Going to be hard for many coaches to duplicate the winning percentage that Josh compiled running over CUSA. His AAC winning percentage is a little lower.

John Calipari went 21-15 in his first season at Memphis, with three top 100 players, not counting Kelly Wise AND Earl Barron. That’s a 58% win clip. The 2000 calendar year finished at 4-8.

How many of those coaches would have accepted the last minute game vs Texas Tech in Miami?

(01-10-2019 11:26 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 04:38 PM)Keeper Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 08:35 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Racecar spelled backwards is racecaR.

This is the most you can take away from this thread.

On the contrary, I will enjoy seeing Penny rise in the ranks as time goes by.

Absolutely!

up 1 after Tulane win to 6th among the last 11 coaches.

moved to top 5 with the win over SMU

-1 after Temple

(12-21-2018 03:49 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(12-21-2018 03:21 AM)I_LUV_MEMPHISTIGERS Wrote:  That's a sample size of 11 games. In other words, it's a worthless sample size. No respectable Analyst or Statistician would pay any mind to those percentages utilizing 11 data points.

Called a base starting point.

Designed to see how fast and how far he advances.

Could have started him at .000 at the beginning and raised him after each game.

You mean lowered him from 1.000 after the first loss. After game one, he was the top of the list (which really means nothing).

This is a stupid thread. If for some reason a coach was disqualified and an assistant took over he would be number one.

Interesting that Penny never mentions Finch when he gets asked about the top coaches that influenced him over the years as a player. Sure, he respects and honors him but never mentions him as an x's and o's influence like he does Larry Brown and Mike D'Antoni.

(01-10-2019 11:26 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 04:38 PM)Keeper Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 08:35 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Racecar spelled backwards is racecaR.

This is the most you can take away from this thread.

On the contrary, I will enjoy seeing Penny rise in the ranks as time goes by.

Penny will win a National Title within 5 years and head to the NBA as a head coach. Enjoy him here while it lasts.

(01-25-2019 04:49 PM)tigertrails Wrote:  Interesting that Penny never mentions Finch when he gets asked about the top coaches that influenced him over the years as a player. Sure, he respects and honors him but never mentions him as an x's and o's influence like he does Larry Brown and Mike D'Antoni.

Likely due to the audience. National pundits don’t know Larry Finch.

(01-25-2019 04:54 PM)tigertrails Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 11:26 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 04:38 PM)Keeper Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 08:35 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Racecar spelled backwards is racecaR.

This is the most you can take away from this thread.

On the contrary, I will enjoy seeing Penny rise in the ranks as time goes by.

Penny will win a National Title within 5 years and head to the NBA as a head coach. Enjoy him here while it lasts.

(01-25-2019 09:29 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 04:54 PM)tigertrails Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 11:26 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 04:38 PM)Keeper Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 08:35 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Racecar spelled backwards is racecaR.

This is the most you can take away from this thread.

On the contrary, I will enjoy seeing Penny rise in the ranks as time goes by.

Penny will win a National Title within 5 years and head to the NBA as a head coach. Enjoy him here while it lasts.

May seem comical but I don't think it's far fetched given all the local and national talent he'll bring in. I believe he could've been in the Final Four in year one had the Lawsons been on the team. Where would Bill Self be without Dedric or Vick? I don't think they are a tourney team if you take those Memphis kids off his roster. That's how loaded the talent is in this city and Penny will keep the guys he wants home. He'll be cutting down the nets within 5 years.

(01-26-2019 12:22 AM)tigertrails Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 09:29 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 04:54 PM)tigertrails Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 11:26 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 04:38 PM)Keeper Wrote:  This is the most you can take away from this thread.

On the contrary, I will enjoy seeing Penny rise in the ranks as time goes by.

Penny will win a National Title within 5 years and head to the NBA as a head coach. Enjoy him here while it lasts.

May seem comical but I don't think it's far fetched given all the local and national talent he'll bring in. I believe he could've been in the Final Four in year one had the Lawsons been on the team. Where would Bill Self be without Dedric or Vick? I don't think they are a tourney team if you take those Memphis kids off his roster. That's how loaded the talent is in this city and Penny will keep the guys he wants home. He'll be cutting down the nets within 5 years.

Lack of continuity with his staff may hurt Penny more than the lack of influx with talent. With Memphis, I don't worry about guards as much as I do big men who can rebound and score against size.

