A thought and a question about McDermott

**drednot57** · 06-25-2010, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Cyhart

I think GMac's biggest problem isnt that he is a bad coach. Its that he is a bad leader. On the Big 12 level you have to be a good leader. That and somehow he forgot that college bball is a guard's game.

Ding, ding, ding, give this man a bottle of his favorite liquor!

**swiacy** · 06-27-2010, 09:57 PM

McDermott could coach the type of player that was thrilled with the opportunity to play D-1 ball and knew his chances for the NBA were probably not going to happen. When Greg went to the next level, he could recognize talent and get them on board but he could not handle the ego's of the players who looked at D-1 as a short step on their ultimate stop in the NBA. He will probably do all right at "Crayton" but they draw 17,000 patrons and he will not get as long a rope as he did at UNI. The CU Ad is either brilliant or dumb and dumber combined.

**CF_Cyclone** · 06-27-2010, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by UNIGuy4Cy

McDermott in his 20 year carrer has won 1 conference title, kinda like Lane Kiffin, he has done nothing to deserve the money he has made.

In Division 1 coaching he won a conference tournament championship, but never a regular season champion. The year they won the MVC tournament they won the semi and the finals in upsets to get the automatic bid. The next two years UNI got bids as an at large team.

**Frak** · 06-27-2010, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by swiacy

McDermott could coach the type of player that was thrilled with the opportunity to play D-1 ball and knew his chances for the NBA were probably not going to happen. When Greg went to the next level, he could recognize talent and get them on board but he could not handle the ego's of the players who looked at D-1 as a short step on their ultimate stop in the NBA. He will probably do all right at "Crayton" but they draw 17,000 patrons and he will not get as long a rope as he did at UNI. The CU Ad is either brilliant or dumb and dumber combined.

I agree to a point, but it's still all about guards. GMac had one complete guard in his four years. I'm talking handle, shoot, pass, defend. One. And the year that one guard was playing was the one year that ISU had a decent looking team that actually overachieved. IMO GMac did an absolutely horrible job at evaluating and developing guards.

**kingcy** · 06-27-2010, 10:30 PM

Why not let the Mac era die? Why keep going down this road?

**swiacy** · 06-28-2010, 08:02 AM

"those who do not study history, repeat it". or something to that effect. The reason it is relevant today, is because two of his recruits at ISU were chosen in the first round of the NBA draft. Good recruiter-bad coach. For relevance, how many first round NFL picks have we ever had?

**Wesley** · 06-28-2010, 08:06 AM

So he had 100 too many plays in his playbook. So he saw his team players in the wrong position on the court. So he could not get a good out of timeoput play going. So he had real talent that did not get over the hump. So he had trouble beating UNI. So he took his marbles and went to Crayton to Matt would have something to talk about. So.....

**CTTB78** · 06-28-2010, 08:07 AM

Thank God he is gone. It's just too bad that JP didn't hire Fred when he called the first time. Fred could not have done half the damage we have seen the program go through in the last several years.

**heitclone** · 06-28-2010, 08:47 AM

CB and WJ wouldn't have been drafted if not for Mac

. But seriously I don't WJ (atleast as the current #4 pick)can really count as being a McD player. I don't think WJ was every really committed to McD and if he had been as mature a player/person as he is now his time at ISU may have been much different.

**CycloneErik** · 06-28-2010, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by kingcy

Why not let the Mac era die? Why keep going down this road?

I totally agree. It's over.

If we're fretting over the past, let's fret over Sam Mack, Levin White, and Burger King.

**MrPeske** · 12-07-2010, 09:28 AM

Snap, another one bites the dust...

Creighton freshman walk-on guard and Southeast Polk grad Kody Ingle will transfer to Grand View at the end of the semester.

From the Noteworthy section

Men's basketball notebook: Tom Izzo praises Chris Allen | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

**GoCubsGo** · 12-07-2010, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by MrPeske

Snap, another one bites the dust...

Creighton freshman walk-on guard and Southeast Polk grad Kody Ingle will transfer to Grand View at the end of the semester.

From the Noteworthy section

Men's basketball notebook: Tom Izzo praises Chris Allen | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

And so it begins...

Can we get a Cy Bookie going on how many Creighton players transfer out before the start of the first game next year?

**BigBake** · 12-07-2010, 09:44 AM

Creighton to Grand view. That's a significant step down.

**jmb** · 12-07-2010, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by BigBake

Creighton to Grand view. That's a significant step down.

or is it?

**peteypie** · 12-07-2010, 10:15 AM

It was a walk-on gaurd going to a much smaller school where he will probably get playing time. I hate GMAC as much as the next guys, but this is not news. Let it go, Greg is someone elses problem now.