these many years, I think it's safe to say: no one.

I have XM radio which carries Big Ten games. Just within the last week, 
I heard parts of our games at Iowa and at Illinois, and I heard them on 
the Hawkeyes' and Illini's radio networks. You should hear them talk 
about NU. Sure, they talk about how disciplined we are and how tough it 
is to play against us. But they also go on and on about how boring we 
are to watch. You don't think high school players hear that? You don't 
think high school players think the same thing?

I guess my bottom line would be: trustees, show you care about 
basketball. Improve our facilities, assist our coaches by giving them 
what they need, and do something about eliminating boring basketball so 
that recruits will be interested in our school

Jim B.




Jim Leonard wrote:
> Everyone,
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> I received the email below from another NU fan who asked me to post it to this list for discussion. I think the point is valid. If our trustees were willing to invest in NU basketball, I think we'd be more competitive. 
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> Go Cats,
> Jim
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> IMO, the root of our problem is a 60 year or so background of administrations that don’t have sufficient interest in basketball. They have not and will not provide the things a good program needs, like better facilities and the funds to let a good coach hire top assistants and keep them.
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> Academics? No excuse. Duke debunks that. So, does Stanford. And, just the other day Vanderbilt beat Florida, the national champs! Vanderbilt, no less, a school with high academic standards. 
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> As to coaching, no one can convince me, that in the past 60 years or so we have not had some capable coaches, guys like Tex Winter, and arguably even our present coach, Bill C. 
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> Yes, coaching is not the transcendent problem. Rather, I say to myself, "It’s no support, Stupid!" Considering 60 years of basketball obscurity, it just has to be that! Our administrations just don’t want to provide the $ for top notch facilities, competitive wages for assistants, and recruiting. Over the years, our trustees consistently refuse to provide our coaches the tools they need to compete. Their interest has been and is more on football and other sports. Since the 40s (?), for Northwestern, basketball has been on the back burner.
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> Bottom line:  The buck stops with the trustees.
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