You know he knows our state and area well, as experienced as anyone out there. He'll be highly motivated to beat OM. The question is... would he leave UAB?
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You know he knows our state and area well, as experienced as anyone out there. He'll be highly motivated to beat OM. The question is... would he leave UAB?
#1 Craig Smith
#2 Wes Miller
Maybe he could bring Henderson with him!**
Wes Miller, Chris Jans, Bob Richey, Jon Scheyer, Andy Toole, Brian Michaelson, Richie Riley
Nope, Stans owned Kennedy. At one point, beat him six times in a row. In 14 years, he beat OM 21 times and only lost 8 (72%). He only lost to OM ONCE in the HUMP in 14 years.
Compare those numbers to Ray and the Howler!
Jesus...
I haven't looked into much, but we need to hire someone from the Nate Oats coaching tree or someone with a simiar philosphy.
I'm convinced that there are a lot of fans that apparently personally know Andy from his days in Louisville, and that's why they want him to be the coach. It obviously has nothing to do with ability, because he is not a good head coach.
I don't know Andy from Adam, but I do think he's a pretty good coach. I don't want him at State, however.
Us hiring him would be an "international incident". I wonder if he still lacks "consortium"?
Those same fans were pro LT, Polk 2.0, pro croom, pro SloMo. In general pro anything that wouldn't have moved MSU athletics in a modern era.
When we hire a new coach in the next two months we need a young energetic guy with HC experience in a good G5 conference. Not a guy who can't get to the dance at WKU
Our fans are clueless when it comes to MSU basketball. Letting Stansbury depart will go down as the biggest blunder in the history of MSU athletics.
Please forget the hiring of Rick Ray. The process of firing Rick Stansbury should have never started in the first place. The day that Scott Stricklin first entertained the idea of parting ways with Stansbury was the moment that derailed our men’s basketball program for decades to come. This has nothing to do with Rick Ray being hired but everything to do with the firing of Rick Stansbury.
He had multiple warnings about his recruiting we were under NCAA watch not investigation but things were told to stop. He didn't. The program was on the decline with Multiple cancers. Oh and not to mention the fight in Hawaii and poor performance on the court. Stans time was up. Your defense of him basically says you only look at t he middle point of his career and not the end
Stansbury was never charged with a major recruiting violation during his long tenure at MSU state. Not one my friend. Don’t try and use that as an excuse. There are no facts to back it up.
I’m wrong? How many more years do we have to suffer before you realize what a mistake we made? I guess you enjoy watching mediocre offensive performances week in and week out? You might want to look at our SEC record in Wikipedia to see what the ledger looks like the last 9 years. Maybe then you will get a clue.
Let me save you some time. Here are the facts my friend. These numbers might shock you.
Rick Stansbury’s - SEC RECORD - 122 - 102 - 55 percent winning percentage
Post Rick Stansbury - SEC RECORD - 61 - 96 - 39 percent wing percentage
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Looks like after several attempts Arkansas and Alabama finally got the right hires. Their ADs did the smart thing. Look at head coaches winning big at smaller schools with bottom level talent for their conference and hire them after they prove to be successful a couple years at those schools. It?s not always the perfect formula, but it normally works. Much better than hiring assistants or coaches at former major schools that only did well because they could recruit. Stansbury and Howland are one in the same.
Whatever our AD/AD?s wife does, I hope they already have the guy lined up before they give Howland his severance package.
Let me help you out
Rick Stansbury last 4 years - SEC Record 35-29 .547%
Ben Howland last 4 years - SEC Record 35-32 .522%
We've pretty much been Stans last four years here Howland last 4 years. The problem with you & so many Stans guys is y'all memories stop after 2005. MSU fans have a bad habit of that. We do the same with Jackie & we just act like 01-03 didn't happen. We all love the good times but the further away they get we conveniently forget how things ended.
You still can’t see the facts - Ben Howland walked into a cycle of above average players ( see list below) that allowed him to win 52 percent of his SEC games.
Reggie Perry - son of a MSU great
Robert Woodard - son of a MSU great
Malik Newman - son of a MSU great
Nick Weatherspoon - brother of a MSU great
That cycle of long standing family ties is long gone. That is why you will continue to see Howland’s SEC record fall off the cliff. By the way, Stansbury didn’t have a chance to coach the sons of MSU greats.
So you’re saying we forget how things ended under Stansbury? I guess winning almost 55 percent of your conference games is so terrible. Don’t compare what Stansbury did his last 4 years to what Sherrill did during the 01-03 stretch. There is no comparison at all. You basically proved my point. Thank you!
The trend is your friend. The last 4 years of Howlands career at MSU will look nothing like the last 4 years under Stansbury. The real numbers are starting to show up. We should should finish around 6-12 in conference play this year. Your 4 year comparison will soon be way off. Sorry to inform you of that! If my projection is correct Ben Howland will be 36-36 in the last 4 years after this season is complete. After next year, that winning percentage will drop to the mid 40’s. The trend is not in your favor.