No, I don't think Seifert is a great coach, what so ever. I was responding to your list of people at the end of your post. Seifert was mentioned but was not in your final list! Seifert proved he was not a good coach and that he thrived on talent given to him when he went to carolina. by the way I am from CA and went to school in the Bay Area (a WCC school as a matter of fact... go Zags- Normally, I don't cheer for them but if they pull it out then there is no reason why my alma mater can't do it in the future) so therefore I do pull for the 9'ers. Although, I would not call myself a die hard fan, come to think of it, I enjoy watching the NFL but don't have a team that I call my favorite. I mostly enjoy college bball and football as opposed to pro sports.
By the way, I am still waiting to hear, what coach/program has been as consistently good as Duke in the last 15-20 years?!
According to most of the major recruiting sources as quoted in USA today, Texas has the number one class based on the ranking of their recruits... amazingly enough mostly out of the Houston, TX area...
The top 3 are:
Dan Gibson- Houston(top 25 recruit and lead his team to a state title)
Deion Dowell- Texas City Top 25 recruit
Conner Atchley- Houston Top 100 recruit
I did see that Indiana, did have a good year and a nationally ranked recruiting class, but can't recall where they fell. Who do they have coming in?
Is Coach Knight a great coach? As much as I hate to admit it... yes. He was temendously successful at IU and he has taken a T Tech team that perennially(sp) sucked and put them in the top 25, and back in the dance 2 out of his first 3 years. As a person, I would say he leaves a lot to be desired. Self-Control is never a part of his demeanor. Where do you think Coach K (the Duke coach) learned from (in terms of coaching)? He will be the first to tell you that Mr. Knight shaped him as a coach. He just happens to be a better person (in my opinion) than Coach Knight. You never see Coach K fly off the handle and lose total control. Yes he gets angry with officials at times (expresses his opinion or dsipleasure- all coached do)and is not always an angel during competition. But he always is proffesional especially off the court. He is a class act and always conducts himself well. He is active in the community, the V foundation the student body, etc. The same can't be said about Coach Knight. And what is with the NASCAR like billboard that he calls a sweater?
Again, I guess we agree to disagree, I just can't see why anyone, looking at it objectively could say that Coach K is not one of the best ever to don a coach's whistle (Notice I did not just say whistle, because refs are the only true qualified operators of such a tool
). Oh well, I too enjoyed the debate!
[Edited by BBall_Junkie on Mar 17th, 2004 at 01:58 PM]