Hubert Davis Catch-all

[thebruinbleedstarheelblue]

Good wins against Kansas. Virginia and Duke. Bad losses against Cal, Stanford and SMU. I wouldn't say Miami is a bad loss, but they are unranked, and the way Carolina played was bad. Really can't afford another loss outside of Duke, Clemson and Louisville. If they don't win at least 2 of those and lose to anyone else outside of those 3 it looks like another mediocre seed in the tournament.

it was a bad loss because of the Cal/Stanford/SMU losses...or just revealing.

 

[stankeylegjones]

From an IC poster:

Percentage of weeks ranked since 2021-2022 season:

Houston 100%
Purdue 97%
Duke 91%
Kansas 91%
Kentucky 88%
Arizona 84%
UConn 84%
…
UNC 49%

 

[LosPollosHermanos]

He's serviceable is the thing. He's not a total disaster. So the key is to have the right person when we decide to move on, and not fire him for someone who could legitimately wreck the program if he doesn't work out. Like Bill Belichick.

 

[Geisterfahrer]

He's serviceable is the thing. He's not a total disaster. So the key is to have the right person when we decide to move on, and not fire him for someone who could legitimately wreck the program if he doesn't work out. Like Bill Belichick.

I almost feel like just go with him and ride out this weird college sports transition. The fact that no one can name an option that isn’t absurd like Brad Stevens makes me queasy about jumping back on the coaching carousel. Hubert’s not won me over but this team and the Harrison Ingram team make me think we should live with what we’ve got for a spell. When he can put the ingredients together they kinda sorta mostly look like Carolina teams. Maybe that’s ok for now. And in the end, he brought in Caleb who has really delivered.

 

[Calheel]

I almost feel like just go with him and ride out this weird college sports transition. The fact that no one can name an option that isn’t absurd like Brad Stevens makes me queasy about jumping back on the coaching carousel. Hubert’s not won me over but this team and the Harrison Ingram team make me think we should live with what we’ve got for a spell. When he can put the ingredients together they kinda sorta mostly look like Carolina teams. Maybe that’s ok for now. And in the end, he brought in Caleb who has really delivered.

Finding a coach wouldn't be that hard. Go to the Top 25. Scratch out the old coaches or Duke-affiliated coaches. That leaves about 15 excellent candidates, almost all of whom would jump at the opportunity.

 

[wmheel1287]

I don't really participate in this thread and rarely read posts on it. Im at least 3 pages behind but I do think one thing is worth saying. Dean Smith retired 30 years ago (29, but close enough). No current coach or coaching discussion should be compared to him. He coached in such a different era thay there is no way to know what a reasonable comparison is. We should honestly just leave him out of it when evaluating anything about the current basketball program.

 

[thebruinbleedstarheelblue]

He's serviceable is the thing. He's not a total disaster. So the key is to have the right person when we decide to move on, and not fire him for someone who could legitimately wreck the program if he doesn't work out. Like Bill Belichick.

Serviceable ,at a big dog in this unfair system, means you are not good.

 

[finesse]

Finding a coach wouldn't be that hard. Go to the Top 25. Scratch out the old coaches or Duke-affiliated coaches. That leaves about 15 excellent candidates, almost all of whom would jump at the opportunity.

Frankly, that's horseshit.

 

[Willy]

Finding a coach wouldn't be that hard. Go to the Top 25. Scratch out the old coaches or Duke-affiliated coaches. That leaves about 15 excellent candidates, almost all of whom would jump at the opportunity.

I’m not sure I agree. It would be an interesting exercise: take the top 25 coaches. Remove any that are 65 or older. Remove any that simply wouldn’t come here. Remove any with ethical concerns. Who do you have left? And of those, who would we have realistic shot with? My guess is you’d have 3-4 realistic candidates, and none of which would be guaranteed to accept an offer.

 

[tarheelbillie]

I don't really participate in this thread and rarely read posts on it. Im at least 3 pages behind but I do think one thing is worth saying. Dean Smith retired 30 years ago (29, but close enough). No current coach or coaching discussion should be compared to him. He coached in such a different era thay there is no way to know what a reasonable comparison is. We should honestly just leave him out of it when evaluating anything about the current basketball program.

I remember the joke that “Dean doesn’t recruit, he selects”.