Is Marlin the guy for the program?

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Originally Posted by Million$Mullet

Why were they terrible on thursday?

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You win. Bob Marlin is the best coach this sport has ever seen.

After losing my passionate myopic UL view, I looked up team defense for this season and Tennessee was 3rd best in the country at 57.9 ppg.

Tennessee beats Duke by 13…my goodness, what a horrible coach Duke must have.

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Originally Posted by MountainDew

You win. Bob Marlin is the best coach this sport has ever seen.

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UL>Duke
Marlin>Scheyer

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Originally Posted by JMV JustMyView

They said Dusty Baker was told old and he won a world series.

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I am just looking for an NCAA win!
Can Dusty coach basketball?!

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Originally Posted by MountainDew

Is Tennessee a terrible team? No
Was Tennessee terrible on Thursday? Yes

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Some of you think you know, but you don't..

Georgia Southern's new coach. Three D1 stops along the way with pro experience too. Presently with Alabama.

https://www.wsav.com/sports/georgia-...e=facebook.com

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

Georgia Southern's new coach. Three D1 stops along the way with pro experience too. Presently with Alabama.

https://www.wsav.com/sports/georgia-...e=facebook.com

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It is with great excitement that I get a chance to speak on behalf of Charlie since I've known him since he was a kid. I feel the job he's done and the path he's taken, he'll do an amazing job at Georgia Southern. In such a short time, he's proven to be a great assistant at Alabama, as they've taken college basketball by storm! Charlie is a workaholic and a sponge to learn. I feel honored to talk about him since we took similar paths. Charlie will be a great coach and an even better member of the community and the University. I am proud and excited for Charlie."
- Tom Izzo Head Coach, Michigan State Basketball

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Originally Posted by IberiaCajun

I am just looking for an NCAA win!
Can Dusty coach basketball?!

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I think the Cajuns had 27 or so NCAA wins this season.

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

Georgia Southern's new coach. Three D1 stops along the way with pro experience too. Presently with Alabama.

https://www.wsav.com/sports/georgia-...e=facebook.com

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This is why it makes me laugh when I hear people around here ask, “…but who are we going to get?”

If Georgia Southern can hire someone like that, with the money we pay, we should have no problem doing the same in the future.

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Originally Posted by ULvictory

This is why it makes me laugh when I hear people around here ask, “…but who are we going to get?”

If Georgia Southern can hire someone like that, with the money we pay, we should have no problem doing the same in the future.

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BINGO!

That’s why I’m hoping when Bob hits 65 next year he retires when the season is over and there will be quality coaches out there.

My only concern is the pay is in the same range as our football coach. MH could always go cheap and further deteriorate the already diminished fan base.

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Originally Posted by ULvictory

This is why it makes me laugh when I hear people around here ask, “…but who are we going to get?”

If Georgia Southern can hire someone like that, with the money we pay, we should have no problem doing the same in the future.

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What exactly has this guy done that impresses you? His overall losing record as a head coach? He followed the iowa state coach to the nba, he wasn’t hired away

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Originally Posted by crazycajun

What exactly has this guy done that impresses you? His overall losing record as a head coach? He followed the iowa state coach to the nba, he wasn’t hired away

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Coached at 3 major college programs; was a head coach in the NBA G-League (which he has a winning record, not a losing one); coached with the Chicago Bulls

How can you say it’s not impressive?

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Originally Posted by Rainman66

In my opinion, to be a dangerous team in the tournament, you have to be a guard dominant team with outside shooting. My definition of dangerous is greater than an 8 seed.

The Cajuns looked dangerous when Julien was draining 3 pointers, unfortunately no one else could hit anything else in the game from outside the lane really.

As of now, I am not optimistic for next season because I don’t see where points are going to come from and counting on true Freshman for scoring is a very low probability answer. Is there potentially a transfer or two that could come in, sure, but EVERY D1 program is looking for scorers.

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The most impressive teams thus far in the tournament are teams who defend and are efficient offensively. I think most would agree that SDSU and Tennessee were possibly the two most impressive teams yesterday. They controlled their opponent and just did everything well.

The Furmans, Penn States, College of charlestons who throw up tons of outside shots can sting you when hot but they are not built to make runs. Princeton was lights out yesterday but they will run into one of these good defensive teams who will force them to play their style and end their run quickly.

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Originally Posted by ULvictory

Coached at 3 major college programs; was a head coach in the NBA G-League (which he has a winning record, not a losing one); coached with the Chicago Bulls

How can you say it’s not impressive?

