OT: Larry Brown steps down at SMU

[Whitey23]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[44PRIDE]

Larry Brown's move from the NBA back to college that late in his career always seemed a bit odd to me.

This guy has put (3) different NCAA programs on probation during his career (UCLA, Kansas and SMU).

 

[MSOrange]

He wanted a long term extension at 75 after an academic fraud investigation? Come in Larry, this is planet Earth. Do you read me?

 

[VaBeachOrFan]

Larry Brown's move from the NBA back to college that late in his career always seemed a bit odd to me.

This guy has put (3) different NCAA programs on probation during his career (UCLA, Kansas and SMU).

Three programs? Doesn't that qualify you for the Hall of Shame??:noidea:-VBOF

 

[Jasoncuse]

Took long enough

 

[orangefog]

So what is the book on Larry Brown? He seemed to make a splash wherever he went, but could never sustain anything. College didn't seem right for him (despite a national championship) because he didn't like playing by the rules. Was he a great coach?

 

[Deano]

Larry Brown's move from the NBA back to college that late in his career always seemed a bit odd to me.

This guy has put (3) different NCAA programs on probation during his career (UCLA, Kansas and SMU).

At least he was consistent in regards to the probation's

 

[HoustonCuse]

Larry Brown's move from the NBA back to college that late in his career always seemed a bit odd to me.

This guy has put (3) different NCAA programs on probation during his career (UCLA, Kansas and SMU).

Calipari will tie this record at some point.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

So what is the book on Larry Brown? He seemed to make a splash wherever he went, but could never sustain anything. College didn't seem right for him (despite a national championship) because he didn't like playing by the rules. Was he a great coach?

100% great coach. Bad at all the other stuff.

 

[Deano]

Calipari will tie this record at some point.

We can only hope.

 

[Toga]

Three programs? Doesn't that qualify you for the Hall of Shame??:noidea:-VBOF

Come on Cal -you can do it!

 

[Madbiker]

Strange timing -- but ensures his asst. gets the job, at least for 1 season.

 

[Frozen]

Strange timing -- but ensures his asst. gets the job, at least for 1 season.

I think he was the coach in waiting anyway, so it's likely his job on a permanent basis.

 

[MSOrange]

I think he was the coach in waiting anyway, so it's likely his job on a permanent basis.

Yes he was coach in waiting.

Jankovich agrees to be SMU coach-in-waiting

 

[Briancuse]

He wanted a long term extension at 75 after an academic fraud investigation? Come in Larry, this is planet Earth. Do you read me?

Larry Brown thinks he invented the game, great coach, but not exactly the greatest guy in the world.

 

[Briancuse]

So what is the book on Larry Brown? He seemed to make a splash wherever he went, but could never sustain anything. College didn't seem right for him (despite a national championship) because he didn't like playing by the rules. Was he a great coach?

He is the Bill Parcells of basketball, great coach, didn't like sticking around too long.

 

[MSOrange]

Good column by Gary Parrish on Larry today.

Larry Brown leaves SMU in the most Larry Brown way possible

 

[IthacaBarrel]

100% great coach. Bad at all the other stuff.

Agreed, one of the best coaches in the modern era for sure but yeah always had issues off court and in the NBA had issues as well

 

[pfister1]

Good column by Gary Parrish on Larry today.

Larry Brown leaves SMU in the most Larry Brown way possible

And as Parrish's article makes clear it would be hard for SMU to argue they didn't know exactly what they were getting when they hired Brown. Basically a guy who was likely to win quickly, screw up the off the court stuff somewhere along the line and ultimately find a reason (real or perceived) to leave relatively abruptly.

While successful in the college game, he seems much better suited for the professional game.

 

[Briancuse]

And as Parrish's article makes clear it would be hard for SMU to argue they didn't know exactly what they were getting when they hired Brown. Basically a guy who was likely to win quickly, screw up the off the court stuff somewhere and ultimately find a reason (real or perceived) to leave relatively abruptly.

They were desperate, they needed someone to give their program some relevance, and he did.

 

[VaBeachOrFan]

He is the Bill Parcells of basketball, great coach, didn't like sticking around too long.

"Bungee" Brown, the Naismith Nomad.-VBOF

 

[Ringostar57]

Wow 3 teams on probation; is he Calipari's uncle?

 

[BillJay]

from the Dana O'Neil article on him stepping down:
"...The school, at least, realized that with Brown there is no such thing as a long-term commitment, and that Jankovich wasn't going to be Mike Hopkins, the Prince Charles of college hoops forever waiting for Syracuse King Jim Boeheim to resign."