AP Coach of the year

[Cusesky8214]

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Beginners luck. He won't be there in five years. Mark it down.

 

[Doc5120]

Juwan has done a great job, but Mark Few should win this.

 

[Orangemen]

Juwan has done a great job, but Mark Few should win this.

Amen.

Built an absolute juggernaut at Gonzaga. Could even be a lifetime achievement for what he has done there.

Anyone else winning it this year should apologize and give it to Few.

 

[skurey]

Kinda sucks that a lot of coaching awards are for teams that beat expectations rather than teams that were straight up great.

See Bill Belichick

 

[cuseinseattle]

Should have been Mark Few.

 

[dasher]

Kinda sucks that a lot of coaching awards are for teams that beat expectations rather than teams that were straight up great.

See Bill Belichick

Honest to God, I won one of those in American Legion baseball , in a year where another coach took his team to the national title game and I asked that the award not be put in the newspaper. The voting was done before the state tournament.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Shakespeare in Love wins Academy Award for Best Picture.

 

[Briancuse]

Juwan has done a great job, but Mark Few should win this.

Why? They were preseason number one. Michigan was unranked.

 

[HOFCeluck]

lol @@$ Mark Few

 

[Briancuse]

Kinda sucks that a lot of coaching awards are for teams that beat expectations rather than teams that were straight up great.

See Bill Belichick

This is not a knock on Few but that's like a congrats you didn't screw up a great thing award. I give it to the guy who overachieved.

 

[Doc5120]

Why? They were preseason number one. Michigan was unranked.

Does that disqualify someone from the award? "Sorry, you're preseason #1 so you can't win this award."

They lost zero games. They have won exactly 1 game by less than 10 points. They have DOMINATED literally the entire season and are 2 wins from a national title. Meanwhile Michigan just lost to an 11 seed. Not that 1 game is a barometer, but if we're looking at the W/L column, Gonzaga & Mark Few look pretty good.

And they've done all this in the weirdest and most unpredictable sports year of all time. As crazy as it is, Gonzaga has exceeded lofty preseason expectations.

 

[Doc5120]

lol @@$ Mark Few

Honestly - why?

 

[rrlbees]

My vote would have gone to Few.

 

[CousCuse]

This is not a knock on Few but that's like a congrats you didn't screw up a great thing award. I give it to the guy who overachieved.

Then why doesn't Cronin get it.

 

[Briancuse]

Then why doesn't Cronin get it.

It's voted on in the regular season.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Honestly - why?

Because I felt like being a contrarian douchebag.

I like Few. But I thought Howard deserved it too.

 

[Doc5120]

Because I felt like being a contrarian douchebag.

I like Few. But I thought Howard deserved it too.

Haha, I love that honesty!

 

[Doc5120]

It's voted on in the regular season.

Then give it to Mussleman at Arkansas based on your criteria. They didn't even receive a single preseason vote (also known as 1 less than UNC Greensboro) and ended up top 10-15.

And let's be honest - preseason polls tend to look a lot different than post season ones. UK, Duke, MSU, ASU, UNC & Wisconsin were all inside the top 20 preseason. Sure Gonzaga was #1, but they kicked @ss all season long.