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Post by upbasketballfan on Jun 14, 2018 11:14:17 GMT -5
I couldn't get into the presser on line
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Post by Commissioner on Jun 14, 2018 11:18:33 GMT -5
I couldn't get into the presser on line Hey, but you got on here!
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Post by larrytitan on Jun 14, 2018 11:20:54 GMT -5
I couldn't get into the presser on line Me neither. I signed up for the free 7 day subscription to ESPN+ but could not access. Maybe there was a waiting period!
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Post by larrytitan on Jun 14, 2018 11:23:35 GMT -5
Maybe Detroittitans..com will put the video on later today
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Post by upbasketballfan on Jun 14, 2018 11:39:22 GMT -5
I couldn't get into the presser on line Hey, but you got on here! It wasn't easy. I was down in your area sampling Smoky Bones and City Barbecue.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2018 12:11:24 GMT -5
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Post by Commissioner on Jun 14, 2018 16:03:18 GMT -5
How long will it take Davis to turn the Titans around?
Remembering that past performance is no guarantee of future results...
Davis took over at Indiana in the fall of 2000. Taking over one of basketball's true blue bloods, with 15 straight NCAA appearances and 20 in 21 years, and 3 national titles and two more final 4 appearances under Bobby Knight, ain't exactly a turnaround situation. Still, Knight had faded a bit. In his last 6 years, Indiana averaged "only" 20.5 wins per year, and did not make the Sweet 16 even once (they had 4 first round exits in those 6 years). Davis first team won 21 games and lost in the first round; his second team made the national final, losing to Maryland.
At UAB he took over for Mike Anderson, who had produced 3 straight NCAA teams, one of which reached the Sweet 16. Davis's first team went 15-16, a 9 game decline. His next 4 teams each won at least 22 games, though he got just 1 NCAA appearance.
At Texas Southern, he inherited a 15-17 squad, although they had gone 19-14 and won the SWAC regular season title the year before that. But overall they had had losing records in 12 of the 15 prior seasons. They won the SWAC regular season his first year but were ineligible for post-season play. His second season they were 2nd in the regular season but won the conference tournament for an NCAA bid. They won the next three SWAC regular season titles, winning the conference tournament twice. Last year they were second in the regular season but won the tournament for an NCAA bid.
In short, he's seen good results by year two at each stop. I'd take that.
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Post by ptctitan on Jun 14, 2018 16:35:38 GMT -5
I'm very intrigued by Davis' theme of making his team antifragile. Basically, out of chaos and ordeal comes improvement. As applied to the world's financial systems, Nicholas Nassim Taleb wrote an entire book on the subject. He is a tedious writer; but if Davis applies the same principles to coaching, it explains the quick improvements in his teams.
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Post by ptctitan on Jun 14, 2018 17:23:01 GMT -5
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Post by Commissioner on Jun 14, 2018 17:50:15 GMT -5
I had the impression from day 1 that Earl was never sold on Bacari. He seems sold on Mike Davis.
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Post by rbj on Jun 14, 2018 17:59:29 GMT -5
I had the impression from day 1 that Earl was never sold on Bacari. He seems sold on Mike Davis. I agree, he didn't even bother to get the correct pronunciation of his name. It took him a year and a half to stop calling him Bacardi.
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Post by Commissioner on Jun 14, 2018 21:08:53 GMT -5
Coach Davis will obviously do what he wants, but I don't really think you want to go with zero non-conference home games. We are better than that. Dumping the NAIA and D-II/III opponents makes sense--I'd as leave play two guarantee games, especially if we can get them with schools such as Xavier, Dayton, Butler and Marquette. And if Beilein is willing, I'd keep the UM game at the Palace in a heartbeat. But we need to try to schedule home & homes with schools such as Loyola, old pal Valpo, Toledo, Western, and Eastern.
