June 24, 201412 yr I didn't see where their parameters were the past two seasons. That's an odd qualifier. I thought it was the best college coaches still coaching. Which coaches are doing the best job right now? We've been thinking about that question this offseason, looking for the best way to quantify the answer. Luckily, we've got ESPN Forecast. Last week, we asked a panel of nearly 100 ESPN writers, editors, broadcasters and researchers to rate college basketball coaches on all aspects of running a program, on a scale of 1-10. (The crucial distinction here is that the prompt was not career-oriented. This isn't about legacy. It's all about the present.) We compiled their scores and ranked the names, and now comes the fun part: The big reveal. The list has plenty of obvious selections, but the panel also contains more than a few surprises -- and a few snubs. For the next five weeks, we'll count down the top 25. But today, we kick things off with Nos. 50-25. What wisdom does the crowd have to offer?
June 24, 201412 yr Which coaches are doing the best job right now? We've been thinking about that question this offseason, looking for the best way to quantify the answer. Luckily, we've got ESPN Forecast. Last week, we asked a panel of nearly 100 ESPN writers, editors, broadcasters and researchers to rate college basketball coaches on all aspects of running a program, on a scale of 1-10. (The crucial distinction here is that the prompt was not career-oriented. This isn't about legacy. It's all about the present.) We compiled their scores and ranked the names, and now comes the fun part: The big reveal. The list has plenty of obvious selections, but the panel also contains more than a few surprises -- and a few snubs. For the next five weeks, we'll count down the top 25. But today, we kick things off with Nos. 50-25. What wisdom does the crowd have to offer? I didn't see that, still don't but I often don't get entire screens to download from a website. I'm still not seeing a two year parameter.
June 24, 201412 yr Author ^Where in the world are you coming up with this whole 2 year idea....:confused:
June 24, 201412 yr ^Where in the world are you coming up with this whole 2 year idea....:confused: Again, people need to understand, this isn't about best coach career wise. This is Top coaches RIGHT NOW, as in today, as in the last couple of seasons.
June 24, 201412 yr ^Where in the world are you coming up with this whole 2 year idea....:confused: You said the past couple years, did you not?
June 24, 201412 yr Author You said the past couple years, did you not? Oh, you took what I said literally. I thought it was clear I was saying it was based off recent success.
June 24, 201412 yr Oh, you took what I said literally. I thought it was clear I was saying it was based off recent success. No, wasn't clear at all. Recent success would still have me put Harper in over Pitino which was my original point. Harper has 41 wins past couple seasons plus 364 more. Pitino has coached 2 years total with 43 wins. I'd like some more history for him before adding him in over a coach with both historical and recent success.
June 24, 201412 yr Author No, wasn't clear at all. Recent success would still have me put Harper in over Pitino which was my original point. Harper has 41 wins past couple seasons plus 364 more. Pitino has coached 2 years total with 43 wins. I'd like some more history for him before adding him in over a coach with both historical and recent success. Different strokes for different folks I suppose. Harper wouldn't be in my top 150, let alone top 50. He's got a bunch of wins in his career. So what? So do guys like Mark Gottfried and Herb Sendek.
June 24, 201412 yr Different strokes for different folks I suppose. Harper wouldn't be in my top 150, let alone top 50. He's got a bunch of wins in his career. So what? So do guys like Mark Gottfried and Herb Sendek. Along with multiple championships but that's fine, his record speaks for himself, he doesn't need me to defend him. I'll wait for Pitino to do a bit more before he's on my list.
June 24, 201412 yr Author Along with multiple championships but that's fine, his record speaks for himself, he doesn't need me to defend him. I'll wait for Pitino to do a bit more before he's on my list. Forgive me for not getting excited about a bunch of D-II wins/championships. Whole different ballgame D-I.
June 24, 201412 yr Disagree but irrelevant to the conversation. 2 year head coach on the list while 384 wins and a winning percentage of 82% left off. The guy can coach. Ray Harper's wins and winning percentage at Oklahoma City, or whatever that was called, and Kentucky Wesleyan, while VERY impressive, is apples and oranges when coaching at this level. Completely different kettle of fish. I don't believe he is the right guy to lead them into Conference USA, effective next Tuesday, and I don't believe he can walk into living rooms and recruit the kinds of players necessary to play at that level. Again, as an alum and fairly close to a few folks down there still, I hope they win like crazy. I just don't believe it will be with him at the helm.
June 24, 201412 yr Ray Harper's wins and winning percentage at Oklahoma City, or whatever that was called, and Kentucky Wesleyan, while VERY impressive, is apples and oranges when coaching at this level. Completely different kettle of fish. I don't believe he is the right guy to lead them into Conference USA, effective next Tuesday, and I don't believe he can walk into living rooms and recruit the kinds of players necessary to play at that level. Again, as an alum and fairly close to a few folks down there still, I hope they win like crazy. I just don't believe it will be with him at the helm. He's proven that he can coach the game and his start at WKU is as good as many coaches they've had so I believe he can coach at this level also. I hope I'm right as I too would like to see them win like crazy. Those 25-28 win seasons were fun.
June 25, 201412 yr My top five active coaches are: Coach K Pitino Cal Izzo Donovan If Calhoun was coaching, he would be in the top five. Very hard to argue what he did with the UConn program. Ollie is also looking great for the time he's been there and I think they will remain very tough under him.
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