Box and Won Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I don't know, he built a heck of a program at Illinois State. They haven't been the same since he left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 the valley then wasnt what it is now. i would take romar's national championship as an asst at ucla over stallings 2 mvc championships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majerus Magic Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I think he would be an awesome head coach at SLU . Anyone with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills16 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 stallings won 3 straight at illinois state.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 >I've always wondered if we would have hired Kevin Stallings >instead of Romar, how things would be different. Would we >have won more? Would he still be here? Actually he has made the post-season I believe 5 times in 7 years including Regional Semifinals one season...and only Eddie Fogler has had more success in the history of Vandy Hoops, including Jan Van Breda Kolf, C.M. Newton and well before them. Vandy doesn't have the commitment to winning athletics, is a top 20 academic school, ...the University President wanted to dismantle the Athletic dept altogether...recently canceled men's soccer program.....And oh btw, the conference is one of toughest in America. He actually has strong recruits for next year. This year's team is a NIT caliber team, with one superstar on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 >if coach soderberg averages 20 wins and 12 losses and >reaches one ncaa and two nit's in the next 3 seasons their >records would be identical. that isnt that much. > >sorry, stallings isnt the answer. Yeah and those conferences are so similar in levels of competition. Some of those NIT Vandy teams would have been NCAA teams in most other conferences not named SEC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 >I wasn't implying that he would come to SLU now, I was >wondering what would have happened had we hired him out of >Illinois State instead of Romar. He likely would have done much better than the what actually happened, given what he has done at Vandy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 >box and won said, > >"I wasn't implying that he would come to SLU now, I was >wondering what would have happened had we hired him out of >Illinois State instead of Romar." > >is stallings as good of a recruiter as romar? no. > >so had we taken stallings he would have likely done worse >than romar did. Long term Romar would have recruited and had success. Would Stalling have done better than BS, yes. Better than Romar, probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 >Here is a guy that once coached Notre Dame (before him you >never heard about ND basketball) and UNC (where he got >completely hosed) so you know he has a desire to get back in >the spotlight. The guy is a dynamic recruiter and can coach >a little bit as well. In fact he was AP National Coach of >the Year at UNC. > >I do not think SLU would be a destination job for him, but >in a few years here he could certainly put us on the radar. >Even a few exciting years and then breaking our hearts is >better than sputtering along in mediocrity Why would he leave SMU for SLU???? Short answer he wouldn't. He would like to have success there and hope for a solid big conference job. He'll never get a dream job again, but if he has success can at a big conference. He btw lost his job for losing control of program yes, ...but he came in, fired long time assistants, fired long time secretaries claiming they did no work, ...had an anger mgmt and control problem, everyone turned against him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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