(01-26-2019 01:09 AM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(01-26-2019 12:22 AM)tigertrails Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 09:29 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 04:54 PM)tigertrails Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 11:26 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  On the contrary, I will enjoy seeing Penny rise in the ranks as time goes by.

Penny will win a National Title within 5 years and head to the NBA as a head coach. Enjoy him here while it lasts.

May seem comical but I don't think it's far fetched given all the local and national talent he'll bring in. I believe he could've been in the Final Four in year one had the Lawsons been on the team. Where would Bill Self be without Dedric or Vick? I don't think they are a tourney team if you take those Memphis kids off his roster. That's how loaded the talent is in this city and Penny will keep the guys he wants home. He'll be cutting down the nets within 5 years.

Lack of continuity with his staff may hurt Penny more than the lack of influx with talent. With Memphis, I don't worry about guards as much as I do big men who can rebound and score against size.

Uh, that's why he got Wiseman and Dandridge. Lol

(01-25-2019 04:49 PM)tigertrails Wrote:  Interesting that Penny never mentions Finch when he gets asked about the top coaches that influenced him over the years as a player. Sure, he respects and honors him but never mentions him as an x's and o's influence like he does Larry Brown and Mike D'Antoni.

Penny mentions Finch most always. I hear him on the radio and read quotes in articles. We all know "x's and o's" were not Finch's strong point. And Penny doesn't try to say they were. But that's really a smaller part of coaching than recruiting, relationships, trust, and motivation. And that's where Penny mentions Finch - starting with his introductory presser with Ms. Finch sitting on the front row.

(01-26-2019 01:09 AM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(01-26-2019 12:22 AM)tigertrails Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 09:29 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 04:54 PM)tigertrails Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 11:26 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  On the contrary, I will enjoy seeing Penny rise in the ranks as time goes by.

Penny will win a National Title within 5 years and head to the NBA as a head coach. Enjoy him here while it lasts.

May seem comical but I don't think it's far fetched given all the local and national talent he'll bring in. I believe he could've been in the Final Four in year one had the Lawsons been on the team. Where would Bill Self be without Dedric or Vick? I don't think they are a tourney team if you take those Memphis kids off his roster. That's how loaded the talent is in this city and Penny will keep the guys he wants home. He'll be cutting down the nets within 5 years.

Lack of continuity with his staff may hurt Penny more than the lack of influx with talent.

That's the second time I've heard that in a week. Is there something out there on this? Because I've always thought Madlock and Miller were here for 2-3 years at least. I believe Sam wants to be a HC again, so I could see that. But losing just 1 guy every couple of years is not abnormal.

(01-28-2019 12:48 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 04:49 PM)tigertrails Wrote:  Interesting that Penny never mentions Finch when he gets asked about the top coaches that influenced him over the years as a player. Sure, he respects and honors him but never mentions him as an x's and o's influence like he does Larry Brown and Mike D'Antoni.

Penny mentions Finch most always. I hear him on the radio and read quotes in articles. We all know "x's and o's" were not Finch's strong point. And Penny doesn't try to say they were. But that's really a smaller part of coaching than recruiting, relationships, trust, and motivation. And that's where Penny mentions Finch - starting with his introductory presser with Ms. Finch sitting on the front row.

I get it, I was talking strictly x's and o's though.

(01-28-2019 12:52 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(01-26-2019 01:09 AM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(01-26-2019 12:22 AM)tigertrails Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 09:29 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 04:54 PM)tigertrails Wrote:  Penny will win a National Title within 5 years and head to the NBA as a head coach. Enjoy him here while it lasts.

May seem comical but I don't think it's far fetched given all the local and national talent he'll bring in. I believe he could've been in the Final Four in year one had the Lawsons been on the team. Where would Bill Self be without Dedric or Vick? I don't think they are a tourney team if you take those Memphis kids off his roster. That's how loaded the talent is in this city and Penny will keep the guys he wants home. He'll be cutting down the nets within 5 years.

Lack of continuity with his staff may hurt Penny more than the lack of influx with talent.

That's the second time I've heard that in a week. Is there something out there on this? Because I've always thought Madlock and Miller were here for 2-3 years at least. I believe Sam wants to be a HC again, so I could see that. But losing just 1 guy every couple of years is not abnormal.

Madlock is here until a HC job comes his way.