bushwack Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Shaka Smart would be a great hire...but nah...MD wants to overpay for someone who will continue the program to be mediocre. That's one funny joke. Smart is vastly overrated. His VCU team finished 5th in the CAA 2 years ago, and 4th last year. The only reason VCU made the run they did was because their veteran players got ridiculously hot from behind the arc shooting 44%. Smart didn't make any great tactical changes or maneuvers, the players Anthony Grant recruited got hot and made great shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthor99 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm shocked how the national media is labeling MD basketball program a "top 10 basketball program". Why on earth would Jamie Dixon or other any other irrational names "would stop and atleast think" about this job? No highly touted recruits don't want to come to MD. Heck, Florida State lands more top 50 prospects then MD does on a yearly basis. If MD was smart and had the marbles they would back up the truck for Frank Martin who would of left K-State if Miami offered him the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellsMyHero28 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm shocked how the national media is labeling MD basketball program a "top 10 basketball program".Why on earth would Jamie Dixon or other any other irrational names "would stop and atleast think" about this job? No highly touted recruits don't want to come to MD. Heck, Florida State lands more top 50 prospects then MD does on a yearly basis. If MD was smart and had the marbles they would back up the truck for Frank Martin who would of left K-State if Miami offered him the job The highly touted recruits didn't want to go to MD because Gary wasn't recruiting them/wasn't paying off their coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBash Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm shocked how the national media is labeling MD basketball program a "top 10 basketball program".Why on earth would Jamie Dixon or other any other irrational names "would stop and atleast think" about this job? No highly touted recruits don't want to come to MD. Heck, Florida State lands more top 50 prospects then MD does on a yearly basis. If MD was smart and had the marbles they would back up the truck for Frank Martin who would of left K-State if Miami offered him the job It's all about location and the conference the terps are in. The right coach could recruit the hell out of this area, something Gary did not. If they get a coach that can really recruit, the terps will start landing top prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthor99 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The highly touted recruits didn't want to go to MD because Gary wasn't recruiting them/wasn't paying off their coaches. Not every highly touted recruit is paid off like every, myopic, MD fan who makes excuses for Gary year after year believes. Garys job is to win basketball games. The fact that teams like Florida State can land more talent then they do is shameful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONAWARPATH Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/sports/cbsports-could-maryland-gig-sway-brey-from-notre-dame-20110505,0,5771218.story?track=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Brey eyeing ND extension despite Maryland opening Maryland already has reached out to representatives for Notre Dame coach Mike Brey about its basketball coaching vacancy, but Brey has a contract extension in the works to remain with the Irish, a source told the Tribune. Although Gary Williams' retirement after 22 years on the Terrapins sideline has been official for only a few hours, Brey's deep ties to the Maryland area and his success in breathing life into the Irish program apparently caught the eye of athletic director Kevin Anderson. But after a 27-win season that at one point featured a top-five national ranking, Brey and Notre Dame are working on a contract extension, the source said. That may preempt any advances from the ACC school in the Irish coach's home state. Brey was traveling to the Kentucky Derby, according to a Notre Dame spokeswoman, and wasn't immediately available for comment Thursday. Still, the Irish coach's ties to the Maryland area and the ACC run profoundly deep. He was born in Bethesda, Md., and his father was a high school athletics director in Maryland. Brey attended DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md., graduated from George Washington and eventually returned to DeMatha as an assistant coach for five seasons under the legendary Morgan Wootten. Brey was an assistant under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke for eight seasons before taking over at Delaware, the job he held when Notre Dame wooed him away in 2000. Brey also still has a vacation home in Delaware. Brey has a 238-120 record in 11 seasons at Notre Dame and led the Irish to a surprising 14-4 finish in the Big East last season, earning a top 5 ranking along the way. But Notre Dame flamed out in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, meaning that Brey has but one Sweet 16 appearance -- in 2003 -- during his tenure in South Bend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goingforburgundy Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Most fans, people outside the basketball industry don't understand how good a job Maryland is. What isnt there to understand? Lets run down the list. *Location Location Location. 10 mins outside the nations capital is a pretty big draw. *Program History *Recruiting Hotbed *Power Conference *Good Education *Great facilities What more can there be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONAWARPATH Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/D1scourse/status/66237879688507392 Source familiar with basketball program: Robert Ehsan will serve as the acting head coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellsMyHero28 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 What isnt there to understand?Lets run down the list. *Location Location Location. 10 mins outside the nations capital is a pretty big draw. *Program History *Recruiting Hotbed *Power Conference *Good Education *Great facilities What more can there be? Because that essentially applies to Virginia Tech as well, minus the tradition. It applies to UVA. VT/UVA aren't top 10 jobs, and having one national championship and a few Elite 8s/Final 4s in your past doesn't push you from VT/UVA status to where you think UMD is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONAWARPATH Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Because that essentially applies to Virginia Tech as well, minus the tradition.It applies to UVA. VT/UVA aren't top 10 jobs, and having one national championship and a few Elite 8s/Final 4s in your past doesn't push you from VT/UVA status to where you think UMD is. We'll agree to disagree and I suspect many college coaches would as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellsMyHero28 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 We'll agree to disagree and I suspect many college coaches would as well. I'm just saying that checklist isn't necessarily enough. Obviously UMD is a better program than VT/UVA but there's more to it than just those things. Personally, I don't think