Mike White Contract Extended To 2031

Considering when we had Ant-Man we missed the tourney entirely he's at least better than Crean

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Is he?

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uh, yeah. Unequivocally, undoubtedly, etc. What argument could you make otherwise? He's withotu a shadow of a doubt the best coahc we've had since harrick which would certainly qualify for "in a long time", IMO

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is he just the beneficiary of NIL resources?

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he's alwasy been known as a good recruiter before NIL. And even if not, so what? NIL is part of recruiting, so why in the world would it matter if he's good at it?

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He definitely has the most talent to work with than any other coach

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becuase he got them on the roster...

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I haven't been impressed with his coaching.

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were you exctied about fox and crean's coaching?

Again, what about his "coaching" has impressed you? Honestly curious. His offensive sets are boring, he hasn't developed a 3 point shooter in his time here and doesn't seem to value the 3 in general. His out of bounds plays are bad.

Florida ran him out of town and have greatly improved their program.

He got them on the roster because of NIL lol. They aren't coming to Georgia because of Mike White. To ignore the effect of the NIL eta and just give all the praise to White for that is a wild take.

NIL matters when you are evaluating a statement like in the OP because there is a before NIL era and an after. The other coaches mentioned did not have NIL to lure kids to the program this the talent level those coaches had is obviously much different. Fox especially was hamstrung by the Harrick fallout and couldn't/wouldn't pursue the AAU circuit.

The NIL value would remain constant no matter the coach...so why not get an actual good x and o coach who can further take advantage of our Nil resources.

Cream was a bum but I would Fox and White on the same tier..both mediocre coaches that are about at the level of our bball programs prestige. I wish we would aim a little higher.

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Again, what about his "coaching" has impressed you?

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his record has impressed me, comparitively. I have my own gripes with his coaching but his results speak for themselves.

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His offensive sets are boring, he hasn't developed a 3 point shooter in his time here and doesn't seem to value the 3 in general

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still light yeras better than any of his predecessors post-harrick.

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Florida ran him out of town and have greatly improved their program

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flroida wasn't satisfied with sweet 16s. Sweet 16s would get him a lifetime contract here. Not even close to apples to apples comparison.

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He got them on the roster because of NIL lol. They aren't coming to Georgia because of Mike White.

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look at his entire carerr resume; he's been a good recruirter everywhere he's been. To think he only started recruiting well 2 years ago is dumb

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To ignore the effect of the NIL eta and just give all the praise to White for that is a wild take.

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what's even wilder is thinking that means a hill of beans. WTF cares how or why he recruits well? Let's just go all in on your opinion, let's say the ONLY sole reason he recruits well AT ALL is NIL. Ok...and? So what? Why do you care the reason guys end up on our roster?

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NIL matters when you are evaluating a statement like in the OP because there is a before NIL era and an after. The other coaches mentioned did not have NIL to lure kids to the program

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buddy you are going the exact opposition direction you think you are. If the portal/NIL existed during the Fox days anyone with talent would've bolted so fast your head would spin. The only reason fox and crean lasted as long as they did is because of the absencse of a way out to somewhere else

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Fox and White on the same tier..

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then I question how much you know abotu basketball. Fox just copmleted one of the worst runs cal basketball has ever seen. His last 3 yeras there are one of the worst stretches the legaue has seen in years, losing a total of 69 games in 3 years. He took an NBA draft pick in a weaker league to some success, used that to get a job at UGA where he started out decent but our lazy arse do-nothing admin let him hang around years longer than he should, then copmleted an almost unheard of level of incompetence at cal. He has unequivocally gotten worse at every stage of his career. After that the only gig he could get was a "student relations" advisor. It's insulting to even compare the two.

His record where? He has a modest 68% winning percentage and a sub .500 record in the SEC between UF and UGA

Light years better? By what metric?

Lol he made one elite 8 run in year 2 with Donovan's players. He never made it past the second round after that so I don't think they were unsatisfied with his non-existent Sweet 16s

I'm not going to look up his recruiting rankings but let's just assume he was bringing in top 10 classes...the results he got from those classes support my point that he isn't taking advantage of the talent at his disposal right?

It matters because you're bringing it up as a pro for Mike White. If he is a great recruiter but recruiting abilities dont matter as much because of NIL (which is obviously true) what is he bringing to the table? He's not a good in game coach and doesn't utilize analytics.

I mean that's not true at all. Sure they would lose guys, just like White lost Silas, but the money keeps players here now and it would have done the same for Fox


Fox made the tourney in year 2 and won 20 games in a row 3x for the first and only time in our history. The game has passed him by for sure but Mike White is very comparable to the Mark Fox that coached for UGA. he is a safe and boring hire with a high floor (for UGA) and low ceiling. Bitching about Fox being kept around but cheering this extension doesn't jive

I would agree with that with the caveat that it has been raised back to the level Mark Fox left it at.

The Crean hire was a killer. White has us at least respectable. Don't love the extension though. If he gets back to the tourney this year I will be happy.

We got shafted with the Gonzaga matchup. No excuse for how poorly we played but they were very underseeded

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Is he?

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Let’s see a NIT Semifinal, and a March madness appearance , I’d say yes