Next Fiu Coach = Isiah Thomas?

[greenminer]

What?

[UNTflyer]

No way.

[CMJ]

Very provocative.

[oldguystudent]

Doesn't he pretty much have the Sadim touch? Everything he touches turns to crap? You know, the Matt Millen of basketball? Am I thinking of the right guy?

[bstnsportsfan3]

God, please let Thomas get hired by FIU....so the pit crew can heckle him all the way back to Miami. Can you imagine the heckling possiblities of this???

[aprice]

A large cardboard printout of Anucha Browne Sanders must be made. It is a must.

[KRAM1]

Who cares? If the guy could actually coach he would still be in the NBA!

[CMJ]

Who cares? If the guy could actually coach he would still be in the NBA!

Is that true with football coaches too? Pete Carrol says "hello". Sometimes certain coaches aren't made for the the Pros and vice versa.

I mean as great a coach as I think Phil Jackson is - he'd probably crash and burn in college.

[greenminer]

No way.

WAY!

it happened

Edited April 14, 2009 by greenminer

[CMJ]

We'll see how he does. Best of luck to him...except against us.

[forevereagle]

Is that true with football coaches too? Pete Carrol says "hello". Sometimes certain coaches aren't made for the the Pros and vice versa.

So a triumphant return to his heyday in college, right? I mean, Isiah has had success coaching on the college level, right? That's what would make this a great hire. So, given that he doesn't, this is just a headline grab.

[Will to Win]

good for the belt

[CMJ]

So a triumphant return to his heyday in college, right? I mean, Isiah has had success coaching on the college level, right? That's what would make this a great hire. So, given that he doesn't, this is just a headline grab.

First off, I didn't say this was a great hire.

Carrol didn't have success at college before he went to USC. I'm not even sure he'd ever been an assistant at college. He was a well respected NFL assistant who'd been fired as a head coach twice.

[oldguystudent]

I see a sign along the lines of this: (please pardon my very poor photoshop skills)

[meangreen-mba]

I see a sign along the lines of this: (please pardon my very poor photoshop skills)

Not sure about his coaching skill, but recruiting will be his strong point. He gets all his NBA buddies kids coming up to start, builds a strong team ealy, then he will have recruits wanting to play for him

[cwb]

How did it work out for Clyde Drexler?

[CMJ]

How did it work out for Clyde Drexler?

Pretty crappy.

Then again, Drexler had no coaching experience if I recall correctly. Thomas had 3 pretty decent seasons in Indiana before the debacle in New York. It's a risk, no doubt. Truth is, we don't know how good this move will be for FIU, but it's a better risk to take a shot at a former pro coach with some results, than a HS coaching legend.

[bstnsportsfan3]

woooo....its Pit Crew Heckeling time!....i cant wait till we play FIU!

[Harry]

Great news for the Belt! I hope it works out well for FIU.

[UNTLifer]

I Agree: FIU Hiring Thomas equals FAILURE

I predict the following:

Issues with co-eds similar to Mr. Eustachy

Recruiting violations

Budget issues

Gone in less than 3 years.

[filmerj]

He announced today he is donating his first year's salary back to the athletic department, the job must not pay very well. Also it will be kind of wierd to see him on the sidelines at the Super Pit.

[oldguystudent]

woooo....its Pit Crew Heckeling time!....i cant wait till we play FIU!

This should be better than the time Tark came back after his failure with the Spurs.

[GrandGreen]

Looks like a great hire. I can't believe so many on this forum are predicting doom, I think there might be some envy involved. FIU has probably the worst basketball facilities and support in the Belt, they bring in someone who just might change that. Do you think the normal Belt hire would have any better chance than Thomas at FIU. If nothing else, this hire will bring expusure to FIU and the Belt, usually a good thing. FIU has little to lose with this hire, and a potential big upside. It seems to me this is another sign that the Belt as a conference is progressing up the NCAA ladder.

[UNTLifer]

Looks like a great hire. I can't believe so many on this forum are predicting doom, I think there might be some envy involved. FIU has probably the worst basketball facilities and support in the Belt, they bring in someone who just might change that. Do you think the normal Belt hire would have any better chance than Thomas at FIU. If nothing else, this hire will bring expusure to FIU and the Belt, usually a good thing. FIU has little to lose with this hire, and a potential big upside. It seems to me this is another sign that the Belt as a conference is progressing up the NCAA ladder.

No envy, I just think Thomas is a cancer and it is all about him. His Knicks job was a mess and he ran the CBA in the ground as their commissioner. Great for the pub to the Sun Belt, but I'm not impressed with him.

[oldguystudent]

Let's put this in perspective. The CBA chugs along nicely from 1946-1999. In 1999, Isaiah Thomas comes along and buys the entire league. The whole league goes bankrupt and ceases operations 2 years later. It remains defunct until long after Thomas' departure when it is absorbed by the IBL.

So Thomas was able to destroy 55 years of successful operations in 2. Let's see what he can do with a program that already sucks.