Figure we have 13 non-conference games if we play in an exempt event. The exempt event is normally going to be 1 home, 3 road games. Replace our usual diet of non-DI opponents with two guarantee games, and it's a 1/5 ratio. Plus we usually play 2 more guarantee games, so that's a 1 to 7 ratio. That leaves us with 5 games a year, and I think those should be home and home series with good mid-majors, giving us just 3-4 home non-conference games a year, with 9 to 10 on the road. We've been able to schedule good teams in the last decade, though it gets harder every year. But in the last decade we've had Mississippi State, Wichita State (admittedly thanks to bracket busters), Rhode Island, St. Louis, St. John's, and South Florida into Calihan, plus more equivalent schools such as Toledo, Western, Eastern, Murray State and Western Kentucky. It is possible to get good teams into the Hall.
So I sorta hope Coach moderates a bit on that no home games bit. But I'm pleased to dump the UM-Dearborn/Aquinas/Indiana Tech type games. What I hope is we can find regional guarantee games. In addition to the old MCC rivals I mentioned above, relatively close schools such as Pitt, Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue, and Cincinnati would be nice paydays that wouldn't be too far.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Jun 16, 2018 6:51:08 GMT -5
Like I stated on the other board. The more I learn about Davis the more I like this hire. Comes across as a very humble and sincere guy. Does not have the canned pitch and seems to have a thought pattern with a nice flow. It will be a new experience for some players to actually meet and work with a coach who will coach them on the floor and in life. There are some kids out there who are not interested in learning because they already think they already have what they need. The sad part is that most of those kids are the ones who really need coaching if they hope to get to or close to where they think they are going.
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Post by motorcitysam on Jun 16, 2018 21:25:30 GMT -5
Been a busy week that has kept me from really weighing in on the Davis hiring, but I have a little free time today, so here goes.
Bottom line, I am excited about the hire. Had I known that we were considering Davis, he would have been my top choice. I have posted positive comments about him over the years on scoreboard threads on this board. He's had success on multiple D1 levels. He is well connected in the Midwest, South, and Southwest regions of the country. (Probably why his phone has been ringing with coaches offering recruits for his consideration.) His reputation is untarnished. He is an experienced coach who won't need a learning curve to figure out what is going on.
Whoever the new coach was going to be, he was going to be at a disadvantage because he was taking the job so late. I feel comfortable that Davis will be able to dig out of that hole quicker than most.
People should be prepared to see Davis continue his practice of building competitive rosters with a mix of high school recruits, transfers and JUCOs. He'll take chances on kids that might have had issues at another place, as long as he feels the issues aren't too severe. It has worked for him in the past. I won't question his philosophy.
Lastly, I hope that the Titan faithful gets fully behind Davis. Whether he was your personal choice or not, he's the Titan coach now and hopefully he gets full support from fans, administration, and students.
Go Titans.
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Post by Commissioner on Jun 16, 2018 21:50:51 GMT -5
Been a busy week that has kept me from really weighing in on the Davis hiring, but I have a little free time today, so here goes. Bottom line, I am excited about the hire. Had I known that we were considering Davis, he would have been my top choice. I have posted positive comments about him over the years on scoreboard threads on this board. He's had success on multiple D1 levels. He is well connected in the Midwest, South, and Southwest regions of the country. (Probably why his phone has been ringing with coaches offering recruits for his consideration.) His reputation is untarnished. He is an experienced coach who won't need a learning curve to figure out what is going on. Whoever the new coach was going to be, he was going to be at a disadvantage because he was taking the job so late. I feel comfortable that Davis will be able to dig out of that hole quicker than most. People should be prepared to see Davis continue his practice of building competitive rosters with a mix of high school recruits, transfers and JUCOs. He'll take chances on kids that might have had issues at another place, as long as he feels the issues aren't too severe. It has worked for him in the past. I won't question his philosophy. Lastly, I hope that the Titan faithful gets fully behind Davis. Whether he was your personal choice or not, he's the Titan coach now and hopefully he gets full support from fans, administration, and students. Go Titans. +1 +1 +1 +1 etc.
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