Name the next head coach (a GMUJim tribute album)

Dawgs99

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How about Ron Hunter? He's done really well with Ga State...also a very dynamic, charismatic guy....kinda the anti Hewitt.
 
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Dawgs99 said:
How about Ron Hunter? He's done really well with Ga State...also a very dynamic, charismatic guy....kinda the anti Hewitt.
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His kid is doing well for him. Not a fan of Hunter.
 
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Hunter is not polished enough for me. If you have seen interviews, you know what I mean
 
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Walter said:
Hunter is not polished enough for me. If you have seen interviews, you know what I mean
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He's rough around the edges, but that doesn't bother me that much. It's sort of the other side of the coin of Hewitt's cerebral aloofness we've had for the last four years.

As long as he gets it done on the court and runs a clean program, who cares how he is in interviews?
 
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GMUgemini said:
He's rough around the edges, but that doesn't bother me that much. It's sort of the other side of the coin of Hewitt's cerebral aloofness we've had for the last four years.

As long as he gets it done on the court and runs a clean program, who cares how he is in interviews?
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I heard he actually tore his achilles while celebrating Ga. St.'s win today.
 
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Will the Alabama jet fly him out of town since it flew him in?

And...this just locked up Shaka for life. Two previous successful coaches at vcu got fired at their "upgrade jobs." For what he is making...why bother moving?
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That's what I've been saying, especially at jobs like Illinois and UCLA where just making the tournament every year is a given, making the Sweet 16 is expected and making a final four is the measure of a successful season. Too much pressure. He can be a god forever at vcu with what he is doing.
 
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I'm admittedly a fan, but I'd be happy to start a Fred Hoiberg coaching tree and steal one of his assistants from ISU. Matt Abdelmassih seems like the logical choice. From New York originally, been in Ames for 4 years and was with Hoiberg in the NBA too. Has landed some great recruits and the offense they run is as smooth as any I've seen at the college level, breaking teams down and spreading them out. It does help having a PG who once in his career has had more than 2 turnovers in a game.
 
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First time poster to your forum. I'm a vcu fan but also a GMU fan. (I spent 2 years at GMU before I transferred to vcu and finished my degree.) I also grew up near the GMU campus when Paul Westphal was the head coach. I knew the basketball program fell off when Jim Larranaga left. As a vcu alumni, trust me you may want to petition to hire Coach Anthony Grant. While coach Shaka Smart tends to stress defense and perimeter shooting, coach Anthony Grant was a well balanced overall coach on both sides of the court. Both coach Smart and coach Grant are part of the coaching tree of Univ. of Florida's coach Billy Donovan. Even though coach Grant left vcu to the SEC conference for the money, I will always thank him for that upset of Duke in the 2007 March Madness. If we want to make the Atlantic 10 a serious basketball conference to the national eye, the opponent familiarity, and wanted the job security, coach Anthony Grant would be the smart hire.
 
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c.iggy said:
First time poster to your forum. I'm a vcu fan but also a GMU fan. (I spent 2 years at GMU before I transferred to vcu and finished my degree.) I also grew up near the GMU campus when Paul Westphal was the head coach. I knew the basketball program fell off when Jim Larranaga left. As a vcu alumni, trust me you may want to petition to hire Coach Anthony Grant. While coach Shaka Smart tends to stress defense and perimeter shooting, coach Anthony Grant was a well balanced overall coach on both sides of the court. Both coach Smart and coach Grant are part of the coaching tree of Univ. of Florida's coach Billy Donovan. Even though coach Grant left vcu to the SEC conference for the money, I will always thank him for that upset of Duke in the 2007 March Madness. If we want to make the Atlantic 10 a serious basketball conference to the national eye, the opponent familiarity, and wanted the job security, coach Anthony Grant would be the smart hire.
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You lost all credibility when you said "Paul Westphal".

Please don't make suggestions here ever again.
 
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c.iggy said:
First time poster to your forum. I'm a vcu fan but also a GMU fan. (I spent 2 years at GMU before I transferred to vcu and finished my degree.) I also grew up near the GMU campus when Paul Westphal was the head coach. I knew the basketball program fell off when Jim Larranaga left. As a vcu alumni, trust me you may want to petition to hire Coach Anthony Grant. While coach Shaka Smart tends to stress defense and perimeter shooting, coach Anthony Grant was a well balanced overall coach on both sides of the court. Both coach Smart and coach Grant are part of the coaching tree of Univ. of Florida's coach Billy Donovan. Even though coach Grant left vcu to the SEC conference for the money, I will always thank him for that upset of Duke in the 2007 March Madness. If we want to make the Atlantic 10 a serious basketball conference to the national eye, the opponent familiarity, and wanted the job security, coach Anthony Grant would be the smart hire.
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I was looking at vcuramnation.com and some of your fan base felt it would be odd for Grant to be coaching at Mason.
 
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So which will it be - a bullet to the back of the head Soprano style, hanging off the edge of the Patriot Center, or a good old fashion burning at the stake.
 
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Big day indeed. I even put on some Mason gear today to celebrate the joyous occasion.

If no announcement is made by tonight, I will be in panic mode. If no announcement is made by tomorrow night, I will be in depression mode.

Here we go!
 
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