(03-04-2017 11:32 AM)HyperDuke Wrote: I appreciate the critical thinking going on here. Perhaps Brady = great coach & Rowe = greatest coach?
How about neither, LC was and still is the greatest JMU coach. He's the only one to move up the food chain when he left us. He's the only one to take us to the second round (did it three times all in a row). All others should bow down to him. He is a legend. Lefty is the only one who could sit at the table with Campanelli and then only give "The Coach" some company and the first toast. He is proof that something good can actually come out of NJ.
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Rowe is this unprecedented tournament success was done without illegally recruited players! Chalk up another one for Rowe as Greatest!
(03-04-2017 10:46 AM)Hart Foundation Wrote: Fact based JMU performance in the Keener round...
Keener 0-4
Rowe 1-0
He is clearly better than Keener as we had hoped.
I will play this vote like HORSE and give him a G for now. Win tonight and he will get a R. Win the semis and he will get an E. Win the finals and he will get an A. At that point I would throw in the T for the Title.
Philosophical question: is it really the Keener round if he never won in it?
(03-04-2017 12:16 PM)HyperDuke Wrote: The data is piling up for this poll. Perception is Reality & 100% of the perception shown here is that Rowe is the GREATEST.
Sorry to put a damper on your poll. As great as Rowe's move was yesterday, I cannot condone placing a title of greatest on someone just for a first-round CAA victory over Drexel. Judging from the past Drexel and bye are not very different.
Now if Rowe gets kicked out of today's game to spark another win, that would change my mind.
(03-04-2017 12:16 PM)HyperDuke Wrote: The data is piling up for this poll. Perception is Reality & 100% of the perception shown here is that Rowe is the GREATEST.
Sorry to put a damper on your poll. As great as Rowe's move was yesterday, I cannot condone placing a title of greatest on someone just for a first-round CAA victory over Drexel. Judging from the past Drexel and bye are not very different.
Now if Rowe gets kicked out of today's game to spark another win, that would change my mind.
Good points. Let's consider it this way...
...when it comes to getting thrown out by a thin-skinned zebra in the opening round of the CAAT, Lou Rowe is the GREATEST. He has no peers. At least in the 2017 CAAT. On a Friday night when laying 3 or more points against the league's last place team. When in Charleston. North Charleston. He is the GREATEST in this scenario.
Last night when Rowe was tossed, he showed his rookie HC self when he kind of shrugged and then walked off towards the locker room. Now, as we all know now that it was a part of the master plan, it makes better sense.
But, I am pretty sure last night at the team hotel Mike Deane said the following to Lou...
..."Lou, next time, get your money's worth. If a pissant little twit with thin skin is going to toss you, then let him have it on the way out."
Learning. Continuous improvement. Better next time. Of course, maybe that wasn't a part of the master plan.
(03-04-2017 12:16 PM)HyperDuke Wrote: The data is piling up for this poll. Perception is Reality & 100% of the perception shown here is that Rowe is the GREATEST.
Sorry to put a damper on your poll. As great as Rowe's move was yesterday, I cannot condone placing a title of greatest on someone just for a first-round CAA victory over Drexel. Judging from the past Drexel and bye are not very different.
Now if Rowe gets kicked out of today's game to spark another win, that would change my mind.
You're missing the beauty of his greatness. How many coaches have achieved their greatest victory by coaching in absentia? Do you not appreciate the power of such coaching abilities?
(03-04-2017 01:09 PM)HyperDuke Wrote: So we agree that Rowe is great?
Sure. As a Drexel fan, I think he is great as a JMU coach. He was 3-0 against us this year, what more do you want? Based on the first year results, I'm fine with him sticking around as long as he wants. Though if you want to bring back Dillard or Keener, I have no problem with that either.
(03-04-2017 12:16 PM)HyperDuke Wrote: The data is piling up for this poll. Perception is Reality & 100% of the perception shown here is that Rowe is the GREATEST.
Sorry to put a damper on your poll. As great as Rowe's move was yesterday, I cannot condone placing a title of greatest on someone just for a first-round CAA victory over Drexel. Judging from the past Drexel and bye are not very different.
Now if Rowe gets kicked out of today's game to spark another win, that would change my mind.
You're missing the beauty of his greatness. How many coaches have achieved their greatest victory by coaching in absentia? Do you not appreciate the power of such coaching abilities?
Bobby Cox was the king of it. He was ejected 161 times in his Hall of Fame career. That's essentially an entire season of games.
Lou Rowe needs to follow that blueprint. It took him 30 games to figure out how to motivate these seniors. I wouldn't want to play JMU now that the magic formula has been uncovered.
:>)
(This post was last modified: 03-04-2017 01:27 PM by Wear Purple.)
(03-04-2017 01:09 PM)HyperDuke Wrote: So we agree that Rowe is great?
Sure. As a Drexel fan, I think he is great as a JMU coach. He was 3-0 against us this year, what more do you want? Based on the first year results, I'm fine with him sticking around as long as he wants. Though if you want to bring back Dillard or Keener, I have no problem with that either.
30% of our season victories have come against Drexel. Did not realize that. LR has your number. lol
Oops. My alternate game of HORSE stopped at the letter G.
The annual season public evaluation Bourne likes to give will be laughable when he releases his assessment.
My prediction - Bourne goes silent. No acknowledgement of his hiring botch or the long term implications it has on the new Convo fund raising.
It will be worthy of a complete and utter rant.
Not just complete.
Not just utter.
But complete and utter.
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Lou Rowe: Great Coach or Greatest Coach?
