McDermott Retires

[Umami Zen]

Greg knew how to work the refs. His own style. Cracking jokes during timeouts before going into team huddles. Kinda guy you'd like to sit down with at the local pub or 19th hole and shoot the breeze with. Would want to make sure Bill Raftery could join for one beverage. LOL

 

[tuvent08]

Only 61. Caveats about health, etc., he should have a lot of time to enjoy doing whatever the heck he wants.

 

[Spaceman213J]

Nothing but respect for the man. I will actually miss facing him. He made UConn show up and play their best or suffer the consequences.
A few years ago, I think their thumping of us helped make the team realize they can't take nights/plays off and they went on a pretty good roll to a championship.

 

[CL82]

Like a lot of us, I'm sure, I'm kind of torn on this. It's definitely a loss for the big east, but I won't miss watching him, exploit the weaknesses in Hurley's system.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Classy coach, always enjoyed his (and many other BE coaches') camaraderie with Hurley.

 

[huskdogs]

Think Creighton is in serious jeopardy of becoming Butler 2.0. If Nebraska is going to be a force in CBB going forward, what chance does Creighton have without McDermott?

 

[80shusky]

Great coach. Big loss for the league. There have been indications this was coming soon but I thought a couple more years for some reason. Enjoy the links!

 

[HooperScooper]

Coaches are getting burnt out by how the sport has changed with NIL and the transfer portal. Reconstructing a team every year is stressful and exhausting.

He's only 61 so I imagine the new system has indeed worn him out. I hope he comes out and says that only because this is starting to be a trend with the better more experienced coaches and maybe the NCAA will realize how stupid this entire thing is now.

 

[blkknight1]

Hate to see him go(conference needs great coaches)

Love to watch him leave (constant thorn in UConn’s side since we came back to the big east)

 

[EnochRoot]

Like a lot of us, I'm sure, I'm kind of torn on this. It's definitely a loss for the big east, but I won't miss watching him, exploit the weaknesses in Hurley's system.

Yeah but in a way he helped make Hurley’s teams better.

 

[HCCForever]

Great coach. Big loss for the league. There have been indications this was coming soon but I thought a couple more years for some reason. Enjoy the links!

I agree. I assumed he would stick around two more years. I’m not sure where I got that idea. Good luck to Coach in his retirement.

 

[Scrutineer]

Potentially bad for the league but if Huss was that good at High Point they may not skip a beat.

Who can blame McDermott though? While he wasn't making as much as Dan Hurley, he had to be paid multi-millions per year, so if he didn't blow it on drugs and Antoine Walker type investments he should be worth 10 or more million and should live like a king in Omaha while being rid of the NIL, revenue sharing and portal BS.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Great ambassador of this league since reformation. Wishing him a great retirement.

 

[How Sway?!]

Think Creighton is in serious jeopardy of becoming Butler 2.0. If Nebraska is going to be a force in CBB going forward, what chance does Creighton have without McDermott?

Creighton has a lot more money than Butler and a larger fan base. Think they are closer to Marquette than Butler if anything

 

[RuffRuff]

Think Creighton is in serious jeopardy of becoming Butler 2.0. If Nebraska is going to be a force in CBB going forward, what chance does Creighton have without McDermott?

It's not like the cornfields of Nebraska are a fertile recruiting ground - plenty to be had. Not sure what the collective comparisons are.

 

[NJHusky]

He is such a good x and o guy and game planner. We lost by almost 20 to them in 24, which is just mindboggling in retrospect.

Yup…but playing him got us ready for MM. He found your weakness and exposed it….