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McClain
Mar 22, 2020 9:32:50 GMT -8
Post by RiffelBooks on Mar 22, 2020 9:32:50 GMT -8
For all the fun we had with him, Rat Boy is a very good basketball coach.
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McClain
Mar 22, 2020 9:35:24 GMT -8
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 22, 2020 9:35:24 GMT -8
University of Illinois-Chicago. |
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McClain
Mar 28, 2020 14:41:18 GMT -8
Post by AztecWilliam on Mar 28, 2020 14:41:18 GMT -8
Which means what? That he planned on relaxing and deliberately doing less than his best? I seriously doubt that any coach aims to do that. As long as we are on that topic, are you suggesting that Dutcher may have accepted his job here because he planned to retire at SDSU? That he doesn't care much how that Aztecs do? Frankly, I hope that he does plan to retire here. AzWm Do I think he tried not to do his best, no I don’t but I wasn’t the only one who thought the relaxed lifestyle may have contributed to him directly or indirectly not going all out. Only he could tell you if he let up on his intensity in recruiting or coaching. Just my musings. And Dutcher was younger than Brandenburg. Totally different circumstances! Musings indeed! I did not know Brandenburg, but I cannot understand why anyone would accuse him of not doing his best. The man was a proven basketball coach, unlike some of the coaches hired after his firing. It took the existence of a new on-campus arena and the arrival of a coach who had won a national championship to turn the program around. By the way, Jim Brandenburg was 52 years old when he became HC of the Aztecs. Dutch was 58. AzWm |
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McClain
Mar 28, 2020 16:30:07 GMT -8
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Post by azteca on Mar 28, 2020 16:30:07 GMT -8
Do I think he tried not to do his best, no I don’t but I wasn’t the only one who thought the relaxed lifestyle may have contributed to him directly or indirectly not going all out. Only he could tell you if he let up on his intensity in recruiting or coaching. Just my musings. And Dutcher was younger than Brandenburg. Totally different circumstances! Musings indeed! I did not know Brandenburg, but I cannot understand why anyone would accuse him of not doing his best. The man was a proven basketball coach, unlike some of the coaches hired after his firing. It took the existence of a new on-campus arena and the arrival of a coach who had won a national championship to turn the program around. By the way, Jim Brandenburg was 52 years old when he became HC of the Aztecs. Dutch was 58. AzWm My bad! He just didn’t seem like he had his heart in the job, but that’s my recollection. |
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McClain
Mar 29, 2020 19:00:45 GMT -8
Post by tonatiuh on Mar 29, 2020 19:00:45 GMT -8
The last head coach we got from Wyoming was a bust. That would be Jim Brandenburg, a successful coach elsewhere who came into a perfectly awful situation on the Mesa. One problem was that Marty Dow, a 7ft center, was injured for the balance of the season (1990?), costing us a winning season. Worse, we had to play in the Sports Arena while the neighbors waged an ultimately unsuccessful legal campaign to prevent the building of the on-campus arena. ( wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brandenburg_(basketball)) Those were the days of nickel and dime support for sports at SDSU. Just look at the coaches hired between Brandenburg and Fisher. AzWm Don't know how good Marty Dow was, because I've never seen him play. But, other than him can anyone name the starters and best players of any Aztec team who played under Brandenburg? He coached from 1987 to 1992 and had losing teams mainly because he couldn't get any top or even very good players most of the time. When you don't have a great program recruiting good players is almost impossible. It took Fisher about seven years to finally start winning on a regular basis. He had to start from scratch also. |
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McClain
Mar 29, 2020 19:37:31 GMT -8
Post by aztecfred on Mar 29, 2020 19:37:31 GMT -8
G Murray, Hudson, Mitchell?
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