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| Mc Bulldog (4/20/2008)
BS .. I put it up first. Sandy called my and told me about it yesterday morning.I called Sandy and told her about it on Friday. |
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| Drakey (4/20/2008)
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BS .. I put it up first. Sandy called my and told me about it yesterday morning.I called Sandy and told her about it on Friday.
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| This is from the 2006-07 Blue Ribbon's preview of Arizona St while Sendek was preparing for his first season at ASU:
"A steal. It's a complete steal for Arizona State," Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenburg said. "I'm sitting in these league meetings with Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski and [Sendek] is by far the brightest guy in the room. He always sees things from a unique angle, an intelligent light."
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As for Sendek's coaching style, it includes man-to-man defense, an emphasis on fundamentals, and a Princeton-style offense that makes abundant use of screening, cutting, passing and the three-pointer.
I see a lot of good things for Phelps to carry over to Drake.
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| DUBulldog (4/20/2008)
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[quote]Mc Bulldog (4/20/2008)
BS .. I put it up first. Sandy called my and told me about it yesterday morning.I called Sandy and told her about it on Friday.
Lair[/quote]You mean McBull of course? |
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| I am just a blowhard in Wisconsin without any sources or anything like that and I want to thank the guys that have been monitoring this and have been giving us the information that they had.
Keno leaving is easily in the Top 5 sports stories in the past year, and the Des Moines Register has provided virtually nothing in terms of who their "sources" have told them may get the job. One would think that a newspaper with a budget that dwarfs a bunch of individual people on this website would have been able to get this information first.
Maybe their next story will be "Keno Says That Drake Makes the Wrong Decision in Hiring." It might be wise for the Register to try and get a scoop once in a while instead of just waiting for the press release to come out.
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| I think Gannon broke Keno's trip to Providence when he didn't show up at the statehouse.
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| No comment yet from MMF!!! Are we sniffing in the right or wrong place. You were the one with the early ASU post as the mystery man.
Are we hot, cold, or all wet as always.
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| | Fair enough comment about the Register but not everyone - including the Register - publishes everything they know immediately when they know it. The same is true of a message board. Sometimes people are told things in confidence and sometimes they are told to leak things. I don't know exactly when Phelps was offered the job or when he accepted or when(or even if a contract has been signed) but I do know that the earliest he could have been offered was Friday afternoon so I think the information got "out there" pretty fast. |
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| Compared to the names that were being thrown around earlier, Phelps sounds like a great hire. I don't understand the negativity of some of the earlier posts.
1. Just because Phelps has no previous Midwest ties doesn't meant that he won't be able to recruit in this area. I know that Kansas and Drake are apples and oranges, but when Roy Williams was hired by KU in 1988, he was a little known assistant with no connections whatsoever to the Midwest. Just look at the players he recruited from the State of Iowa alone -- Raef LaFrentz, Kirk Hinrich, and Nick Collison. I'm more excited that Phelps may actually be able to expand the recruting base.
2. Herb Sendek may run a "Princeton type" of offense, but that doesn't necessarily mean that Phelps will. Just look at the differences between Dr. Tom and Keno. Keno replaced his father's revolving door subsitution patterns with a system where his starters generally played 30 minutes or more per game. In addition, it sounds like the offense that Sendek runs features 3-point shooters and a post player who can shoot from outside. Josh Young and Bucky could thrive in this system.
3. If he in fact has the charisma that the articles I have read seem to indicate, Phelps will be just what our returning players, recruits, and fans need after the blues we have all suffered for the last week. My gut feeling is that we may have the best recruiting we have had at Drake for many, many years.
4. Most importantly, I trust SHC and her judgment.
My only question is whether Phelps completely understands the challenges that Drake's academic requirements for athletes pose. He may not be used to placing such a high premium on a young man's ability to succeed in the classroom in the recruiting process.
I say that we should stop griping and welcome Mark Phelps. I'm very excited about this hire. |
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