what a great piece - thanks CA

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/s...739693002/

It's all peaches and cream until the season starts. Always is in any coach's first season.

I figure he's got 2 years to produce and at that point, if the results are similar to the last 4 seasons the mood of the fanbase will start to turn sour.

(06-28-2018 12:17 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  It's all peaches and cream until the season starts. Always is in any coach's first season.

I figure he's got 2 years to produce and at that point, if the results are similar to the last 4 seasons the mood of the fanbase will start to turn sour.

He'll have a veteran team this year to go for a NCAA bid.

Sports Illustrated is doing a story on Penny as well

and John Martin is writing a Tiger Hoop piece for Athlon's Basketball magazine also

(06-28-2018 12:17 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  It's all peaches and cream until the season starts. Always is in any coach's first season.

I figure he's got 2 years to produce and at that point, if the results are similar to the last 4 seasons the mood of the fanbase will start to turn sour.

I disagree. If the fan base perceives a hire as a bad one, the negativity is high before a game is even played. That was certainly the case with Tubby. And I believe it was justified, as was his firing.

Pretty much everyone is on board with Penny and wants him to succeed. So he'll have more latitude than someone else might have. But he'll have to win eventually. I'd agree with your assessment of needing to produce in year 2, and by produce I'd say a tournament bid with the type of talent he's bringing in. If it's NIT this year and next, people will start to turn on him.

(06-28-2018 02:43 PM)TiminMem23 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 12:17 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  It's all peaches and cream until the season starts. Always is in any coach's first season.

I figure he's got 2 years to produce and at that point, if the results are similar to the last 4 seasons the mood of the fanbase will start to turn sour.

I disagree. If the fan base perceives a hire as a bad one, the negativity is high before a game is even played. That was certainly the case with Tubby. And I believe it was justified, as was his firing.

Pretty much everyone is on board with Penny and wants him to succeed. So he'll have more latitude than someone else might have. But he'll have to win eventually. I'd agree with your assessment of needing to produce in year 2, and by produce I'd say a tournament bid with the type of talent he's bringing in. If it's NIT this year and next, people will start to turn on him.

He will get a little more rope than Pastner as long as he is recruiting at a high level.

(06-28-2018 02:50 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:43 PM)TiminMem23 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 12:17 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  It's all peaches and cream until the season starts. Always is in any coach's first season.

I figure he's got 2 years to produce and at that point, if the results are similar to the last 4 seasons the mood of the fanbase will start to turn sour.

I disagree. If the fan base perceives a hire as a bad one, the negativity is high before a game is even played. That was certainly the case with Tubby. And I believe it was justified, as was his firing.

Pretty much everyone is on board with Penny and wants him to succeed. So he'll have more latitude than someone else might have. But he'll have to win eventually. I'd agree with your assessment of needing to produce in year 2, and by produce I'd say a tournament bid with the type of talent he's bringing in. If it's NIT this year and next, people will start to turn on him.

He will get a little more rope than Pastner as long as he is recruiting at a high level.

I think he would’ve thr toast of the town as long as his teams don’t underachieve. Josh got a lot of support until people lost faith in his ability to achieve result with the talent. Plus Josh got extra sensitive to people trying to help him. What I love about penny is that he is hungry to win as much as the fans. If he keeps that hunger then he will always work on improving his craft and the results will follow. Would we be happy if his run in Memphis was like Cals at Kentucky? 1 chip in 10 years despite 32 players in the league?

Penny & Company are off to a stellar start.

(06-28-2018 02:59 PM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:50 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:43 PM)TiminMem23 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 12:17 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  It's all peaches and cream until the season starts. Always is in any coach's first season.

I figure he's got 2 years to produce and at that point, if the results are similar to the last 4 seasons the mood of the fanbase will start to turn sour.

I disagree. If the fan base perceives a hire as a bad one, the negativity is high before a game is even played. That was certainly the case with Tubby. And I believe it was justified, as was his firing.

Pretty much everyone is on board with Penny and wants him to succeed. So he'll have more latitude than someone else might have. But he'll have to win eventually. I'd agree with your assessment of needing to produce in year 2, and by produce I'd say a tournament bid with the type of talent he's bringing in. If it's NIT this year and next, people will start to turn on him.

He will get a little more rope than Pastner as long as he is recruiting at a high level.

I think he would’ve thr toast of the town as long as his teams don’t underachieve. Josh got a lot of support until people lost faith in his ability to achieve result with the talent. Plus Josh got extra sensitive to people trying to help him. What I love about penny is that he is hungry to win as much as the fans. If he keeps that hunger then he will always work on improving his craft and the results will follow. Would we be happy if his run in Memphis was like Cals at Kentucky? 1 chip in 10 years despite 32 players in the league?

If he gets a championship everything else is irrelevant.

