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I figured it made it more about the game itself than anything else. During the tournament more than ever, the wins are what counts. If someone goes and plunks down $100 against Mizzou because of coaching, they likely have some sort of intelligence to believe that's the right thing to do in today's game. Especially if it's considered to be a fairly even game (which is why it's gotten so much talk the last fews days). I figure that's a good way to judge a coach. I'd like to think we have a program where our coach should really only be surpassed by 20-30 coaches, if he's not in the top tier of coaches. One of them shouldn't be Colorado State, in my opinion. I realize he's new to the program and still has the chance to be great given what he's done as a package over the past two years. I also realize you need to win to make that happen, and I hope he does. He's our coach, and I wish nothing but the best for him. That being said, I was just wondering if it's generally thought by most people with an opinion outside of the national media and Missouri that Haith is kind of a bad coach.

Great thread. Sorry I forgot about this.

I kind of understand what your aiming at. But being there are other factors to winning also that have to be considered. Inconsistent players is a good one. Brown is the posterchild for this. I think alot of things factor into someone betting on a game, but it's also easy to hang the coach instead of talking about the inconsistancies of the players.

Look at Calipari this year. He had some of the same problems Haith had with his players. They didn't listen. What could Haith do with players that did listen and were more consistant and executed his gameplan? I think the truth on Haith will be known within the next couple years as he transitions his recruits into the lineup. If they still choke, then yeh you can definitely point the finger at Haith.

The media is also a powerful tool. Perception is everything. The last two years is a good example. He had to coach someone elses players to a 30 win season. This year he had to coach a bunch of pre-madonas to the same point of choking in the first round of the Tourny.

I still think that the betting line is not the best barometer of the quality of a coach. There is just too much more to it than the wins and losses.