UMD is THAT great of an opportunity, but it is a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthor99 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Again, is MD a top 25 job? Sure Is it a top 10 job? No way Take the emotion out of the argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/print?id=30633 Thursday, May 5, 2011 Recruiting culture change on tap for Terps? By Dave Telep The timing caught a nation of college basketball observers off guard. Two months after accepting a commitment from Top 50 junior small forward Justin Anderson (Rockville, Md./Montrose Christian), Gary Williams stepped down as the head coach at Maryland. The timing of the news is a bit odd, but from a recruiting standpoint, it’s not a complete loss. Maryland wasn’t going to be overly aggressive for the remainder of this signing period. Plus, in terms of underclassman recruiting, Williams stepping down at this juncture gives the Terps time to regroup before the all-important summer sprint, string together an elite camp if needed and use the momentum of a new hire to make waves with the current juniors and sophomores. Williams’ departure is a major blow to the Atlantic Coast Conference, which trailed the Big East in terms of high-profile head coaches. As big a loss as Williams is to the Terps -- and he’s certainly an enormous figure in Maryland basketball history -- there is room for this program to grow. Regarded by his peers as one of the elite tacticians and developers of talent in the college game, Williams is a revered hall of fame coach with a national championship in 2002. Though the chief cultivator of a program, he was apathetic to the recruiting scene. Over the years, Williams has preferred to recruit from his areas of comfort and favored developing lesser-heralded players rather than targeting the high-profile, often higher-maintenance players from the fertile recruiting areas of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Recruiting-wise, this is sleeping giant. Where Williams elected (and it was his choice) to not play ball with many of the local traveling team coaches, the next head coach will almost surely take a different approach. Expect Maryland to move swiftly. Most established head coaches won’t interview for the position but there will be more than a handful who will take it if offered. The job will be extremely attractive to an elite group of middle-aged coaches, many of whom have secretly mused about the Maryland job behind the scenes. The Maryland job is regarded as a gem. Combine the facilities with the recruiting grounds and the fan base and one has to believe that Maryland will land a worthy successor. The big reason why the position is so attractive is the fertile recruiting area. The right person will be able to recruit the Baltimore and D.C. Catholic leagues, bridge the gaps that exist between some of the key AAU figures and unlock areas that Williams previously didn’t attempt to mine. Williams ran his program with a great passion and steered clear of any NCAA violations. His legacy is that of a remarkable game coach and protector of the program’s reputation. He opted not to embrace the local grassroots culture and still won an incredible amount of games in College Park. Expect the next head coach to take a different approach and target the McDonald’s All-Americans that Connecticut, Duke, North Carolina and others routinely stole from Williams’ back porch. ACC rivals North Carolina and Duke each started point guards they plucked from Maryland’s recruiting base. In fact, the Duke Blue Devils signed the last three starting point guards from the D.C. Assault program in Nolan Smith, Tyler Thornton and Quinn Cook (Bowie, Md./Oak Hill). Maryland has a chance to make a hire that could put a lot of pressure on its rivals in the ACC and send a message nationally that it will protect its house and keep its talent closer to home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellsMyHero28 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The big thing is the hit that the ACC is taking. Outside of Duke/UNC, the ACC is really struggling. Paul Hewett out at GT, NC State and Wake are garbage. Miami has a new coach. VT/UVA/BC/Clemson are mediocre teams. For a 'basketball conference' we're not looking so hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONAWARPATH Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/print?id=30633The Maryland job is regarded as a gem @DarrellsMyHero28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Another thing is the quality players in Maryland who do go to other college campuses get to compare top quality facilities to err well Maryland. Yeah, Maryland is known for its really crappy basketball facilities. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONAWARPATH Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050511aab.html Williams will stay on with Maryland as Assistant Athletic Director and Special Assistant to Kevin Anderson, where he will continue to serve as scholarship campaign co-chair, work with the Terrapin Club to fundraise for athletics, and serve as an ambassador for the University."I am delighted that Coach Williams will remain a part of the Maryland community," said Loh. "His work on behalf of the Great Expectations campaign has provided support for thousands of Maryland students. He embodies the spirit of Terrapins everywhere." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 You guys are kidding yourself. MD is a top 15 job in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brave Little Toaster Oven Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Yeah, Maryland is known for its really crappy basketball facilities. LOL! I think hes referring to the campus...which is average. nothing special (coming from a current UMD student) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I think hes referring to the campus...which is average. nothing special (coming from a current UMD student) campus is crap, but comcast center is one of the best in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brave Little Toaster Oven Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 campus is crap, but comcast center is one of the best in the country It rocks when the crowd gets into the game....havent had much to cheer about in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 It rocks when the crowd gets into the game....havent had much to cheer about in recent years. pretty much and its the bandwagon students who know absolutely nothing who irritate me the most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 You guys are kidding yourself. MD is a top 15 job in the country. False. Duke, UNC, Kansas, Texas, UConn, Syracuse, Louisville, St. John's, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Ohio St., Kentucky, Florida, Arizona, and UCLA are all better jobs than MD and I'm sure there are another 5-10 programs I could name that are better than MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 There is a difference between top 15 job and top 15 program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 There is a difference between top 15 job and top 15 program. I would still take the list of 15 schools I listed and say those are better jobs than MD. IMO MD is in the top 20-25 top jobs in the country, but not in the top 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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