South Carolina fires Darrin Horn

[SHOXAAC]

I about chocked on my milk and cookies laughing so hard when chickenfan wanted Pat Knight over 3G. I'm still mopping up the milk that shot out of my nose.
:-)

[Rlh04d]

South Carolina fans out here generally make NC State alums sound like MIT grads. If it's North of the Mason-Dixon or West of the Mississippi, you can pretty much guarantee they have no clue about the topic at hand.

To be fair, how many SEC fans actually go to their colleges? You're looking at football fans in the south as the primary cause of being a fan of those schools. Actually going to them is far from a requirement. Half of my family worships Georgia, but not a one of them actually went there. Or any college.

I don't see USC happening. Basketball is third or fourth on the pecking order there, the program is in shambles, the fans are uninformed and fair weather, and realistically you will never challenge for any more than second best in the conference. The only thing that job has going for it is being close to home for him. If that is the primary motivation for him, and it could be, maybe he'll take it. But I hope for his sake that he doesn't ... I like him as a coach, and if he's going to leave, I want him to have more success than he would be able to have there. I would be happier with the Illinois job, because he would at least be relevant.

[Ta town]

If he is serious about coaching, and I think he is, he'd be crazy not to chase the UMKC job. It's a gem. (F*#k)

I don't understand your intended sarcasm. UMKC is the type of program he needs to start at, not WSU. Sorry you have so little respect for WSU basketball.

[jdmee]

Now that the Knicks fired their coach, when are we going to have a Marshall to the NY Knicks thread?

[shoxlax]

Not sure this has been mentioned, but Coop getting some run:

http://www.athlonsports.com/college-basketball/candidates-replace-darrin-horn-south-carolina

[WuDrWu]

John Cooper would be a FANTASTIC choice for ANY University. South Carolina would be lucky to have him.

[USCgamecockboy]

To be fair, how many SEC fans actually go to their colleges? You're looking at football fans in the south as the primary cause of being a fan of those schools. Actually going to them is far from a requirement. Half of my family worships Georgia, but not a one of them actually went there. Or any college.

I don't see USC happening. Basketball is third or fourth on the pecking order there, the program is in shambles, the fans are uninformed and fair weather, and realistically you will never challenge for any more than second best in the conference. The only thing that job has going for it is being close to home for him. If that is the primary motivation for him, and it could be, maybe he'll take it. But I hope for his sake that he doesn't ... I like him as a coach, and if he's going to leave, I want him to have more success than he would be able to have there. I would be happier with the Illinois job, because he would at least be relevant.

lol . that is too funny.

[jocoshock]

Here's hoping the Fogler connection has some sway...

[GoShockers89]

lol . that is too funny.

You are right. A program with zero NCAA tournament victories since 1973 is an unpolished gem, not a festering turd.

[kcshocker11]

========== ========G==W== L

1986-87	Wichita State* T	MVC	33	22	11	.667	7.16	3.34
1987-88	Wichita State*	MVC	30	20	10	.667	7.49	2.01
1988-89	Wichita State	MVC	30	19	11	.633	8.77	2.24
1989-90	Vanderbilt	SEC	35	21	14	.600	7.88	7.59				NIT Champ
1990-91	Vanderbilt*	SEC	30	17	13	.567	12.56	9.76
1991-92	Vanderbilt	SEC	30	15	15	.500	7.03	7.63
1992-93	Vanderbilt* R	SEC	34	28	6	.824	19.82	6.40		5	8
1993-94	South Carolina	SEC	28	9	19	.321	4.14	8.39
1994-95	South Carolina	SEC	27	10	17	.370	2.66	8.48
1995-96	South Carolina	SEC	31	19	12	.613	11.01	6.23
1996-97	South Carolina* R	SEC	32	24	8	.750	14.39	7.01		4	6
1997-98	South Carolina*	SEC	31	23	8	.742	12.51	8.77	7	5	14
1998-99	South Carolina	SEC	29	8	21	.276	0.57	8.12
1999-00	South Carolina	SEC	32	15	17	.469	9.96	8.77
2000-01	South Carolina	SEC	30	15	15	.500	10.01	9.01
Career	Overall		462	265	197	.574	9.06	6.92
	Wichita State		93	61	32	.656	7.81	2.53
	Vanderbilt		129	81	48	.628	11.82	7.85
	South Carolina		240	123	117	.513	8.16	8.10

Yes SC did wonders 4 Eddies career

[wusphlash]

Interesting piece on Channel 12. Bruce featured Don Monson and Steve Alford. Each spoke about their start at a Non-BCS schools, their move to the Big 10, and their return to Non-BCS schools. Both indicated they were happier in there present situations.

[BOBB]

Here's hoping the Fogler connection has some sway...

They're hiring Cohen?

[USCgamecockboy]

You are right. A program with zero NCAA tournament victories since 1973 is an unpolished gem, not a festering turd.

LOL. ok. lmao

[Rlh04d]

lol . that is too funny.

And accurate. I've read your forums as well. More than half of your posters are unaware that WSU received an at large bid rather than a guaranteed bid for a conference champ. How did that one fan put it ... Charity from the NCAA to inferior teams?

As a fan of both major and "midmajor" college basketball, I can assure you that USC this year would have finished 9th in the MVC. The SEC has one great team and four decent teams, and you can't even get to the level behind them.

As for fairweather, your stadium was sitting at nearly half full this year, wasn't it?

And it would take a herculean effort to get USC to be the sixth best team in the SEC. The gap between Kentucky and the rest is massive. Every year.

When Marshall took over at WSU, we were one year removed from the Sweet 16. I believe the last time USC was in the Sweet 16 was 1973, right? Going to USC is a significant step down.

Considering Winthrop is considered a NCAA charity case by some of your fans, they had more NCAA tournament success under Marshall than USC has had in the last 35 years.

You know what's funny? USC's basketball program.

[SpanglerFan316]

For USC fans waiting for Marshall, here are some Heinlein (Robert A. Heinlein) quotes for your edification.

The hardest part about gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche. As long as that niche is occupied, evidence and proof and logical demonstration get nowhere. But once the niche is emptied of the wrong idea that has been filling it - once you can honestly say, I don't know, then it becomes possible to get at the truth.

Knock-Knock Who's there? Armageddon Armageddon who? Armageddon tired of all these knock-knock jokes!

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.

Does history record any case in which the majority was right?

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in.

The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa.

To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.

You live and learn. Or you don't live long.

When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog.

A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain.

An armed society is a polite society.

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy--and dull fantasy at that--as the real world is strange and wonderful.

Never try and teach a pig to sing: it's a waste of time, and it annoys the pig.

Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and not make messes in the house.

http://research.lifeboat.com/heinlein.htm