(02-15-2019 09:08 AM)KAjunRaider Wrote: Do most Western fans want him back ?
Could you guys rent Purple-nosed Ray-Ray from J-State to coach out the season ?
With Stanz' recruiting and Ray's tournament coaching, you'd be unbeatable
I was not a huge Stans proponent when his name was being bandied about. I didn’t like his overall record but especially not his conference record in the SEC.
That said, I’ve grown to really, really like Stansbury as a coach. We’re the same age so I can relate to a lot of the things he says. I don’t think he’s a basketball guru but there’s not that many of those out there anyway. He does know the game.
I do think he’s about as good as a fit as we’ll ever get here at Western. He has pulled in recruits I never dreamed Western could. For all the dipshits that say he’s paying, do they really believe Western could outpay any of the name schools? Really? That’s almost comical if you follow our and any of our peer’s budgets. That money is not here.
He has got guys like Bassey through salesmanship and personality. And hiring Bassey’s guardian as an assistant. Which is not illegal in any form. And has been going on FOREVER. I sat next to a former Western coach Jim Richard last week watching a recruit of ours play high school ball. Jim Richards was a great high school coach in Glasgow Kentucky in the 60s. Nobody was banging down his doors with offers for a college job until he had a couple great recruits. John Oldham offered him an assistant chair and his players came with him and he ended up taking over for Oldham after the Final 4 season in ‘71. Hell, Danny Manning’s dad got a job in Kansas when Danny signed. It’s been going on forever.
I’ve listened to Stans speak at many events. He is the definition of Mr. Folksy and the people around here LOVE that. He could sell ice water to an Eskimo. Dude was getting ready to go under the knife this morning and yesterday tweets out something about getting your tickets for the ball game. Dude never stops selling. Of course there’s a clause in his contract giving him a percentage of increase in ticket sales.
I like his honesty in post games. I guess at 59 and at small school U like Western you don’t have to ‘coach speak’ folks to death. He has some holes in his game. He’s missed on some point gods that would have really pushed us over the top. He’s a clock milker in the last 5 minutes of games. But he works his ass off on recruiting.
I was looking at the UAB board and those guys HATE Stans. Call him dirty and every name in the book. Then they turn around and say they want Andy Kennedy. I almost couldn’t stop laughing at the hypocrisy in that one. Yeah. Right.