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Title: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: j rake on April 03, 2012, 12:33:45 AM: i've been thinking about oscar weber a bit over the last few days, which of course led me to start thinking about jim wooldridge. and for whatever reason, i decided to take a peek at wooldridge's wiki page.

that's when i made this shocking discovery:

since 1991, wooldridge is a combined 245-276 (120-172 in conference) as a head coach at FOUR different schools.

this has to be some kind of record, right? i mean, how can a coach be sub-.500 over a near two-decade stretch and get four different jobs and still be employed heading into next season?
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: p1k3 on April 03, 2012, 12:36:54 AM: Honest, integrity, loyalty
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: j rake on April 03, 2012, 12:38:30 AM: he's only had TWO winning conference records since 1991!

one of 'em was a 10-8 at louisiana tech in 1997. that was the last time a team he's coached has had a winning conference record.

like, how in the hell? :lol:
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: Barry McCockner on April 03, 2012, 12:39:51 AM: If he can get a game over .500 in one of the next 2 seasons, Currie might bring him back (if for some unfortunate tragedy should befall BW). Of course, he would have to promise never to sprint to midcourt during a KU game and get tossed...that was a terrible display of intergity.
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: sys on April 03, 2012, 01:32:10 AM: he's an experienced head coach. an experienced high-major head coach.
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: gokatgo on April 03, 2012, 07:17:26 AM: mows his own lawn :dunno:
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: wabash909 on April 03, 2012, 07:38:12 AM: Good coach. Just snakebiten.
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: Skipper44 on April 03, 2012, 09:39:01 AM: It is wonderful to listen to him speak, I am sure he kills it in interviews
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: ChiComCat on April 03, 2012, 09:42:02 AM: He's been in Manhattan frequently lately :dunno:
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: thebigcatbowski on April 03, 2012, 10:10:46 AM: He's close. He just needs another year.
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: 0.42 on April 03, 2012, 10:13:23 AM: He was the last coach to do anything significant at my undergrad school :goodbyecruelworld:
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 03:49:28 PM: It is disgusting how long coaches can make money simply by making friends with other coaches and having them say nice things about you.
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: pissclams on April 03, 2012, 03:51:41 PM: Quote from: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 03:49:28 PM
It is disgusting how long coaches can make money simply by making friends with other coaches and having them say nice things about you.

that's life in general, not just in coaching.
Title: Re: Jim Wooldridge
Post by: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 03:54:14 PM: Quote from: pissclams on April 03, 2012, 03:51:41 PM
Quote from: michigancat on April 03, 2012, 03:49:28 PM
It is disgusting how long coaches can make money simply by making friends with other coaches and having them say nice things about you.

that's life in general, not just in coaching.

yeah, but the scale is a lot different.