Posted by cheeznsweet on 4/7/2011 11:17:00 AM (view original):

Posted by jslotman on 4/6/2011 3:27:00 PM (view original):
Debbie Yow is a nightmare according to every person ever associated with Maryland. 

To describe Chairman Yao as a nightmare is akin to describing Mt Everest as a small hill.

The volume of the disastrous things she did at Maryland was truly astounding.  And its not just Maryland.  She was a disaster at St. Louis before she came to Maryland.  Her press conference to announce Gottfried was just another in a long, long, long, long, long line of destructive behaviors she's engaged in because she's fundamentally a tremendously selfish and self-centered person.  She's consistently worked behind the scenes to undermine key coaches in revenue sports everywhere she's been (and its already started with Tom O'Brien at NC State - so good luck with that) while simultaneously attempting to control the media's perception by leaking damaging stories about her own coaches.  Its really mind-numbing.  Calling her a narcissistic sociopath is understating her issues by a wide margin.  The only saving grace is that she's completely inept and routinely overestimates her own influence, which tends to limit the damage she can do to only "severe" instead of nuclear-fallout grade.

Oh, and since she's left Maryland, its come to light that she was engaging in some extremely "creative" accounting practices which have put our athletic department in a tough spot budget-wise.

But other than that...she's awesome.

The day she left MD for NC State was is the 2nd best day in my life as a MD fan - ranking only slightly behind our Natty win in 2002 and well ahead of our ACCT title, our ACC football championship and Orange Bowl run, our first Final Four in 2001, etc, etc, etc.

Holy. Crap.

Doyel's rant is hilarious.  I tend to think that Gary Williams is not afraid of Doyel, but may not have been interested in commenting beyond what he said.  Local tv in DC carried a report that he denied having any conversations with the relevant coaching candidates - and that he said how would he know who NC State was talking to.  A simple flat denial. 

That is the professional thing for a coach to do - which stands in sharp contrast to Ms Yow's unprofessional press conference introducing the guy who she said - implied- was fourth on their list of choices as coach - and which stands in sharp contrast to the subprofessional Mr Doyel who thinks that the news revolves around the alleged journalist - who thinks that the journalist IS the story, which he isnt.

gary williams may sweat a lot and I've seen him scream at his assistants, but he spoke like a professional and Yow and Doyal sound like whining amatuers

gary williams doesn't need to dignify this with a response, although a pr person will surely provide him one.

Doyel is Yao's lap dog.  She used him the same way when she was at MD.  But notice that since he made that statement and Yao had her meltdown at the press conference he has studiously avoided the topic saying, "I've had enough of this topic."  Weak sauce, Doyel, you skirt.

Doyel's a hack and has been for a very long time.  That's well known. 

someone should keep this thread going all year long - it is jammed packed with great stuff! 

I read, at multiple sites, that when Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser died suddenly, Mark Gottfried contacted Tony Woods, who had verbally committed to Wake Forest and tried to sway him to Alabama.

That Doyel rant is beyond crazy. I don't understand how any journalist could say things like that and take that kind of position ... does he have a really terrible history with Williams? Is he close friends with/related to Yow? There's gotta be something there ...

  Everyone keeps saying that Mizzou bringing in Frank Haith is a bad hire, I may be totally nuts ( it has been said before) but Haith is very well respected among other coaches. He has long been known as a very good recruiter and was a very hot name up until just a couple seasons ago. Haith could very well be the best hire this off season I think the fact that Miami playing in the ACC with alot of Basketball schools never really gave the BB program the budget it would need to be competetive.

Yao favored him quite a bit when she was at MD - giving him access and leaking stuff to him. FWIW, Doyel is pretty much the definition of a hack and has always hated Gary. 

http://www.testudotimes.com/2010/3/15/1374875/gregg-doyel-continues-shtick-calls

Haith is great if you want to go to a bunch of NIT's.  Seriously, the guy's gone to one NCAA tournament and had one .500 record in ACC play in eight seasons.  Mizzou was desperate and Haith apparently was tired of being the fourth or fifth best basketball coach in DI in the state of Florida. 

At Haith's news conference in Missouri, he got in a dig at  Miami, saying "I can tell I'm in a different place. I'm in a place that cares."

Meanwhile, a source said that Kansas St's Frank Martin "would walk on coals" to get the Miami job.  He was born in Miami to Cuban immigrants.   CBS reports that Martin is only interested in the job if Miami is willing to invest in winning...i.e. more money for assistants, etc.

Every time I see Martin I think "Say ello to my little friend!" 

Posted by coach_billyg on 4/6/2011 3:09:00 PM (view original):
i think arkansas made a bad move getting rid of pelphry this quickly. i thought he took them over in a pretty bad state and deserved another season or two to make his mark. i think they made a pretty good hire, though.  missouri seems to play a pretty similar style to arkansas when they were at their prime, although i am skeptical they will ever get near that level again.

I'm obviously an Arkansas fan.  Trust me when I say Pelphrey got TOO MUCH time.  Being the head basketball coach at a major university is as much about what happens off the court as it is about what happens on it.  Pelphrey recruited a lot of questionable character guys and most of the guys he recruited didn't last because of it.  He also allowed the team to get away with too much crud behind the scense.  After the Hogs lost by more than 30 points at Texas the team was bascially partying on the team flight back (I know this from talking to someone who was on the plane), and by doing so he let them beleive that it was ok to get run over that badly.  It is not ok.  Under Nolan Richardson those guys would have not said a word on the plane and they would have gone straight to Bud Walton Arena when they landed for a late night practice.  John often showed up 30 minutes or more late to his own press conferences looking like he hadn't shaved in 3 days and may not have showered in as long too.  His biggest problem was attendance, which was WAYYYYY down because the product on the court wasn't winning (our arena holds over 19k people and it was routinely only and 1/3 full).

You are right that our program was in bad condition when he took it over (thanks for that, Stan Heath), but unfortunately he did nothing to improve it.  Hopefully Mike Anderson will bring back a style and level of play we Arkansas fans grew accustomed to in the 90's.  I'm thrilled that "40 minutes of hell" is returning (I guess Mike calls it the "fastest 40 minutes in basketball", but it's essentially the same thing), but that style of play is clearly harder to win with in today's game.  That said, with the class he has coming in next year (top 5 class) the Hogs will be a lot better fast.