Kyle Anderson - F - St. Anthony's - Paterson, NJ - UCLA

If for no other reason, I don't want Florida to get him because all of Norm's relatives who polluted Redmen.com/JJ right up until his firing will emerge from the woodwork to say that we made a mistake by dismissing him.

Quote from: LJSA on August 11, 2011, 12:18:12 AM

If for no other reason, I don't want Florida to get him because all of Norm's relatives who polluted Redmen.com/JJ right up until his firing will emerge from the woodwork to say that we made a mistake by dismissing him.

The only mistake that the school made was hiring this guy to begin with.  The guy lost everywhere he coached.  He deceived the school admin, the athletic department, the students amd the alumni to believe that he actually knew what he was doing.

Have you ever been to Tallahassee? It would be like putting a 50,000 student BCS School in the middle of downtown Albany.  The football team has a state of the art on campus stadium and the basketball team gets shuttled off campus to the city owned and operated Tallahassee- Leon County Civic Center which makes the Pepsi Arena in Albany look like MSG.  Except for the Duke game, there are usually a few thousand diehards in attendance. I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss Florida.  While basketball is certainly the second sport on campus and the O’Connell Center has some age on it, they’ve done a great job of keeping it updated.  It’s a terrific place to watch a game and it’s usually packed.  Billy’s not a volume recruiter and has a pretty good track record getting his top target. Let’s hope not in this case.

Disco, that's not true, he didn't deceive anyone. Everyone knew he sucked.
Hopefully, he'll recognize that this isn't the right profession for him and he'll just leave.

Quote from: Poison on August 11, 2011, 08:25:13 AM

Disco, that's not true, he didn't deceive anyone. Everyone knew he sucked.
Hopefully, he'll recognize that this isn't the right profession for him and he'll just leave.

Let it go already.
He's in the right profession.  An assistant coach.  He's done very well in that role.

Quote from: Poison on August 11, 2011, 08:25:13 AM

Disco, that's not true, he didn't deceive anyone. Everyone knew he sucked.
Hopefully, he'll recognize that this isn't the right profession for him and he'll just leave.

Let it go already.
He's in the right profession.  An assistant coach.  He's done very well in that role.

Quote from: Poison on August 11, 2011, 08:25:13 AM

Disco, that's not true, he didn't deceive anyone. Everyone knew he sucked.
Hopefully, he'll recognize that this isn't the right profession for him and he'll just leave.

Let it go already.
He's in the right profession.  An assistant coach.  He's done very well in that role.

Quote from: Moose on August 11, 2011, 08:35:52 AM

Quote from: Poison on August 11, 2011, 08:25:13 AM

Disco, that's not true, he didn't deceive anyone. Everyone knew he sucked.
Hopefully, he'll recognize that this isn't the right profession for him and he'll just leave.

Let it go already.
He's in the right profession.  An assistant coach.  He's done very well in that role.

Easier said than done.  Just hearing his name puts me in a bad mood. 

Quote from: Marillac on August 11, 2011, 09:26:06 AM

Quote from: Moose on August 11, 2011, 08:35:52 AM

Quote from: Poison on August 11, 2011, 08:25:13 AM

Disco, that's not true, he didn't deceive anyone. Everyone knew he sucked.
Hopefully, he'll recognize that this isn't the right profession for him and he'll just leave.

Let it go already.
He's in the right profession.  An assistant coach.  He's done very well in that role.

And for the talent to reach the NCAA's in 2011?   SOMEONE delivered Hardy to Queens...

Easier said than done.  Just hearing his name puts me in a bad mood. 

Not worse than Jarvis.  He devastated this program.  I thank Norm for giving Lavin so many scholarships actually.

Quote from: jd0811 on August 10, 2011, 11:10:24 PM

Have you ever been to Tallahassee? It would be like putting a 50,000 student BCS School in the middle of downtown Albany.  The football team has a state of the art on campus stadium and the basketball team gets shuttled off campus to the city owned and operated Tallahassee- Leon County Civic Center which makes the Pepsi Arena in Albany look like MSG.  Except for the Duke game, there are usually a few thousand diehards in attendance. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss Florida.  While basketball is certainly the second sport on campus and the O’Connell Center has some age on it, they've done a great job of keeping it updated.  It's a terrific place to watch a game and it's usually packed.  Billy's not a volume recruiter and has a pretty good track record getting his top target. Let's hope not in this case.

Tallahassee?  You mean Gainesville.  FSU is in Tallahassee.

Quote from: jd0811 on August 10, 2011, 11:10:24 PM

Have you ever been to Tallahassee? It would be like putting a 50,000 student BCS School in the middle of downtown Albany.  The football team has a state of the art on campus stadium and the basketball team gets shuttled off campus to the city owned and operated Tallahassee- Leon County Civic Center which makes the Pepsi Arena in Albany look like MSG.  Except for the Duke game, there are usually a few thousand diehards in attendance. I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss Florida.  While basketball is certainly the second sport on campus and the O’Connell Center has some age on it, they’ve done a great job of keeping it updated.  It’s a terrific place to watch a game and it’s usually packed.  Billy’s not a volume recruiter and has a pretty good track record getting his top target. Let’s hope not in this case.

Tallahassee?  You mean Gainesville.  FSU is in Tallahassee.

Quote from: Moose on August 11, 2011, 08:35:52 AM

Quote from: Poison on August 11, 2011, 08:25:13 AM

Disco, that's not true, he didn't deceive anyone. Everyone knew he sucked.
Hopefully, he'll recognize that this isn't the right profession for him and he'll just leave.

Let it go already.
He's in the right profession.  An assistant coach.  He's done very well in that role.

Easier said than done.  Just hearing his name puts me in a bad mood.

Quote from: Marillac on August 11, 2011, 09:26:06 AM

Quote from: Moose on August 11, 2011, 08:35:52 AM

Quote from: Poison on August 11, 2011, 08:25:13 AM

Disco, that's not true, he didn't deceive anyone. Everyone knew he sucked.
Hopefully, he'll recognize that this isn't the right profession for him and he'll just leave.

Let it go already.
He's in the right profession.  An assistant coach.  He's done very well in that role.

Easier said than done.  Just hearing his name puts me in a bad mood. 

Not worse than Jarvis.  He devastated this program.  I thank Norm for giving Lavin so many scholarships actually.

Quote from: Marillac on August 11, 2011, 09:26:06 AM

Quote from: Moose on August 11, 2011, 08:35:52 AM

Quote from: Poison on August 11, 2011, 08:25:13 AM

Disco, that's not true, he didn't deceive anyone. Everyone knew he sucked.
Hopefully, he'll recognize that this isn't the right profession for him and he'll just leave.

Let it go already.
He's in the right profession.  An assistant coach.  He's done very well in that role.

Easier said than done.  Just hearing his name puts me in a bad mood.

Agree.  Some of you younger posters can brush it off like its no big deal.  For some of us older ones, the man took away 7 years of our basketball following lives. thats allot for us. But then again, it was not Norm's fault that he was here so long, it was the administration.  The writing was clearly on the wall whn Norm lost to St. Francis on Looie's night with 4 of St. Francis' top 5 players were suspended, what an abomination.