[NU Sports] BB Coaching Change? (fwd)

[cherron604 at aol.com]

7 years, and we are FURTHER from a postseason tournament than at any time in the Carmody era.  Even RB, KO and Rich Faulk managed to make the NIT - how has Carmody not even managed that feat ?
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] BB Coaching Change? (fwd)


Your comments are a particularly rank and carelessly erroneous characterization 
of Carmody's comments.   He did not offer the losing tradition as an excuse or 
claim that a lack of success on that basis was reasonable.  He was describing 
the losing tradition as his greatest challenge when it came to recruiting.  It 
was said each time in response to a question or statement assuming that our 
academic standards were the greatest obstacle to our recruiting efforts.

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From: cherron604 at aol.com
> The Carmody argument that our long losing tradition prevents us from winning, 
> while plausible and maybe even understandable, strikes me as a cowardly way 
out.  
> If a 7-year CEO stood before his stockholders and told them that they were 
going 
> to lose money again this year, but that was reasonable since they had been 
> losing money for so long, I am not sure that the stockholders would be as 
> patient with their 7-year CEO as we have been with our 7-year coach...When 
CEO's 
> are paid big money, stockholders expect big results.
>  
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
>  
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> Sent: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 5:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] BB Coaching Change? (fwd)
> 
> 
> < But they also go on and on about how boring we 
> are to watch. You don't think high school players hear that? 
>  
> No, Jim, I don't. I would find it quite surprising to hear that college-bound 
> high school basketball players are listening to college games on XM. They're 
> more likely to be listening to tunes or watching MTV. Watching games on TV? 
Yes. 
> They've grown up in a visual world. 
>  
> I doubt our style of play is the issue or at least much of one. As stated 
here, 
> Carmody claims that our long losing tradition is, and I find no reason to 
doubt 
> the man who should know better than all of us. Throw Bill Carmody away at your 

> peril.  
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