- Mark Moseley
A crazy but -somewhat- plausible situation:
Today LSU fired John Brady, their head basketball
coach of the last ten years. Johnny Jones, current
coach of our beloved Mean Green, is an LSU alum.
Granted, the UNT team is struggling a bit this year,
but let's assume that, as they did last year, this
team puts together a late season push and somehow
makes their way into the NCAA tournament as repeat Sun
Belt Conference champions. All of a sudden, you have a
successful former student-athlete who would probably
have a tough time saying 'no' to his alma mater. So
Jones becomes the next coach at LSU(ck), and UNT finds
itself without a head coach. To whom do they turn? Hm.
Let us ponder for a moment. A mid-level team, with
talent, in a conference where the NCAA tourney is
reachable, but small enough to be relatively obscure,
but close to a big market. Sounds like a pretty good
situation for a somewhat older coach with a good
amount of baggage and a legacy bigger than my... well,
big... see where I'm going with this?
PLEASE WELCOME THE NEXT COACH OF YOUR MEAN GREEN:
BOBBYYYYYYYYYY KNIGHT!
Am I crazy? Probably. Could it happen? It's a stretch.
Would it be the biggest boost the NT Athletic
department could possibly imagine, ever?
Oh hell yeah.
And then I woke up.
Addendum:
Brett Vito, beat writer for the Denton Record-Chronicle, agrees with me - at least on the first part.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
KAZAAM!
- Ted Hall
"Shaq, you're not really a genie. And even if you were, genies can't go back in time."
"Oh... KAZAAM!"
I haven't posted since last year's March Madness and now we'll soon have arrived at March Madness '08. Don't know if I'll be posting again, but I couldn't resist this one.
It wasn't too terribly long ago that I hoped for the Mavericks to trade Dirk for Shaquille O'Neal. Even Simmons thought it was a good idea, asking, "How does this team not win a championship?"
The Nash-Shaq combo would have been unstoppable and, at the time, Shaq's stock was higher than Dirks, so his unhappiness in L.A. made it an equal trade.
That didn't happen, though.
Nash fled in free agency to Phoenix, insulted by Cuban's offer. Shaq went to Miami. Dirk stayed here.
Now Phoenix, in a trade that doesn't really make sense to me, has a deal in the works that would send Marion to Miami and bring in Shaq and guard Marcus Banks. Even though I wouldn't objectively do this deal in 7 out of 10 lifetimes, I'm still jealous. So very jealous of the MDE (Most Dominant Ever) playing with the MCE (Most Canadian Ever).
It's just some confusing and frustrating news that I didn't want to hear in my current condition: ILL as HELL.
"Shaq, you're not really a genie. And even if you were, genies can't go back in time."
"Oh... KAZAAM!"
I haven't posted since last year's March Madness and now we'll soon have arrived at March Madness '08. Don't know if I'll be posting again, but I couldn't resist this one.
It wasn't too terribly long ago that I hoped for the Mavericks to trade Dirk for Shaquille O'Neal. Even Simmons thought it was a good idea, asking, "How does this team not win a championship?"
The Nash-Shaq combo would have been unstoppable and, at the time, Shaq's stock was higher than Dirks, so his unhappiness in L.A. made it an equal trade.
That didn't happen, though.
Nash fled in free agency to Phoenix, insulted by Cuban's offer. Shaq went to Miami. Dirk stayed here.
Now Phoenix, in a trade that doesn't really make sense to me, has a deal in the works that would send Marion to Miami and bring in Shaq and guard Marcus Banks. Even though I wouldn't objectively do this deal in 7 out of 10 lifetimes, I'm still jealous. So very jealous of the MDE (Most Dominant Ever) playing with the MCE (Most Canadian Ever).
It's just some confusing and frustrating news that I didn't want to hear in my current condition: ILL as HELL.
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