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(03-18-2017 08:59 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(03-18-2017 08:28 PM)Shrack Wrote:  

(03-18-2017 07:26 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(03-18-2017 06:25 PM)Shrack Wrote:  

(03-18-2017 11:32 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  And they say Davis was the worst tournament coach. Umm no that would be Haase outside of one magical year lol. And what coach in their first year got swept by FIU.

You can't go "No, this coach was the worst outside of that year he won it all and a tournament game against a #3 seed!" Lol, how does that argument even work



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One can hang is hat on a final four appearance as a HC.

Who has the highest winning percentage at UaB usually does it for some. Lol

Or things like last ranking appearance, number of guys drafted, top 25 wins, top 50 wins , maybe apr, or even Power5 wins for some.

Best school record got broken by a soft record but that too.

Literally never heard a coach get fired because "not enough of his players get drafted!" Or "ahhhhh he couldn't win anything in the post season but he had such a good overall winning percentage!"

Getting in the NCAA and then winning some games is all that matters really

Get a grip. There's a reason Davis is in the SWAC right now. Maybe someone will pick him up cause of the job he's done at Texas Southern, but obviously he hadn't done well enough at UAB to move up because no one hired him

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Why was he fired again?


Your first thought me either or atleast at UaB. But ive heard of a coach hanging his hat on a schedule full of cupcakes after 1 NCAA tournament win and a call from his daddy wonder where is the prestige in that. Maybe Davis was fired for not winning tournament games since thats what most gripe about.

The fact of the matter is Davis got canned for the expectations some had after Anderson. Also nobody has done as well as Anderson since and in a weaker conference since Davis. Also Memphis was here when Davis was MTSU isnt that Memphis squad.Davis had four years of postseason play the big tournament he lost and the second one had great moments for three years.

I thought the reason was burn out and he's getting looks now because he's dancing, not right now but he made it. Eshan is watching. Another fact is Mike Davis seems to be dominating his one bid conference something UaB isnt doing. Since the split ive seen Mike Davis in more tournament appearances then UAB.


So we should be singing the praise of Anderson since no coach since him has had multiple NCAA tournament wins and appearances. Haase lost more games and had a terrible record against P5s his best two wins is the one point tourney win, and the NC win. I think Davis had better wins outside not winning one NCAA game. Guess the Iowa State was national championship to some for Haase

I don't think anyone is praising Haase (at least I'm not). I don't even think Haase is a great coach, but it seems like you defend specific coaches even when the facts are against you. I don't understand that. I do think Haase learned on the job and improved as time went on. However, Davis was a terrible tourney coach during his time at UAB and had his foot out the door it seemed to a lot of people = why he got fired. Personally I would've given him another year and was sad to see him get fired. It's not like he was just losing to Memphis in the CUSA tournament though. He was losing to lower seeded teams consistently nearly every CUSA tournament.

FWIW, I think Davis is a superior game coach to Haase or Ehsan, but there's a reason he's not still here. And of course Anderson was a great coach at UAB. He's a good coach period. Is anyone even disputing that?

As a side note, we like to blame the coaches a lot, but UAB is a job that has fallen dramatically. Can't put it all on coaches. We're behind in money (paying our men's basketball head coach something like 450k in the year 2017), facilities, and conference affiliation. Can't expect the coaches to be great at their jobs when our own resources are pretty poor comparatively.