Big Weekend!

[WuDrWu]

Re: Coach

Pinstrikers, the new coach on the WSU MBB team is Devon Smith. Someone told me that this morning. He went to the Final 4 as a player at Ohio State and was later on Pitinos staff at Louisville when they went to the Final 4. He seems very personable, & knowledgeable about BB.

Not intended to be picky at all:


Devon played 2 years at THE Ohio State University as a seldom used guard. The 98-99 team did go to the Final 4 losing in the semis and the 99-00 team lost in the 2nd round.

While highly seeded, the Louisville teams he was associated with did not ever make the Final 4. They did lose to UNC in the Elite 8 one year.


Devon also has served as an assistant coach at Oakland in 2005 when they won the Mid Con tourney and a first round win in the NCAAs.

He has served as an assistant at St. Peters College in NJ as well as stints at ESPN and Fox Sports Net as an analyst.

http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052506aaa.html

Yes it was a play in round win. I had to check that myself.

I just didn't want the credentials over stated.

Carry on. :D

[wushock]

Whose place did he take Matt Brauer or whom

[SubGod22]

Nobody really. It sounds as if they created a new position.

[xazshox]

Smith

Wu - a point I'd like to make about Devon Smith being a sub on the Ohio State team is this: There are lots of very successful coaches out there in all sports who were not great players themselves. Many successful coaches were actually average or less in ability in their chosen sport. They had to make up for it by studying the game & that then later made a great difference for them in coaching.

[pinstripers]

Great players are almost always terrible coaches, regardless of sport.

[WuDrWu]

Re: Smith

Wu - a point I'd like to make about Devon Smith being a sub on the Ohio State team is this: There are lots of very successful coaches out there in all sports who were not great players themselves. Many successful coaches were actually average or less in ability in their chosen sport. They had to make up for it by studying the game & that then later made a great difference for them in coaching.

Great point. I can't and won't argue that for a second. I just didn't want it to sound like we were touting him being in the F4 everywhere he's been.

He seems like a very personable, intelligent and engaging young man. I suspect he'll be successful at most everything he does.

[sekshoxfan]

Any word on how the visits went?

[tropicalshox]

The only thing I know is in the Nickerson thread.