Only coach Memphis can afford after Tubby is Penny...he will do it for 1.5 million and that will give him two years to build. Nike will help him.
People need to stop looking outside of Penny at this point.
2-3 questions only need to be answered to pull the trigger.
1. Can Penny get players...YES, YES, YES, YES (And after wins come he will recruit at top tier level.)
2. Does Penny know basketball. YES, YES, YES (That's all he knows..all his life...and he is SMART enough to get guys around him to help him develop) (compliance officer will be main teammate to orientate to rules) ( I would like to see Tony Matlock come home)
3. Will Fan base rally. YES, YES, YES ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)
If you get Penny THIS SPRING you may get
2018: ALO, T. Harris
2019: Danridge, C Lawson, (maybe Wiseman, Jeffries, McCullum)
2020: Matthew Murrell , Cam "Mook" Matthews
2021: Jonathan Lawson, Jalen Brown, K Chandler, Kam Jones
2022: Chandler Jackson, Jacob Barnes, Kobe Wilkes, Christopher Gilliland, Washington, and others
2023: Braylen Ragland, Bryson Nash, Josh Holloway, and others
PENNY will get many of these local names and many nationally
LOADS TO TOP 150 TALENT COMING THROUGH MEMPHIS TO BE A TOP 10 TEAM FOR YEARS TO COME...
If you're worried about Team Penny AAU there are ways to shift that and merge that with another program. Cam Payne may be interested, Ian Clark maybe interested, Thaddeus Young maybe interested, Will Barton may be interested...there are ways.
As far as East is concerned...Turn it over to Keelon Lawson Sr and they keep rolling...
Come April! Call Penny Hardaway!
Is Penny gonna leave himself at the team hotel if he misses a wake up call or departure time?
I love Penny, but with this fickle fanbase....I'd advise him against taking the job.
They'd love him at first, but then he'd do something they wouldn't agree with...and that would be that.
Extremely rare for a good player to make a good coach.
John Wooden is the exception. He was two time player of the year at Purdue.
(01-01-2018 09:43 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote: [ -> ]Extremely rare for a good player to make a good coach.
John Wooden is the exception. He was two time player of the year at Purdue.
Yep.
Most of the time, really good players don't have a brain.
Coaching takes brains.
(01-01-2018 09:40 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote: [ -> ]I love Penny, but with this fickle fanbase....I'd advise him against taking the job.
They'd love him at first, but then he'd do something they wouldn't agree with...and that would be that.
Yea you're right but Penny has his Hands on TOP TALENT IN CITY and connected to ELITE players around the country and the Administration dropping the ball.
M. Cronin Cincy grad
Chris Mack Xavier grad
B Huggins W Virginia Grad
It CAN WORK AT UNIQUE PLACES...LIKE MEMPHIS.
The problem with Tubby is he is washed up and has entitled syndrome...all we hear is he has won every place he's been as if it's a birthright to win and get players....this generation doesn't care about name "Tubby"
'entitled syndrome'....'this generation doesn't care'
oh no...you're one of those 'get off muh yard' types, huh?
Absolutely crazy; ie Clyde drexler
(01-01-2018 09:49 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ]'entitled syndrome'....'this generation doesn't care'
oh no...you're one of those 'get off muh yard' types, huh?
Don't take it personal...I just know that 14 -18 year olds dont' know Tubby from Kentucky in whatever year he won championship. And that same age bracket recruit doesn't know Memphis Basketball. Calipari has been gone 10 years so the kids we need to be on locally were babies.
The recruiting pitch is all about Tubby winning but what are the facts? He has't won .500 over last 10 years.
But they KNOW Penny Hardaway and Team Penny. Facts!
(01-01-2018 09:40 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote: [ -> ]I love Penny, but with this fickle fanbase....I'd advise him against taking the job.
They'd love him at first, but then he'd do something they wouldn't agree with...and that would be that.
I agree 100%. This fanbase will turn quicker than a rat inside of a maze. Some even turned on Coach Mike Norvell after one game in which there were several questionable calls with our top running back out with an injury. Penny will be celebrated until he loses his 1st game, then his coaching will be 2nd guessed, and finally, he will be called names until he resigns and it will end badly.
(01-01-2018 09:55 PM)TigerBabbler Wrote: [ -> ] (01-01-2018 09:49 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ]'entitled syndrome'....'this generation doesn't care'
oh no...you're one of those 'get off muh yard' types, huh?
Don't take it personal...I just now that 14 -18 year olds don' know Tubby from Kentucky in whatever year he won championship. And that same age bracket recruit doesn't know Memphis Basketball. Calipari has been gone 10 years so those kids were babies.
The recruiting pitch is all about Tubby winning but what are the facts? He has't won .500 over last 10 years.
But they KNOW Penny Hardaway and Team Penny. Facts!
Tubby could be great with these Memphis parents if he would just get out and recruit...he's the 'father figure with an NCAA title ring' type...let Esposito recruit everywhere that isn't Memphis and Tubby should lock down every one of these local kids...I mean, you don't even have to leave the metro area!
OK, rant over.
I am not anti-Penny, but to say he is the ONLY solution is simply not true.
(01-01-2018 10:02 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ] (01-01-2018 09:55 PM)TigerBabbler Wrote: [ -> ] (01-01-2018 09:49 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: [ -> ]'entitled syndrome'....'this generation doesn't care'
oh no...you're one of those 'get off muh yard' types, huh?
Don't take it personal...I just now that 14 -18 year olds don' know Tubby from Kentucky in whatever year he won championship. And that same age bracket recruit doesn't know Memphis Basketball. Calipari has been gone 10 years so those kids were babies.
The recruiting pitch is all about Tubby winning but what are the facts? He has't won .500 over last 10 years.
But they KNOW Penny Hardaway and Team Penny. Facts!
Tubby could be great with these Memphis parents if he would just get out and recruit...he's the 'father figure with an NCAA title ring' type...let Esposito recruit everywhere that isn't Memphis and Tubby should lock down every one of these local kids...I mean, you don't even have to leave the metro area!
OK, rant over.
That's logical. Why do you think that hasn't happened?
Many people who snarl at Penny for Coach have never seen him coach or talked to him about basketball. He has been doing it ALL HIS LIFE...he cares about Memphis...and he is $INVESTED more than many fans IN THE PROGRAM.
He has the humility, disposition, and character that would have lots of success here at Memphis. If Memphis hired CJP...Penny would be better than him in year one than CJP was in his BEST YEAR of 8 years.
This recruits want mentoring who better than one of the greats and most celebrated guards in basketball history...for those who throw up Drexler...Drexler didn't have heart for his boys...With Penny as coach...you will never have to worry about Memphis being a PLAYER FIRST PROGRAM...and a fan SECOND PROGRAM
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