Considering we haven't made the Sweet 16 in 20 years and have only a handful of appearances since, yes, that is the immediate goal. There's also nothing that limits him from moving past the Sweet 16. I still prefer a younger up and comer but would be fine with a solid veteran.
Who Should OSU Hire as Next Basketball Head Coach?
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I like this post: not often you read a rumor that's based not just on hearsay but on double hearsay!Interesting!
Nobody is saying aspirations aren't or won't be for higher. But a lot of folks seem to be forgetting just how far we've fallen. Would a few sweet sixteen appearances sprinkled in over the NINETEEN YEARS since our last time there not make our situation seem much less dire? I'd love a final four trip next season as much as anyone. But looking back at the last 2 decades, an annual tourney bid and a sweet sixteen trip or two over the next 5 years, by comparison, doesn't look bad at all.
zone2poke
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Finding a great young coach who has been wildly successful at the lower levels and is ready to take us somewhere. Let's push all our chips in instead of settling for the corner office with a window overlooking the parking lot. This is sport: the object is to win, not settle.
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jetman
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19 years is still mind-blowing to me. I remember excitedly posting on OrangePower.com during that last run thinking we had this amazing next class of players coming in. Then it went stale for as long as having a baby and then they grow old enough to be a freshman or start of sophomore year in college.
We have had decent players. Unfortunately Ford and Boynton had big flaws in their coaching styles. Ford had a chance for one really good year with Smart and Cobbins but Cobbins blew out his Achilles just before conference play. Other than that, Ford never came close to developing a good big man. We’ve seen the problems with Boynton. There were flashes of excellence separated by periods of ineptness.
No, I don’t want someone who barely gets us to the tournament and I think that’s what Alford would do.
No, I don’t want someone who barely gets us to the tournament and I think that’s what Alford would do.
jobob85
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You have set a high standard for the new hot young coach. How long does he get to consistently get past 22-11 and the sweet 16?
With the ability to flip rosters year-to-year, rebuilding is no longer a 4-5 year job. It is 2-3 max now. Heck, Eddie stepped into a program that sucked for 30 years and went straight to a Sweet 16 in 1991. We talk about wanting to be the "big dog" in the conference now that OU/UT are gone, okay, let's act like it and hire someone we believe can take us to the promised land. We don't need a bridge coach, that concept is dead.
Nah, he just isn't trying to replicate Travis Ford. If okay regular seasons and first round NCAA exits are the good enough, we never should've fired Ford.
jobob85
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I don't think Travis Ford was/is anywhere close to Alford. No I think he is wanting to replicate coach K. or maybe Shaka Smart.
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jobob85
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22-11 and sweet 16's are not average. I say we shoot for who we can afford and who wants to come to OSU.
Alford is more consistent than Ford in the regular season, but at Iowa he didn't do better by a long shot. Alford's run at Nevada isn't exceptional, Musselman & Mark Fox both performed better at Nevada in the same amount of time. We probably won't have any bottomed out seasons like Ford had at the end under Alford, but there is nothing in Alford's resume to suggest he does markedly better. He does not elevate programs. The nearest he came was at New Mexico with a dominate regular season run there.
jobob85
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What do we do if Alford is the best coach that is interested in the job?
zone2poke
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I would guess Chad thinks he has the "best," if the inside information is correct. Others disagree.
Have you seen our football record?
I think you’re being a bit dramatic.
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