Top 5 basketball coaches.

scottone928 · 09-21-2007, 09:47 PM

Who are your top 5 modern college basketball coaches. Here are mine:
1: Mike Krzyzewski: Won 3 and lost 3 N.C. Hard to argue with that over last 21 years.
2- Billy Donovan: Has been to 3 and won 2 N.C in the last 10 years.
3- Rick Pitino: His team won the N.C in 96 and he lost in 97. Tubby won it in 98, but lets face it; those were Rick's kids. So I count that one with Rick.
4- Tom Izzo
5- Roy Williams

Top 2 coaches on the rise:

1: Bruce Pearl- He is a great coach. He will bring UT a national championship one day. UT better pay him whatever he wants.
2: Anthony Grant- keep an eye on him. He is a Billy Donovan Deciple and took a VCU team to the turnament and did some damage.

Most overated:
Billy Gillispie: God to hear the Kentucky fans talk about this guy, you would of thought he has won the last 10 National Championships!!! The truth is that he has been to only one sweet 16. That's it!!!!! He has more DUI's than sweet 16's.

volfanbill · 09-21-2007, 10:39 PM

all time or i'm assuming just right now?

scottone928 · 09-21-2007, 10:54 PM

More or less in the last 20 years. Modern coaches. I guess I should of pointed that out. I will edit it,Sorry.

volfanbill · 09-21-2007, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by scottone928

More or less in the last 20 years. Modern coaches. I guess I should of pointed that out. I will edit it,Sorry.

no problem.... just give me some time to think and I'll get mine out there.

volfanbill · 09-21-2007, 11:06 PM

1. Coach K
2. Bobby Knight
3. Dean Smith
4. Jim Calhoun
4. Gary Williams
5. Tom Izzo- i have to put him here because his disciples are slowly starting to take over the college world.

I'm leaving out Lute I know. I'm also leaving Pitino out. I feel fine without having Lute in... I'm not sure how I can leave out Pitino. Donovan is looking in. If he can keep Florida in contention for the next few years, he makes the leap. Never have been sold on Roy Williams.

crazyguy · 09-21-2007, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by volfanbill

1. Coach K
2. Bobby Knight
3. Dean Smith
4. Jim Calhoun
4. Gary Williams
5. Tom Izzo- i have to put him here because his disciples are slowly starting to take over the college world.

I'm leaving out Lute I know. I'm also leaving Pitino out. I feel fine without having Lute in... I'm not sure how I can leave out Pitino. Donovan is looking in. If he can keep Florida in contention for the next few years, he makes the leap. Never have been sold on Roy Williams.

How do you leave out a guy with back to back off of the list?

volfanbill · 09-21-2007, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyguy

How do you leave out a guy with back to back off of the list?

i thought my answer was sufficient. If i was asked to name the best coach in the game today, I could very easily say Donovan.

hmanvolfan · 09-21-2007, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by scottone928

Most overated:
Billy Gillispie: God to hear the Kentucky fans talk about this guy, you would of thought he has won the last 10 National Championships!!! The truth is that he has been to only one sweet 16. That's it!!!!! He has more DUI's than sweet 16's.

Things are gonna get interesting when Hat reads this...

**Lexvol** · 09-22-2007, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by scottone928

Who are your top 5 modern college basketball coaches. Here are mine:
1: Mike Krzyzewski: Won 3 and lost 3 N.C. Hard to argue with that over last 21 years.
2- Billy Donovan: Has been to 3 and won 2 N.C in the last 10 years.
3- Rick Pitino: His team won the N.C in 96 and he lost in 97. Tubby won it in 98, but lets face it; those were Rick's kids. So I count that one with Rick.
4- Tom Izzo
5- Roy Williams

Top 2 coaches on the rise:

1: Bruce Pearl- He is a great coach. He will bring UT a national championship one day. UT better pay him whatever he wants.
2: Anthony Grant- keep an eye on him. He is a Billy Donovan Deciple and took a VCU team to the turnament and did some damage.

Most overated:
Billy Gillispie: God to hear the Kentucky fans talk about this guy, you would of thought he has won the last 10 National Championships!!! The truth is that he has been to only one sweet 16. That's it!!!!! He has more DUI's than sweet 16's.

After watching Billy Clyde for the last few months, this is what I can tell you about this UK program. It is akin to Alabama hiring Saban. Everybody may want to beat up on them all they can this year. Next year it ain't gonna be easy.

hmanvolfan · 09-22-2007, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Lexvol

After watching Billy Clyde for the last few months, this is what I can tell you about this UK program. It is akin to Alabama hiring Saban. Everybody may want to beat up on them all they can this year. Next year it ain't gonna be easy.

Or Lex.....

**hatvol96** · 09-22-2007, 12:54 AM

I'm not sure I've ever seen anything on this board that has made me laugh harder than the idea Billy Gillispie is overrated. He will win multiple National Titles at Kentucky.

KTBKRUSHER · 09-22-2007, 12:57 AM

well......
you did not specify mens so..
how the hell can you have a thread on this subject in a vols room and not put PAT in it.

SHE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, MEN OR WOMEN RIGHT AFTER OF COURSE WOODEN....give her 10 more years she passes him..

ENUFF SAID

hmanvolfan · 09-22-2007, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by KTBKRUSHER

well......
you did not specify mens so..
how the hell can you have a thread on this subject in a vols room and not put PAT in it.

SHE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, MEN OR WOMEN RIGHT AFTER OF COURSE WOODEN....give her 10 more years she passes him..

ENUFF SAID

Coach Pearl's squad could beat Coach Summitt's squad...

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Pat Summitt and Lady Vols fan as well. It's just that men's basketball is much more important.

johnnybravo · 09-22-2007, 08:13 AM

I wouldn't take ANY of the other coaches mentioned over coach Pearl. So far he has been the perfect coach for UT. I really don't know if any other coach in the country could take a dead basketball program and completely turning it around in the first season like he has. We have experts talking about UT as a final 4 contender in his 3rd year. Beat the National Champions 3 out of 4 times. Sell out a 24,000 seat arena and have a football school looking forward to basketball season in September. He might not make anyone's list, but I wouldn't trade him for any other coach.

**tvolsfan** · 09-22-2007, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by hatvol96

I'm not sure I've ever seen anything on this board that has made me laugh harder than the idea Billy Gillispie is overrated. He will win multiple National Titles at Kentucky.

I think I laughed harder when I saw the college football coach list that had Ferentz and Teford ranked higher than Butch Davis.