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Cvillehoops13

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He inherited a team that had finished outside the top 100 in Kenpom


in back to back years. Immediately took the SAME players and finished in the top 60 in year 1. In his second season his top recruit played in 3 games and he started 4 freshman and a soph (with one first round pick) and had the fifth most efficient defense in college basketball. Comes back in year 3 and starts 4 soph's and a freshman, with no draft picks, and finishes with the best defense in the country. The idea that a guy who immediately improved everything about a program to that degree and is getting elite results on defense without first round NBA talent can't coach is one of the dumbest things I've ever read on the internet. Here are the last ten coaches who have had the top defense in college bball: Penny Hardaway, Tony Bennett, Chris Beard, Tony Bennett, Mark Few, Gregg Marshall, John Calipari, Sean Miller, Rick Pitino, Rick Pitino. He and Sean Miller are the only two guys on that list who haven't been named national coach of the year at least once.

Here's the thing Penny deserves the most credit for- when he has struggled as a coach at something he's adjusted really quickly and tried to be better. I think there's a whole lot to be said for that. He's willing to change his staff, bench players who had started, stop the brash PR stuff he came in with etc. He strikes me as a guy who is humble enough to make the changes needed to keep improving that program.

I'm not a Memphis fan, and I certainly think Memphis could've donea better job offensively the last couple years, but the idea that the guy who is the only college basketball coach in at least the last 20 years to have top 5 defenses in his 2nd and third year as a head coach is a bad coach is ludicrous and honestly insulting to the profession.
[Post edited by Cvillehoops13 at 11/15/2021 01:05AM]

(In response to this post by GCHokie34)

Posted: 11/15/2021 at 01:04AM



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