(06-28-2018 02:59 PM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:50 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:43 PM)TiminMem23 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 12:17 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  It's all peaches and cream until the season starts. Always is in any coach's first season.

I figure he's got 2 years to produce and at that point, if the results are similar to the last 4 seasons the mood of the fanbase will start to turn sour.

I disagree. If the fan base perceives a hire as a bad one, the negativity is high before a game is even played. That was certainly the case with Tubby. And I believe it was justified, as was his firing.

Pretty much everyone is on board with Penny and wants him to succeed. So he'll have more latitude than someone else might have. But he'll have to win eventually. I'd agree with your assessment of needing to produce in year 2, and by produce I'd say a tournament bid with the type of talent he's bringing in. If it's NIT this year and next, people will start to turn on him.

He will get a little more rope than Pastner as long as he is recruiting at a high level.

I think he would’ve thr toast of the town as long as his teams don’t underachieve. Josh got a lot of support until people lost faith in his ability to achieve result with the talent. Plus Josh got extra sensitive to people trying to help him. What I love about penny is that he is hungry to win as much as the fans. If he keeps that hunger then he will always work on improving his craft and the results will follow. Would we be happy if his run in Memphis was like Cals at Kentucky? 1 chip in 10 years despite 32 players in the league?

The same competitive drive that propelled him to be an NBA All-Star will serve him well as a college coach.

(06-28-2018 02:59 PM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:50 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:43 PM)TiminMem23 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 12:17 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  It's all peaches and cream until the season starts. Always is in any coach's first season.

I figure he's got 2 years to produce and at that point, if the results are similar to the last 4 seasons the mood of the fanbase will start to turn sour.

I disagree. If the fan base perceives a hire as a bad one, the negativity is high before a game is even played. That was certainly the case with Tubby. And I believe it was justified, as was his firing.

Pretty much everyone is on board with Penny and wants him to succeed. So he'll have more latitude than someone else might have. But he'll have to win eventually. I'd agree with your assessment of needing to produce in year 2, and by produce I'd say a tournament bid with the type of talent he's bringing in. If it's NIT this year and next, people will start to turn on him.

He will get a little more rope than Pastner as long as he is recruiting at a high level.

I think he would’ve thr toast of the town as long as his teams don’t underachieve. Josh got a lot of support until people lost faith in his ability to achieve result with the talent. Plus Josh got extra sensitive to people trying to help him. What I love about penny is that he is hungry to win as much as the fans. If he keeps that hunger then he will always work on improving his craft and the results will follow. Would we be happy if his run in Memphis was like Cals at Kentucky? 1 chip in 10 years despite 32 players in the league?

Heck yeah. One NC plus a lot of elite 8s and Sweet 16s would be fantastic.

(06-28-2018 05:27 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:59 PM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:50 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:43 PM)TiminMem23 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 12:17 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  It's all peaches and cream until the season starts. Always is in any coach's first season.

I figure he's got 2 years to produce and at that point, if the results are similar to the last 4 seasons the mood of the fanbase will start to turn sour.

I disagree. If the fan base perceives a hire as a bad one, the negativity is high before a game is even played. That was certainly the case with Tubby. And I believe it was justified, as was his firing.

Pretty much everyone is on board with Penny and wants him to succeed. So he'll have more latitude than someone else might have. But he'll have to win eventually. I'd agree with your assessment of needing to produce in year 2, and by produce I'd say a tournament bid with the type of talent he's bringing in. If it's NIT this year and next, people will start to turn on him.

He will get a little more rope than Pastner as long as he is recruiting at a high level.

I think he would’ve thr toast of the town as long as his teams don’t underachieve. Josh got a lot of support until people lost faith in his ability to achieve result with the talent. Plus Josh got extra sensitive to people trying to help him. What I love about penny is that he is hungry to win as much as the fans. If he keeps that hunger then he will always work on improving his craft and the results will follow. Would we be happy if his run in Memphis was like Cals at Kentucky? 1 chip in 10 years despite 32 players in the league?

Heck yeah. One NC plus a lot of elite 8s and Sweet 16s would be fantastic.

Exactly.

I want a NC.

1.

Just 1.

Something to hang my new "Penny" hat on.

Anything else is just icing on the Ship.

(06-28-2018 06:08 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 05:27 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:59 PM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:50 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:43 PM)TiminMem23 Wrote:  I disagree. If the fan base perceives a hire as a bad one, the negativity is high before a game is even played. That was certainly the case with Tubby. And I believe it was justified, as was his firing.

Pretty much everyone is on board with Penny and wants him to succeed. So he'll have more latitude than someone else might have. But he'll have to win eventually. I'd agree with your assessment of needing to produce in year 2, and by produce I'd say a tournament bid with the type of talent he's bringing in. If it's NIT this year and next, people will start to turn on him.

