[NU Sports] Future of NU basketball

[Jeff Beamsley]

So what is it going to take to turn this program around?

Are we all coming to the conclusion that Carmody just isn't the guy?

NU tried to get Amaker.  He went into a terrible situation at Michigan that
basically got worse as soon as he got there.  They have had success in the
past, so in some ways it isn't the basketball wasteland that NU is, but Bo
has also said Michigan will NEVER pay the basketball coach more than the
football coach.  Amaker has stuck it out and appears to be able to get the
sort of players that we wish we had.  His kids are graduating and for the
most part, staying out of trouble.  

Seems like Carmody is the sort of guy who is always going have teams which
overachieve.  I had hoped that as he works his summer camps and starts to
build a reputation in the community, he would be able to get better kids who
valued education over a shot at the NBA.  Instead we are getting better kids
who still remain projects or have glaring weaknesses (no inside game) rather
than proven well rounded players.  I think that we are getting better, but
it is at such a slow rate that we might not see a winning record in the BT
for another five years.  

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:46 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Carmody and substituting

NU's basketball team is lacking in talent in every possible category, just
as it always has been.  It's amazing that Carmody accomplishes what he does
given that all he has are supporting players.  I doubt there are more than
one or two players on this team who would be more than a seventh man on any
other top 30 NCAA team.  As to blaming him for not substitutin, I am going
to assume that he knows his deep bench players' skills better than anyone on
this list. 

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