Gregg Doyel's Terrible Predictions from 2007

[Hurley]

Take a look at Doyel's list of Best and Worst coaching hires from 2007. Laughable now.

Gregg Marshall, Wichita State: The perfect job for Gregg Marshall, a small-town Southerner, was the one he just left. Wichita State? In the Missouri Valley Conference? I don't see it. This is the best job in the Valley, and by sheer prestige and tradition Wichita State will remain a force to be reckoned with. With the right coach (Matt Doherty), Wichita State could have become the next Gonzaga. With Marshall? They'll be lucky to be the same old (disappointing) Shockers.

http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/10146700

[capnkirk]

Ouch!

[GO_SHOCKERS]

Think he missed on this one too:

Billy Gillispie, Kentucky: Not just a home run, this was a walk-off grand slam. In all of college basketball, and this includes that cute little bugger down there at Florida, Gillispie was the perfect hire for Kentucky. By the time he's done running Louisville out of the state, the Cardinals will be getting their mail in Missouri.

[blackandgold]

Take a look at Doyel's list of Best and Worst coaching hires from 2007. Laughable now.

Gregg Marshall, Wichita State: The perfect job for Gregg Marshall, a small-town Southerner, was the one he just left. Wichita State? In the Missouri Valley Conference? I don't see it. This is the best job in the Valley, and by sheer prestige and tradition Wichita State will remain a force to be reckoned with. With the right coach (Matt Doherty), Wichita State could have become the next Gonzaga. With Marshall? They'll be lucky to be the same old (disappointing) Shockers.


http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/10146700

Doyle ended up being all kinds of wrong in his predictions. The only thing he had right was Wichita State being the "class" of the valley.

[Shoxfan11]

It would be nice if journalists would occasionally take a look back at articles like these instead of only reminding of us the times that they were right.

[shocks771]

Hell, he missed on 7 of the 10. The only two good hires that he predicted were Huggins and Amacker. Bzdelik, Gillaspie and Pelphrey were colossal failures. As for his bad hires, Heath took South Florida to the tournament so I would say that's a success, Alford did great at New Mexico even if they didn't really have much post season success, Turgeon took A&M to the tournament every year he was there and we are all familiar with what Marshall has done.

30% is not a good track record!!

[Shockeriffic]

He would have done better switching the best and worst lists.

[Capitol Shock II]

Too funny. Remember to use that article next time I run out of toilet paper.

[DUShock]

Ka-ka-ka! Eating some crow.

[wsushox1]

I sent it to him on twitter hahaha he replied....

https://twitter.com/GreggDoyelCBS/status/368541298526928896

Gregg Doyel @GreggDoyelCBS 4m
I should've been fired for that one RT @michaelriedl: . @GreggDoyelCBS ...take a look at this http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/10146700 …

[Steeleshocker]

I sent it to him on twitter hahaha he replied....

https://twitter.com/GreggDoyelCBS/st...41298526928896

At least he is man enough to laugh at himself.

[ShockerPrez]

It would be nice if journalists would occasionally take a look back at articles like these instead of only reminding of us the times that they were right.

Agree.

[kcshocker11]

Now if he would have said Danny Ainge instead of Matt Doherty, who could argue with that.

[Speed]

The next Gonzaga? That may have sounded like a deal I'd take back then. But the last I checked, WSU beat Gonzaga! It has worked out ok.

[Aargh]

Last I checked, Gonzaga would love to be the next Wichita State.