larry brown

[Soonerlover12]

resigning.... shake is probably wishing he would have come here. I really wanted shake.

 

[pnkranger]

He still can.

 

[HandyMan]

Here's the link. Are there any recruits that Oklahoma is looking at that are considering SMU?

http://espn.go.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0543058885351576879-4

 

[bgrch1350]

Here's the link. Are there any recruits that Oklahoma is looking at that are considering SMU?

http://espn.go.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0543058885351576879-4

I don't know but they have some 2016 recruits that might get releases. A couple of 4 star centers and McDowell from OKC

 

[MsProudSooner]

And nobody who knows Brown's history is surprised. How long was he there?

 

[sperry]

He's 75. He did his job there, turned a moribund program into a winner. Their fans can't have any complaints.

 

[SoonerTraveler]

Here's the link. ..........

http://espn.go.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0543058885351576879-4

His Mustangs program underwent an NCAA investigation last year centered around academic improprieties involving former player Keith Frazier, resulting in a self-imposed postseason ban for the 2015-16 season.

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He also coached at Kansas and UCLA. He led the Jayhawks to the 1988 NCAA title, but the program was banned from postseason play the following season and placed on probation for three years due to recruiting violations. UCLA also incurred a postseason ban and two years of probation for using ineligible players while Brown was coach.

He leaves a bit of a sleazy legacy. Probation at every college he coached.

 

[MsProudSooner]

He leaves a bit of a sleazy legacy. Probation at every college he coached.

Hiring Larry Brown is a little bit like selling your soul to the devil. Yes, you will get some short term success, but will it be worth the price you pay?

 

[SoonerTraveler]

The story from Yahoo Sports ...

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report...mu-coach-over-contract-dispute-135618197.html

While SMU has won 25 or more games in each of Brown’s final three seasons as coach, it’s easy to see why the school might be hesitant to offer him a longterm extension. He’ll be 76 years old in September, he has already run afoul of NCAA rules over and his program is in jeopardy of facing further punishment in the coming years over poor APR scores.

Brown’s resignation ends an era at SMU that followed a similar pattern as his first two forays into college basketball at Kansas and UCLA did more than a quarter century ago: Spectacular success, followed quickly by severe NCAA violations and a hasty exit.

Brown led UCLA to the 1980 national title game, but the Bruins were put on probation for two years after the NCAA found players had received impermissible benefits. Brown led Kansas to a national title in 1988, but the Jayhawks were banned from postseason play the following year due to recruiting violations.

Quote from "Zombie Birdhouse" that follows the Yahoo article ...

Brown has the uncanny knack of scooting out through the back door of a college hoops program as the NCAA cops are about to enter through the front door.

 

[Larry72]

He is a sleazebag, but he can coach. Maybe he can get on at a Juco.

 

[BoulderSooner]

He is a sleazebag, but he can coach. Maybe he can get on at a Juco.

he is a system coach ... he showed his lack of coaching ability by losing in the Olympics ..

 

[SoonerSpock]

He's 75. He did his job there, turned a moribund program into a winner. Their fans can't have any complaints.

And had recruiting violations and penalties for the school just like he did a UCLA and Kansas. Amazingly he has never been hammered for be the crook that he is. Very good coach but cannot play by the rules.

 

[MsProudSooner]

And had recruiting violations and penalties for the school just like he did a UCLA and Kansas. Amazingly he has never been hammered for be the crook that he is. Very good coach but cannot play by the rules.

Has never had one of those 5 year bans from coaching college basketball? If ever anyone deserved it, he did.

 

[vbdad]

Graet coach terrible ethics!

 

[bgrch1350]

The story from Yahoo Sports ...

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report...mu-coach-over-contract-dispute-135618197.html



Quote from "Zombie Birdhouse" that follows the Yahoo article ...

I don't see why they wouldn't give him the contract. You can throw everything bad that he has done but what he is doing trumps that. SMU was nothing before him and will be nothing after him. Unless he is letting his players get away with things that Briles did at Baylor then they should have rode that ship until it sank. Kentucky brought in someone that has nothing but baggage with him and it seems to be working out for them. Tech thought they could just get rid of leach and everything would be alright and sure enough...they were wrong.

To me...if you aren't going to fire Brown then why not give him the contract.

 

[SoonerSpock]

Has never had one of those 5 year bans from coaching college basketball? If ever anyone deserved it, he did.

Probably right!!

 

[SoonerSpock]

I don't see why they wouldn't give him the contract. You can throw everything bad that he has done but what he is doing trumps that. SMU was nothing before him and will be nothing after him. Unless he is letting his players get away with things that Briles did at Baylor then they should have rode that ship until it sank. Kentucky brought in someone that has nothing but baggage with him and it seems to be working out for them. Tech thought they could just get rid of leach and everything would be alright and sure enough...they were wrong.

To me...if you aren't going to fire Brown then why not give him the contract.

Sorry but from my perspective the ends never justifies the means! Great coach, unethical SOB!! As a result of his violations at SMU I would support a coach guilty of recruiting violations as every school he has coached being banned for life. He obviously learns nothing from his past mistakes.

 

[StatGeek]

Is he really a great coach? It's a little easier to win when you are a blatant cheater. Further, there is more to coaching than winning, especially at the collegiate level.

 

[TINY]

Good riddance to a true POS.

 

[NMSooner'80]

Good riddance to a true POS.

Any team he's coached since UCLA is someone I've rooted against. And that especially went for Kansas back when he was there. It still amuses me that the Beakers, who were really bad back then at claiming some sort of moral superiority, put him on such a pedestal.