Cal made a run but lost 73-66....be interesting to see if Missouri or Illinois hires him after losing as a 1 seed in the first round of the NIT..they also were upset in the first round of the NCAA last year by Hawaii
Cuonzos problem is his pouting and poor poor me attitude about being left out of the tournament always trickles down to his players. Its his own fault, he schedules a soft OOC schedule and hopes the conference carries him. They guy is a terrible coach and terrible motivator.
Terrible coach is a bit extreme IMO. Not terrible. Not great or even very good. Just a middling coach that recruits pretty well and does very little with what he signs.
Isn't this the definition of terrible coach? Not arguing with you thunder but Cuonzo did less with more vs good coaches who do more with less.
Cuonzos problem is his pouting and poor poor me attitude about being left out of the tournament always trickles down to his players. Its his own fault, he schedules a soft OOC schedule and hopes the conference carries him. They guy is a terrible coach and terrible motivator.
Motivation wasn't really his problem. Our guys at UT played hard for him. His problem is his offense. His players at UT didn't understand the weaknesses in a zone, and he must preach defense so much that his teams fail at scoring the ball.
Martin didn't care about this game. It wasn't an audition. He knew he was leaving.
Good coaches normally lose early in the NIT
I hope things work out well with Mizzou and Cuonzo but I'm here to tell you don't get your hopes up. You will get excited about recruiting but then be absolutely dumbfounded by the product on the court. He will schedule a soft OOC slate and rely heavily on the conference to carry him to the tournament. When he get's left out of the tournament for lack of strength of schedule he will then cry to the media and his buddy Myron Medcalf will scream racism when you start to question Cuonzo's coaching abilities. And also consider this you've hired a guy with a sh!tty resume which I will post below and you're paying him more than Roy Williams makes at UNC.
Here's your resume....
You've coached 9 years.
You've been to 2 NCAA Tournaments.
You've won 2 NCAA Tourney Games in 9 seasons (plus a play in win).
You've coached teams with several pros with little success.
You've underachieved at every spot you've been.
You've continued to keep yourself in demand by staying ahead of the ax.
You're name is Cuonzo Martin. Life is good.
Seriously, he's making more than Jay Wright
Martin coached his first 3 years at Missouri State. Went 26-9 and still missed the tournament
I think 6 years 2 tourneys is a better description of his resume.
If we get the Porters, Tilmon and hold into Barnett we should more than double our win total.
Martin coached his first 3 years at Missouri State. Went 26-9 and still missed the tournament
I think 6 years 2 tourneys is a better description of his resume.
If we get the Porters, Tilmon and hold into Barnett we should more than double our win total.