College Hoops Thread '09-'10

The Poet · 03-30-2010, 03:46 PM

There's more hoops news for you.

Tim Floyd, former coach of Southern Cal, has been hired to take over at UTEP. He has left his job as an analyst, and hopefully he burned no bridges there. If the NCAA finds he was guilty of any wrong-doing in the whole O.J. Mayo thing at USC, he may need a back-up plan.

And speaking of the Pac-10, former UCLA coach Steve Lavin has been hired to take over at St. John's. Perhaps he can duplicate one of the most remarkable bi-coastal coaching accomplishments of all times - that of Lefty Driesell. When he left Davidson and took over at the Univ. of Maryland in 1970, the old Lefthander said that he would make Maryland "the UCLA of the East." And by God, he did it too! How he managed to drag UCLA down to his level from a continent away, I will never know!

And speaking of St. John's, Al Skinner, who interviewed for the position there last week, was fired by Boston College today. Well, according to the AD there, is was by "mutual agreement", but if it smells like smoke, it's a fire. So how's that for a week . . . going from two jobs to none. And I thought my life sucks.

03-30-2010, 03:46 PM	#10
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: College Hoops Thread '09-'10 There's more hoops news for you. Tim Floyd, former coach of Southern Cal, has been hired to take over at UTEP. He has left his job as an analyst, and hopefully he burned no bridges there. If the NCAA finds he was guilty of any wrong-doing in the whole O.J. Mayo thing at USC, he may need a back-up plan. And speaking of the Pac-10, former UCLA coach Steve Lavin has been hired to take over at St. John's. Perhaps he can duplicate one of the most remarkable bi-coastal coaching accomplishments of all times - that of Lefty Driesell. When he left Davidson and took over at the Univ. of Maryland in 1970, the old Lefthander said that he would make Maryland "the UCLA of the East." And by God, he did it too! How he managed to drag UCLA down to his level from a continent away, I will never know! And speaking of St. John's, Al Skinner, who interviewed for the position there last week, was fired by Boston College today. Well, according to the AD there, is was by "mutual agreement", but if it smells like smoke, it's a fire. So how's that for a week . . . going from two jobs to none. And I thought my life sucks.