catoosanumber22
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Does anyone think he will be a better head coach this time around ?
Yes, I do. What's crazy is, 5 years removed from this job, he is still just 41 years old.
Posters here hate him with such a burning passion that it clouds their judgment, but the guy is a good coach. He failed here because he made mistakes regarding roster management and recruiting strategy, which aren't too terribly surprising considering he was one of the youngest head coaches in division 1. He has spent the last 5 years coaching under probably the 2nd best coach in college basketball history. He's a smart guy, and I believe he'll learn from the mistakes he made here.
No. He will not fare any better, mainly because he will be at Georgia Tech in a big boy conference with UNC, Duke, Notre Dame, Syracuse, etc., which GT will not surpass.
He needs to be coaching in the A10 or the MEAC or one of the East Coast conferences. I would say Ivy League but the dummies he recruits can't get into the Ivy League.
I disagree with a lot of what you said but I don't really feel like arguing about it. However, the part I bolded...how many Duke guys who worked with Coach K have been successful? Not Amaker, not Dawkins, Mike Brey at ND has done a decent job but they were mediocre for about 7-8 years. I can't think of a single Duke asst Coach who has been anywhere near as successful as coach K so I don't think the fact he's worked with K for 5 years amounts to much.
Amaker has had plenty of success. He wasn't able to turn around a Michigan program that was in shambles, but he's built Harvard of all places into a strong program.
Brey has done a great job, not sure where you're getting the "mediocre for 7 or 8 years part). They were making the tourney basically every year, and have now made two straight elite 8s.
Dawkins had a mediocre run at Stanford, but he did make a sweet 16.
Steve Wocjiehowski is in year two at Marquette, it remains to see how he'll do.
And for much as you like to hate on Jeff Capel, he's got 160 career wins, 3 tournament appearances and an elite 8 under his belt at age 41. He's a smart guy and an ace recruiter, I expect that he'll learn from his failures in Norman.
And regardless, this is not worht debating with you. You clearly take Capel's failure here as a personal slight against you, and hold by far the biggest grudge against him of any poster on the board, which is saying something. You're not capable of a rational conversation on the subject.
No. He will not fare any better, mainly because he will be at Georgia Tech in a big boy conference with UNC, Duke, Notre Dame, Syracuse, etc., which GT will not surpass.
He needs to be coaching in the A10 or the MEAC or one of the East Coast conferences. I would say Ivy League but the dummies he recruits can't get into the Ivy League.
I think that from an X and O standpoint, Capel is a good coach. He may have learned from his OU stent and do well this time.
If I was him, I wouldn't take the job however. If he fails there, and he might no matter what due to the competition, he will never get another job. If he stays at Duke, and continues to be successful recruiting for Duke, he could get the job when Mike leaves. I would think he could be successful at Duke.
Lose at GT, Duke will not hire him. JMO