Crean Meets with Pitt

[uconnphil2016]

Source: Pitt meets with Tom Crean

 

[August_West]

Good.

I hope they hire him so we cant even entertain the notion of flirting with that demented jack-o-lantern any more on here.

 

[LIuconn]

They deserve each other

 

[HooperScooper]

Good.

I hope they hire him so we cant even entertain the notion of flirting with that demented jack-o-lantern any more on here.

If I could have "liked" this 1000 times I would have!

 

[gtcam]

Good.

I hope they hire him so we cant even entertain the notion of flirting with that demented jack-o-lantern any more on here.

you are being way too kind AW

 

[Husk1881]

Have we met with anyone? I really hate to put all out efforts in on a coach who had turned down other programs.

 

[intlzncster]

Good.

I hope they hire him so we cant even entertain the notion of flirting with that demented jack-o-lantern any more on here.

 

[intlzncster]

Tom Crean google images is the best

 

[John]

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

 

[CL82]

2:49 PM - Mar 14, 2018

Source: Pitt meets with Tom Crean
The University of Pittsburgh has met with Tom Crean about its opening for a basketball coach. Pittsburgh Athletic Director Heather Lyke says "Damn he's even creepier in person, but frankly what other choice do we have? Wait we're off the record, right?....RIGHT!?"

espn.com

 

[UConnNick]

Good. Let's hope the Panthers take him off the board. I definitely don't want to be around here in the unlikely event we get turned down by a few others, and are left with limited other options so we pick this nutjob.

 

[donyell34]

No Crean.....go panthers.

 

[Walker11]

A self destructive side of me wants Crean as the coach. Think of the memes. The guy just fascinates me. People who know him will either say he is the nicest, most genuine person they know. Or, he is a 2 faced nightmare of a person. Crean being the coach and working out would be my top overall scenario but I don't have as much confidence in him succeeding as I do other coaches and DB is hopefully too smart to hire him.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

He takes goofy pictures but he seems like a cool guy on Pardon My Take.

 

[Exit 4]

 

[uconnphil2016]

He takes goofy pictures but he seems like a cool guy on Pardon My Take.

He was hands down one of their best guest. Him, Harbaugh and Geno were some of my favorites

 

[Huskyforlife]

We could do worse than Crean, he's a solid plan C.

 

[JellyBean]

Good for Pitt for being aggressive. Hopefully we have a plan on who we are going to interview. I figure after 5 years of coaching girls high school basketball, I sent in my resume for our coaching position. Hey that rejection letter looks good on my resume or in my classroom. I can tell my students that I was dreaming BIG!!

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Good. Let's hope the Panthers take him off the board. I definitely don't want to be around here in the unlikely event we get turned down by a few others, and are left with limited other options so we pick this nutjob.

I always forget that they’re the Panthers.

 

[CL82]

I always forget, was Crean the one who Roseanne Barr?

 

[Towney007]

The thing people are going to have to remember about Pitt is that their recruiting footprint has changed and they're going to have to find a guy who can adapt to that and sorta change up their traditional thinking.

Look I love Hurley here - but I'm not sure I love him as much at Pitt. Sure - the Jersey connection will be helpful to a degree, but Philly is a tough get and always has been for Pitt. And they play in a league with mostly southern schools. I think the thing that's hurt 'Cuse, BC, Pitt, etc - has been that. And even assuming that, it's not something you can just walk in and do magically by hiring a Bubba with some connections (see Stallings).

I really feel like for Pitt - Crean makes sense because he's kind of been able to recruit in no-man's land and make a go of things. He's got some history at the school. And he's a safe, proven choice. I think that also makes him an interesting option at UConn, but I'm not sure we're as interesting to him.

It's also a total and complete rebuild, which is something Crean's got history doing twice and Hurley has been vocal about not wanting to take part in. Here, you've got a McDonald's All American coming back, Christian Vital... looking like Jalen Adams and Sid Wilson, too... you have something to work with. With that talent, he should be on a year 2 or 3 of a rebuild as opposed to 4 or 5 years out, which realistically is where Pitt is. Sure, it's a P5 job, but it's not a terribly sexy one right now.

 

[tzznandrew]

Crean's a nutbag, but he's a good coach. He also has midwest connections that Pitt probably needs to tap into to make Pitt relevant.

I don't want him here for a number of reasons, but I think Pitt is a great place for him, or Matta for that matter.

 

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