[NU Sports] Hallelujah

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

Why should NBA experience be useless at NU?  The local rag had the ranking of teams with the most NBA players  and Duke was at the top of the list.  Obviously success in the NBA has some value.  When the BB coach can't recruit he    
needs a lof of help.

John DeGroat
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
> > It's all academic now, but I would think that someone with NBA experience and 
> a NU alum on top of that would have a better chance of drawing higher quality BB 
> players than someone without it.  
> 
> It isn't the AD's job to recruit players, that's the coach's job.  
> 
> And it isn't like basketball is likely to become the most important
> sport at Northwestern, either.  I see NBA experience as utterly useless
> to NU.
> --
> Mike Nolan