I smell a wolf in sheep’s clothing![]()
Yes, hire someone with no coaching experience to replace the guy with the best 2 year regular season run in program history.The people hating on Memphis are hating with fear and hope not logic.
We're losing our 3 best players and our coach couldnt wait to bail on us and they're loading up with an alum as their head coach who'll probably be able to recruit like John Calipari.
That's the truth coming from a UT fan.
If only Alan Houston was a basketball coach.
He also doesn't play in the SEC or ACC. He also has a former NBA coach of the year as an assistant. Penny acted like a clown on occasion, this year, but he has surrounded himself with good basketball people. If he stays out of the way and just recruits using his name, he is going to be the most successful coach Memphis has had since Cal. He won 20+ games with the hodgepodge roster he inherited.Penny is no K or Cal. He will need experienced players and has one, kind of.
He also doesn't play in the SEC or ACC. He also has a former NBA coach of the year as an assistant. Penny acted like a clown on occasion, this year, but he has surrounded himself with good basketball people. If he stays out of the way and just recruits using his name, he is going to be the most successful coach Memphis has had since Cal. He won 20+ games with the hodgepodge roster he inherited.
You seem to be jumping to a lot of conclusions that I didn't explicitly say.You started that out by saying he will be good because he’s in a crap conference and ending it by saying he overachieved with a senior led team winning 20+ games in the same crap conference. I’m not saying he will be bad, but if K can’t get one of the best classes ever to the final 4, then Penny has no shot with this class.
Three straight 5A State Championships isn't a bad resume. Similar AAU success. 20+ wins this year with not one NBA prospect. Played UCF and Cincinnati close. Scared UT to death. Not bad for a team coming off a year where they lost their exhibition game to CBU.