He will get a little more rope than Pastner as long as he is recruiting at a high level.

I think he would’ve thr toast of the town as long as his teams don’t underachieve. Josh got a lot of support until people lost faith in his ability to achieve result with the talent. Plus Josh got extra sensitive to people trying to help him. What I love about penny is that he is hungry to win as much as the fans. If he keeps that hunger then he will always work on improving his craft and the results will follow. Would we be happy if his run in Memphis was like Cals at Kentucky? 1 chip in 10 years despite 32 players in the league?

Heck yeah. One NC plus a lot of elite 8s and Sweet 16s would be fantastic.

Exactly.

I want a NC.

1.

Just 1.

Something to hang my new "Penny" hat on.

Anything else is just icing on the Ship.

Interesting. I remember one guy a few weeks ago saying he wouldn't post anymore until the Tigers won a hoops nat'l championship. Probably just a coincidence.

(06-28-2018 06:13 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 06:08 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 05:27 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:59 PM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:50 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  He will get a little more rope than Pastner as long as he is recruiting at a high level.

I think he would’ve thr toast of the town as long as his teams don’t underachieve. Josh got a lot of support until people lost faith in his ability to achieve result with the talent. Plus Josh got extra sensitive to people trying to help him. What I love about penny is that he is hungry to win as much as the fans. If he keeps that hunger then he will always work on improving his craft and the results will follow. Would we be happy if his run in Memphis was like Cals at Kentucky? 1 chip in 10 years despite 32 players in the league?

Heck yeah. One NC plus a lot of elite 8s and Sweet 16s would be fantastic.

Exactly.

I want a NC.

1.

Just 1.

Something to hang my new "Penny" hat on.

Anything else is just icing on the Ship.

Interesting. I remember one guy a few weeks ago saying he wouldn't post anymore until the Tigers won a hoops nat'l championship. Probably just a coincidence.

Ah, puddin'.

It's gonna be okay.

(06-28-2018 08:31 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 06:13 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 06:08 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 05:27 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:59 PM)rolexjames Wrote:  I think he would’ve thr toast of the town as long as his teams don’t underachieve. Josh got a lot of support until people lost faith in his ability to achieve result with the talent. Plus Josh got extra sensitive to people trying to help him. What I love about penny is that he is hungry to win as much as the fans. If he keeps that hunger then he will always work on improving his craft and the results will follow. Would we be happy if his run in Memphis was like Cals at Kentucky? 1 chip in 10 years despite 32 players in the league?

Heck yeah. One NC plus a lot of elite 8s and Sweet 16s would be fantastic.

Exactly.

I want a NC.

1.

Just 1.

Something to hang my new "Penny" hat on.

Anything else is just icing on the Ship.

Interesting. I remember one guy a few weeks ago saying he wouldn't post anymore until the Tigers won a hoops nat'l championship. Probably just a coincidence.

Ah, puddin'.

It's gonna be okay.

I’m just fine, Jammamy.

(06-28-2018 08:31 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 06:13 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 06:08 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 05:27 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 02:59 PM)rolexjames Wrote:  I think he would’ve thr toast of the town as long as his teams don’t underachieve. Josh got a lot of support until people lost faith in his ability to achieve result with the talent. Plus Josh got extra sensitive to people trying to help him. What I love about penny is that he is hungry to win as much as the fans. If he keeps that hunger then he will always work on improving his craft and the results will follow. Would we be happy if his run in Memphis was like Cals at Kentucky? 1 chip in 10 years despite 32 players in the league?

Heck yeah. One NC plus a lot of elite 8s and Sweet 16s would be fantastic.

Exactly.

I want a NC.

1.

Just 1.

Something to hang my new "Penny" hat on.

Anything else is just icing on the Ship.

Interesting. I remember one guy a few weeks ago saying he wouldn't post anymore until the Tigers won a hoops nat'l championship. Probably just a coincidence.

Ah, puddin'.

It's gonna be okay.

+3 for the proper use of puddin'

(06-28-2018 09:04 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 08:31 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 06:13 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 06:08 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 05:27 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  Heck yeah. One NC plus a lot of elite 8s and Sweet 16s would be fantastic.

Exactly.

I want a NC.

1.

Just 1.

Something to hang my new "Penny" hat on.

Anything else is just icing on the Ship.

Interesting. I remember one guy a few weeks ago saying he wouldn't post anymore until the Tigers won a hoops nat'l championship. Probably just a coincidence.

Ah, puddin'.

It's gonna be okay.

I’m just fine, Jammamy.

https://memphis.craigslist.org/zip/d/201...69842.html

It is very difficult to even imagine our last two coaches introduced at a rap concert with a song bearing his name.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.commerc.../744732002