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This is where an AD has to earn their money. There are so many younger coaches out there looking for an opportunity. Unless we get a retread hire like Cliff Ellis at CCU, we are likely going to be hiring a coach who may lack some HC experience. We have to vet them and do our homework but good coaches can be found out there.

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Originally Posted by zephyr

The most impressive teams thus far in the tournament are teams who defend and are efficient offensively. I think most would agree that SDSU and Tennessee were possibly the two most impressive teams yesterday. They controlled their opponent and just did everything well.

The Furmans, Penn States, College of charlestons who throw up tons of outside shots can sting you when hot but they are not built to make runs. Princeton was lights out yesterday but they will run into one of these good defensive teams who will force them to play their style and end their run quickly.

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End their run quickly? They are in the sweet 16. That’s a pretty good run.

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Originally Posted by MountainDew

When the Cajuns made the tourney this year I was in the mindset of as long as Bob reaches the tournament consistently he can have a job here. After the game I thought back on the last 13 years and changed my mind. He has no business playing high level basketball. It has been the same thing for 13 years. His offensive scheme is non-existent. Even the announcers said it during the game. We throw the ball inside and everyone just stands around. It has been this way for 13 damn years. There's no flow, no motion, nothing to Bob's offense. Do I think Bob has recruited some athletes who have been good enough to overcome this lack of offense? Yes. But the coaching is not there.

Look at all of these other mid-majors in the tournament. They actually look like they know how to play basketball. No "deer in the headlights" looks. Just good basketball. You can go watch any Sun Belt game at the Cajundome and see the difference in offensive flow.

Tennessee was terrible. We should have won by 10.

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Context and Perspective are sorely lacking in this post.

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Originally Posted by zephyr

This is where an AD has to earn their money. There are so many younger coaches out there looking for an opportunity. Unless we get a retread hire like Cliff Ellis at CCU, we are likely going to be hiring a coach who may lack some HC experience. We have to vet them and do our homework but good coaches can be found out there.

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I’d say it worked well for us with Billy Napier

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Originally Posted by SlappyCajun

End their run quickly? They are in the sweet 16. That’s a pretty good run.

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Glad we agree they are on a "Run" I said the style of play is not really a lasting recipe for success in the tournament.

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Originally Posted by ULvictory

Coached at 3 major college programs; was a head coach in the NBA G-League (which he has a winning record, not a losing one); coached with the Chicago Bulls

How can you say it’s not impressive?

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Sorry, my mistake, he is actually one game over .500 in a developmental league. Still, there is nothing that jumps out to me that this is some incredible hire by them. I wouldn’t be excited if it was us. He might win, might not..I don’t think anything on his resume says he will.

Marlin should've been done years ago. It baffles me that him making the tournament this year gives him the green light for ANY more time here. Context is important, and you can't ignore his entire body of work. THATS what he needs to be judged on. If people want to keep supporting this, cool. We're all entitled to our opinions. Keeping Marlin screams mediocrity is just fine.

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Originally Posted by crazycajun

Sorry, my mistake, he is actually one game over .500 in a developmental league. Still, there is nothing that jumps out to me that this is some incredible hire by them. I wouldn’t be excited if it was us. He might win, might not..I don’t think anything on his resume says he will.

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I think anybody we hire is going to come with questions and unknowns.

Gotta be honest.. I find this conversation to be in poor taste.

I’ve been hard on Marlin and when you look at the numbers, the criticism has been fair. But, our program just accomplished something. Our program represented us well. I think we had a golden opportunity to win and I’m disappointed.

I just think it’s not the time for this conversation. The man did what we all wanted him to do. How / when / why / what is not relevant to me at this point. We have to be able to support our people when they succeed. This Marlin stuff is not personal for me. I don’t care who the coach is. I just want to win. And we did. I’m letting the guy run his program and until he gives me more reason to doubt him, I’ll keep quiet. The most recent Bob Marlin narrative is a good one.

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Originally Posted by zephyr

I think anybody we hire is going to come with questions and unknowns.

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Agree completely, I was just saying I’m not seeing this guy as some slam dunk hire with a proven track record when you look at his resume.

I’m just skipped ahead, instead of reading 7 pages to say Marlin needs to ducking go. I get that he “graduates” players, but I want players to win. Win the conference (how many times in the past 13 years?). We a game in the NCAA tourney. Win something besides against D2 and the dregs of our conference. By this time we should be rolling USM and GaSt.

Marlin sucks!