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re: Did we dodge a bullet by not landing Greg Marshall?
Posted on 3/21/17 at 11:53 am to Gary Busey
Posted on 3/21/17 at 11:53 am to Gary Busey
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Don't get me wrong, I love Avery, but Gregg Marshall has been to the tournament 6 straight years at Wichita State, and gotten them to the final 4. I'm happy with Avery and what he's building, but Marshall will likely be a homerun hire wherever he goes. His wife can do whatever she wants, as long as he's successful.
And yet, Avery beat him in year one of a rebuilding job.
I think Marshall is a good coach, but I don't think he'd do any better at Bama than Avery is doing. Those mid-major conferences mask a lot of flaws for good coaches. They make good coaches sometimes look like great coaches. Then they move up to a bigger school and flounder in mediocrity the majority of the time.
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 12:05 pm to Teague
Think about Marshall. He wins 20 or 30 games in a weak conference, comes into the NCAA tourney red hot and his players are all fresh and injury free from not playing anyone. Then they win a game or two maybe even more in the NCAA tourney and then fall short of a title. Another example is Anthony Grant. He took VCU to the tourney and beat Duke. He moved up to Alabama and was nothing more than an NIT coach. Obviously Marshall is better than Grant, but if u put Marshall at Bama, it wouldn't surprise me if was on the bubble every year and only made it in about every 2-3 years
Posted on 3/21/17 at 12:07 pm to Teague
Alabama Basketball needed a BIG personality and a salesman for the program. Someone who can go around the country and sell the program and the University.
I think we got our guy.
I think we got our guy.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 12:25 pm to Teague
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And yet, Avery beat him in year one of a rebuilding job.
Okay, I'm not arguing that Marshall is better than Avery, or vice versa. Saying we dodged a bullet on a coach that built up Wichita State is asinine. I'm glad we have Avery, but I would have been just as happy on having a coach that's been to a Final Four, an elite 8, 2 sweet 16s, and 13 tournament appearances.
We'll see what Avery can do next year with a top 5 class.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 10:30 pm to Teague
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And yet, Avery beat him in year one of a rebuilding job.
And Pearl beat Avery twice last year. It's basketball, head to head is pretty insignificant especially over only 1 meeting.
Marshall won big at Winthrop and has won huge at Wichita for a decade now. And he's done it every season. He is a phenomenal college basketball coach.
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