[NU Sports] Mariotti column and new coach suggestions

[Roy Lamberton]

Jaybird must be on a tear - he ripped Illinois and Weber [mostly Weber]
yesterday as he pointed out all the things he thinks is wrong with the Illini
too.

[overheard in the Sun Times Men's room - 
Unknown voice: "Gee, Jay, none of the Illinois teams made it into the NCAA's
this year."
Jaybird: "Great, there's got to be at least 4 or 5 columns ripping the schools
AD's and Coaches in that one."
End of transcript]

In any case, IMHO, Mr. Carmody has at least a year to get the Cats back to
playing better. If you examine the roster, the 2008-09 team will have some
experience and even a little size to compete with a "down" Big 10 next year. If
NU isn't higher up the conference a year from now, the combination of new AD,
and new President will force a change.

I wonder if Craig Robinson has an "out" clause in his contract that would allow
him to return to his roots in Chicago? Mr. R was 19-9 this year, running his
variant of the Princeton Offense in the Ivy League.....

[Yeah, I know, just what we need another Ivy League coach....]

rsl





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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim Bendat
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:53 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Mariotti column and new coach suggestions
> 
> Finally got around to reading the Mariotti piece, and I can't say I
> disagree with him.  As for Mike Montgomery, however, his age, west coast
> ties and present media work would likely result in his having no
> interest in moving to the midwest.  So, here are a couple of other
> suggestions:  the Butler coach, the Southern Illinois coach, and Chris
> Collins, the Duke assistant who would definitely have Chicago ties.
> Just a few names to throw out for the discussion.  -- Jim
> 
> 
> NEONRye at aol.com wrote:
> > I don't think it is a diatribe, and I know that Mariotti often fulminates
> > negatively about everything having to do with NU.  I thought the man
> spoke  the
> > truth, and made the case articulately and painstakingly why we need a
> change
> > in the basketball program.  And I think Mike Montgomery, as has been
> pointed
> > out on this list, is as good a choice as anyone else out there--except
> for
> > the fact that he probably doesn't have strong Midwestern recruiting
> sources,
> > but that could be overcome with good hirings of his assistants.
> >
> > Anybody disagree?
> >
> > Paul Levinson
> >
> >
> 
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