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Question for bball historians: Why did Hartman stink after 1981-82???
nicname:
Dude was either 1st or 2nd in conference for 11-straight seasons, but was absolutely putrid — like Wooly bad — his last four seasons.
:dunno:
KSUJIM:
The game passed him by...Billy Tubbs came in and totally changed Big 8 basketball...Jack didn't adjust.
The tourney expanded, TV became big, the game really moved forward, recruits wanted an up tempo game.
Recruiting got tougher...Jack quit and went to Okie State for 2 days....came back and never got the magic totally back.
Just missed out on some big time recruits (Albert King for example) that would have extended the Rolando Blackman great years and then recruiting tanked.
Deez Nutz:
--- Quote from: KSUJIM on January 18, 2014, 08:28:28 AM ---The game passed him by...Billy Tubbs came in and totally changed Big 8 basketball...Jack didn't adjust.
The tourney expanded, TV became big, the game really moved forward, recruits wanted an up tempo game.
Recruiting got tougher...Jack quit and went to Okie State for 2 days....came back and never got the magic totally back.
Just missed out on some big time recruits (Albert King for example) that would have extended the Rolando Blackman great years and then recruiting tanked.
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I never heard that he quit and went to OSU for 2 days before. You mean it was similar to Gene Stephenson at WSU when he accepted the OU job and then got cold feet and came back to WSU hours after his introductory press conference?
KST8FAN:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GbcrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6999%2C3276452
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cJsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a9UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1263%2C2995793
Tom
Deez Nutz:
--- Quote from: KST8FAN on January 18, 2014, 09:16:09 AM ---http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GbcrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6999%2C3276452
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cJsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a9UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1263%2C2995793
Tom
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Thanks for posting that. Also LOL at the tiny coaching salaries back then:
"Floyd Gass, Oklahoma State Athletic Director, said Hartman would receive a five-year contract for $35,000 a year."
:lol:
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