And he went to the Final 4 with a team that had no right being there. That's called coaching sonny.
Take away the one year he went 32-6 and his lifetime coaching record is 214-220. Which is carry the one, nearly .500. Over 14 years. In the Missouri Valley Conference. What's that called sonny?
an elite coach and we scoop him up. Great work by Cragg.
For data sets where an elite coach is defined as one who loses a game for every one he wins.
Oh and Loyola fans seem upset about their losing their star coach. Here's what one had to say:
Is his name Carmine?
"The alarm bell response against Porter from the outside seems to be that “he’s only had one good year!”
Far from it. He’s had one amazing year that most coaches have never had and will likely never have. He’s also had a few other good years.
"A few other good years." Out of fifteen. High praise.
The bad news is that he's had a few bad years: he's lost more games than he's won in 7 of 15 years.
Elite. Knight. Rupp. Shrewshevski. Moser. We're lucky to have scooped him up.
If you ask me, this year was in many ways one of his best years. Last years team was loaded with seniors and little expectations. This year was loaded with underclassmen, only two seniors, unprecedented hype and expectations for Loyola, and saddled with a huge injury to a key starter
Huge injury to a key starter? Was it Marcus Lovett? Anyway, how could this elite coach not have a back up plan? That's called poor preparation right there sonny.
And he coached them 20 wins and a conference title. Was it what we wanted? No, but it was still a good season, a season most schools would love.
SOS = 140
RPI = 130
KP = 130
One and done in the NIT.
A season most schools would love.
Oh, and he’s following it all up with a top 70 recruiting class at a mid major school."
WOW! TOP 70!? Three three-star recruits!? Nice.