[NU Sports] Tommy Amaker

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The Detroit Free Press commenting on Amaker getting bounced claims that Michigan is t trying to run the basketball program on the cheap.  The paper claims that the facilities aren't  very good and also that Amaker had to get his own game films of competitirs while the other schools have a full library of game tapes.  It also claims that Amaker had to pay for new carpeting in  his office because the AD didn't want to spring for it even though it was worn out.

John DeGroat  
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From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> > Somebody is going to get a terrific coach now that U
> > of M was dumb enough to can Tommy Amaker.  NU had a
> 
> I dunno - I'm still not sold that Amaker wasn't one of
> these "flavor of the month" coaches who had a huge rep
> and no delivery. And I'm not sure he would have been
> able to work magic at NU or if he'd have even stayed
> here long enough to try. Regardless, his star has
> fizzled fast ... maybe he'll find a right fit, but he
> certainly had many, many chances at Michigan. Bottom
> line is that he left both Seton Hall and Michigan in
> rather mediocre shape - his resume won't jump to the
> top of many lists anymore.
> 
> > Michigan suffers by comparison to Michigan State
> > when it comes to basketball just as it is the
> > reverse for football.  State of Michigan basketball
> 
> Maybe a little, but it's not nearly as wide a gap as
> football. For one, U of M fans don't have the Sparty
> Inferiority Complex that MSU does in football. Also,
> Michigan has a rich basketball history that certainly
> rivals MSU's -- and their recent history is strong as
> well, albeit now wiped from the record books. The
> scholarships were no doubt a hinderance when he got
> there, but those went away and Amaker still couldn't
> take a regular Sweet Sixteen team from the '80s and
> '90s back to the NCAAs.
> 
> Further hurting him, I believe, was seeing OSU,
> Purdue, Indiana each recover from their recent bumps
> in the road and get back in the dance in recent years
> while his senior-laden team could not.
> 
> It will be interesting to see who Michigan gets,
> because the Maize and Blue are certainly a sleeping
> basketball giant that could be awaken fairly easily
> with their pipeline to Detroit (MSU may have Flint,
> but U of M still has Motown) and presence nationally.
> 
> Sadly, if they find the right person, we might just
> have Minny and PSU to keep us company come postseason
> in the Big Ten as all of the other programs seem to
> have righted their ships and found some great coaches
> to keep building programs with (except for Iowa
> perhaps, as Alford may be the new ex-wunderkind on a
> hot seat now).
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
> 
> 
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