Seems like the same playbook as hiring Belichick for their football program. Have we seen anything about how old Bill has been relating to the kids and the NIL era?
I think Belichick at age 73 is washed. Malone is 54
He had Joker. It skews his whole tenure in my opinion.
You're definitely the minority. UNC is not UNC anymore. NIL has killed the luster of brand name programs and put 10x as much fan pressure on coaching performances which creates a negative feedback loop. Malone wore out his welcome with a locker room that revolted against him. Before NIL that wouldn't be an issue in college. Now there is very little difference between NBA and college coaching dynamics. If Malone was as good as everyone says he would have had 0 issue getting another NBA job this year.
Hates young players. Rides starters. Doesn’t play his bench. All the reasons he got fired. He is Thibs who happened to coach Jokic.
The tell is that these coaches didn't get jobs this year.
UNC is absolutely still UNC.
Agreed. The blue bloods are overrated in the age of NIL. Kentucky and Indiana have tried to spend their way out of mediocrity and it hasn’t worked. You need to build a culture.
Not an organic branch, but kind of like a grafted branch.
Sam Malone was close to getting the gig then he spilled the beer pouring from the tap
Joker averaged 10 ppg his first year. He's at 27ppg now. He got gradually better under Malone
The BIG problem has been that 'family' thing. I think Dean Smith concocted it so that people would have an even easier time forgetting Frank McGuire (who had never even been near Chapel Hill until he got hired.) And then family would mean all the people who came from Dean. Dean would be THE father, and his family would rule forever as God ordained from before the foundation of the world.
Looking like the proverbial deer in the headlights over and over in big games lost after having a big lead was the main issue.
When he was out of shape. His IQ was always there. Not saying I don't give Malone some credit, but Joker would've been an elite player still
He never made a huge year to year jump in production. He got gradually better. I just dont think you can knock him on that when every other coach needs a great player to win.
Yes, he also gradually got in better shape and grew his game from his rookie year, not unheard of. He also didn't play a lot of minutes in his rookie year compared to subsequent years. The talent and IQ were always there, and Malone wasn't some make or break factor. I didn't knock Malone either, but he happened to have the best player on the planet on his roster.
Then Malone and his staff gets credit for getting him in shape. Which gradually impoved his skill and production.
ok
I was messing with you bud. I dont think he's anything special. Just solid
