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McDermott Retires

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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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Henry said:
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.
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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.
 
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)
 
CL82 said:
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.
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Yeah but in a way he helped make Hurley’s teams better.
 
80shusky said:
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!
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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.
 
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.
 
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huskdogs said:
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?
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It's not like the cornfields of Nebraska are a fertile recruiting ground - plenty to be had. Not sure what the collective comparisons are.
 
boog204 said:
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.
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Yup…but playing him got us ready for MM. He found your weakness and exposed it….
 
huskdogs said:
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?
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They recruit the country/world. Are you under the impression Creighton and Nebraska are only recruiting high school kids from Nebraska?
 
EnochRoot said:
Yeah but in a way he helped make Hurley’s teams better.
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Before Dan Hurley recruited better and figured out how to compete well against McDermott, I used to joke with my sister that Bob Sr would meet or talk in secret with Greg before games and provide the lowdown on how to beat his kid. The intention was to make Dan grow as a coach without intruding directly or obviously.

Mac was trustworthy in keeping things confidential, and gentlemanly in imparting the lessons experientially. It was nothing nefarious, instead it was more like Statler and Waldorf in The Muppets trading quips and hearty laughs before & after when the more experienced college coach would school the young one during his ascendency.

The height & girth mismatch between Greg & Dan made their on-court meetings more intimate & affectionate, reinforcing a mythology of elder & youngin', and the dynamic clearly spills over into how Mac is lauded within this thread.

Interesting that this decision & news came after DePaul topped the Central time zone subdivision of the Big East this season.
 
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Not surprised, great coach, think this can be a big blow to the Big East unfortunately
 
superjohn said:
They recruit the country/world. Are you under the impression Creighton and Nebraska are only recruiting high school kids from Nebraska?
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No im under the impression that a school down the road with 10x the resources just starting caring about CBB and they’re losing their generational head coach. Surely that will have no effect on them going forward
 
huskdogs said:
No im under the impression that a school down the road with 10x the resources just starting caring about CBB and they’re losing their generational head coach. Surely that will have no effect on them going forward
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Nebraska could end up owning the state in college hoops, but it would take close to a decade of sustained success before they would begin to make a dent into moving the fan base, and it would take a generation before they could surpass Creighton in the eyes of those who fill CHI.
 
huskdogs said:
No im under the impression that a school down the road with 10x the resources just starting caring about CBB and they’re losing their generational head coach. Surely that will have no effect on them going forward
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What does it matter if they're not competing for the same recruits and they have different fanbases?

Creighton is always top 10 in attendance.

If your argument is they're losing a great coach and you're not sure if their new guy will be as good a coach of course I undertand that. It's the case for every school replacing a great coach.
 
HooperScooper said:
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.
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Related to this, Izzo told Hurley 2 years ago to seriously consider the Lakers job because of the shifting landscape in college basketball. We know Izzo hates all this new stuff.

Speaking with the Associated Press ahead of the Sweet 16, Izzo revealed that he told Hurley to consider the Lakers' offer very "seriously" because of how unstable the college landscape was due to NIL and the transfer portal, even if losing Hurley would have been bad for the sport.

"I told him to seriously look at it because I could see where college basketball was going," Izzo said. "But I said, I would hate to lose him because I think he's all that is right about college basketball. He cares about the kids. He cares about the game. He has to care about the game because of his dad."

www.cbssports.com

Michigan State's Tom Izzo gave Dan Hurley advice before UConn coach turned down Lakers offer

When the NCAA Tournament resumes this week with the Sweet 16, Izzo will coach against Hurley, who turned down the Los Angeles Lakers two years ago
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
 
He looked done to me all year long. Game got a lot harder for bag men once everyone was allowed to have a bag. It is what it is.

Huss is a good hire though. If this would have happened last year, Huss would have been considered one of the best hires out of the midmajors.
 
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Nebraska's run in college hoop will likely last as long as Hoiberg coaches. Let's hope that's not true for Creighton. Based on Huss' success at High Point I don't think that will be the case. He's solid.

Creighton was the one team that you always knew would give UConn a serious game, even if there was a talent disparity. McDermott was a heck of a coach, always had his team prepared, and almost always had a balanced and dangerous roster even if some of the kids were under the radar.

The Big East will miss him.
 
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