I guess UNM really doesn't want me as a fan.

On Mar 22, 2:41 am, Archie Leach <arc....RemoveThis@leach.esq> wrote:
> "James Gibson" <james.m.gib....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Steve Alford?
>
> Oddly enough, as mediocre as his tenure has been in Iowa City, I think
> getting to a different part of the country _could_ do wonders for his
> career.
>
> Not to say that it absolutely will, but really I think it would be a
> good move for Dark Helmet to get out of Iowa, and a good move to get
> Dark Helmet out of Iowa for the Hawkeyes.

I just wish Alford would try it somewhere else. In my opinion, New
Mexico is repeating this mistake for the 3rd time in a row - assuming
that coach that has been in one of the Big Six conferences is
automatically good. When they hired Fraschilla, he was supposed to be
good because he had been at St. John's. He started UNM's descent.
Then when he got the ax, they hired Ritchie McKay, who was at Oregon
State at the time. Great, we just stole a guy from the Pac-10! (or
else took a guy that was about the get fired). Now, the process is
repeating itself with Alford. They are definitely further down now
than with either of their last two coaching hires, so I suppose it
would be hard to run them much further into the ground, but I don't
see how taking a guy who took Iowa from being a perennial first round
NCAA tournament winner into a team that has 1 NCAA tournament win in 8
years is the way to go. Not for New Mexico, where the expectation is
NCAA tournament every year.
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"James Gibson" <james.m.gibson.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>Steve Alford?

Oddly enough, as mediocre as his tenure has been in Iowa City, I think
getting to a different part of the country _could_ do wonders for his
career.

Not to say that it absolutely will, but really I think it would be a
good move for Dark Helmet to get out of Iowa, and a good move to get
Dark Helmet out of Iowa for the Hawkeyes.
 >> Stay informed about: I guess UNM really doesn't want me as a fan. 

Zaphod Beeblebrox <victor.kingNOSPAM.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> writes:

>James Gibson you lecher, you monster, you lover of watermelon seeds; did
>you REALLY mime the following on 3/21/2007 8:41 PM?
>> Steve Alford?
>
>PLEASE! TAKE HIM, TAKE HIM, TAKE HIM, TAKE HIM,TAKE HIM!
>
>He's all yours.
>
>signed
>a loyal Hawkeye fan.

No, no, stay! C'mon, Steve, it's not too late, you know you really
want to change your mind and stay at Iowa!

signed
a loyal Illini fan

--
Milt Epstein
mepstein.TakeThisOut@uiuc.edu
 >> Stay informed about: I guess UNM really doesn't want me as a fan. 

"James Gibson" <james.m.gibson.DeleteThis@gmail.com> writes:

>On Mar 22, 2:41 am, Archie Leach <arc....DeleteThis@leach.esq> wrote:
>> "James Gibson" <james.m.gib....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Steve Alford?
>>
>> Oddly enough, as mediocre as his tenure has been in Iowa City, I think
>> getting to a different part of the country _could_ do wonders for his
>> career.
>>
>> Not to say that it absolutely will, but really I think it would be a
>> good move for Dark Helmet to get out of Iowa, and a good move to get
>> Dark Helmet out of Iowa for the Hawkeyes.
>
>I just wish Alford would try it somewhere else. In my opinion, New
>Mexico is repeating this mistake for the 3rd time in a row - assuming
>that coach that has been in one of the Big Six conferences is
>automatically good. When they hired Fraschilla, he was supposed to be
>good because he had been at St. John's. He started UNM's descent.
>Then when he got the ax, they hired Ritchie McKay, who was at Oregon
>State at the time. Great, we just stole a guy from the Pac-10! (or
>else took a guy that was about the get fired). Now, the process is
>repeating itself with Alford. They are definitely further down now
>than with either of their last two coaching hires, so I suppose it
>would be hard to run them much further into the ground, but I don't
>see how taking a guy who took Iowa from being a perennial first round
>NCAA tournament winner into a team that has 1 NCAA tournament win in 8
>years is the way to go. Not for New Mexico, where the expectation is
>NCAA tournament every year.

Yeah, I don't see the attraction of Alford. He hasn't really
distinguished himself at Iowa. They did win two Big Ten tournaments,
but that's not really that big a deal, especially in the light of
mediocre conference and NCAA tournament performance. It's as if he's
still living off that one great year at SW Missouri State.

As you say, the fact that he's a (relatively) big name from a big
conference is about the only thing he's got going for him. It'd
probably be better to get an up-and-comer (but the problem with them
is that they'll probably only stay a few years).

Hey, I'm checking out Alford's wikipedia page, and it says that Bobby
Knight is believed to have helped him get the New Mexico job, and also
that Alford's wife was "instrumental" in his decision to leave Iowa.
I guess it was too "cold" there.

--
Milt Epstein
mepstein.DeleteThis@uiuc.edu
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