there are, what, 345 college basketball programs in the country? only 35 of them have ever won a national championship. oregon won the first one back in 1939 and hasn't come close since. eight other schools that won national titles either no longer exist (i.e., CCNY) or have zero chance of ever winning another one (la salle, holy cross, etc.)
so basically, only 25 out of 345 college basketball programs past and present have ever won a national title. of those 25, more than half of them (13) have won multiple titles, including ucla, which has won 11 of them.
the 320 schools that aren't winning national titles are trying to do the exact same things as the 25 programs that are winning national titles. they hire and fire coaches, they carry on long and extensive national coaching searches, they try to identify young up-and-coming coaches.
you see the word that keeps coming up? yes, coaches.
on average, each school has hired and fired roughly 20 coaches in its history. that means more than 6,000 coaches have been hired and fired in the history of college basketball. six thousand.
and yet, the guys that win are the same guys that always seem to win.
calhoun
coach k
williams
self
donovan
donovan
williams
calhoun
boeheim
williams
coach k
izzo
calhoun
and so on.
so all these schools are hiring and firing coaches, and yet, the same damn coaches win every year. all of them are dinosaurs. coach k is 65. roy williams is 61. jim calhoun is 69. jim boeheim is 67 (surprising, isn't it?!)
well, all the good dinosaurs are already taken. but all these other schools keep hiring young up-and-coming coaches who suck. none of these schools are winning national championships, and every coach that gets hired says that's the goal.
so, basically, i don't think k-state is doing anything wrong by hiring a "non coach."
it's innovative and original and exciting. #slapthefloor #gottlieb4ksu
