[NU Sports] Hallelujah

[Roy Lamberton]

True enough....

The big question for the new AD will be do you blow off Carmody, or give him one
more year to turn things around.

FWIW - I really believe that Murph had given BC a couple more years to show
improvement starting this year. BC hinted as much during the post season wrapups
and I don't see a new guy coming in and cleaning the basketball house during his
first month on the job.

I would be more worried that Beth Combs will go back to the Ivy league area if
she doesn't click with the new guy. 

I personally think Carmody is here for at least another year to try to find that
big guy we need if we're going to compete in Div I. This year's team has finally
learned how to finish - and they did it on the road - something that is very
hard to coach.

In any case, what I saw against Purdue was a team that can play with almost
anyone, but they just couldn't finish - especially when the other team turned up
the heat. The Cats need to be able to overwhelm a team on an off night and we
just haven't been able to do that this year.

But here's food for thought - imagine Jitim and Vedran playing with this bunch
of kids. You can make the case that Thompson is another Jitim, but it would be
great if one of the Croats stepped up an played like VV - I think the inside
game would be much better, and so would the record.

IMHO of course

rsl



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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
& sometime Unix Guru....
Computer Applications & Support Associates 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: johnadeg at comcast.net [mailto:johnadeg at comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:06 PM
> To: rstetson at capps-assoc.com; 'Mike Nolan'
> Cc: Roy Lamberton; Maureen.Linhardt at plexus.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Hallelujah
> 
> True, but the BB programs have been a disaster and are the most need of a
> fix.
> 
> John DeGroat
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
> > The job of AD at Northwestern goes way beyond trying to build Basketball
> - NU
> > has a tremendous athletic program going, with teams in serious contention
> for
> > division and national championships in two of the tougher sports to build
> -
> > Softball and Lacrosse.
> >
> > However, the new AD's short term success will be measured by how well
> Fitz
> > continues to grow Football, and how well the Basketball teams grow. The
> new
> > offices and lockers will help - a few good wins at home will also.
> >
> > rsl
> >
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
> > & sometime Unix Guru....
> > Computer Applications & Support Associates
> > ========  Go Cats -  Beat 'em All  ==========
> > "You have a Republic Madam --
> >      If you can keep it" - Benjamin Franklin
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> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On
> > > Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:45 PM
> > > To: johnadeg at comcast.net
> > > Cc: Maureen.Linhardt at plexus.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> > > Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Hallelujah
> > >
> > > > 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
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