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Bluethunder said:
I would not be happy with Travis Ford either. I don't blame St.L fans for that feeling. Guy underachieved at OSU. Had several all big 12 players, had a POY candidate with Smart and still never seemed to do much of anything. Got them to the NCAA but they never did anything, never even made it to the sweet 16 if memory serves me. Never was a consistent top five Big 12 (10) program, and they usually finished closer to the bottom of the league each year than the top.
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Smart was overrated IMO. Kid would never work on his game and never developed his shot coming out of HS. The Big 12 is a monster conference. If he can recruit anywhere near the level he did at OSU, St. Louis is going to beat the piss out of people.
 

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Jason Svoboda said:
Smart was overrated IMO. Kid would never work on his game and never developed his shot coming out of HS. The Big 12 is a monster conference. If he can recruit anywhere near the level he did at OSU, St. Louis is going to beat the piss out of people.
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They also lost to Missouri State. In Stillwater. This year. Not exactly world-beating.

Some question now as to whether SLU is actually hiring Ford.
 
4Q_iu said:
interesting... i'd expect him to stay at Moores Hill College... course if he can increase his pay, why not the 'bigger job'
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Well he was making $186k back in 2012 per the Aces forum and they state he is paid around the same as Greg so if Wright State is paying what BlueThunder said, I'd probably make the switch, too. He gets to hit the reset, gets paid more and still can recruit from the same base -- if there is an AAU event in Indy, Marty is usually always there. Much more likely to get to the NCAAs from the Horizon.
 

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Jason Svoboda said:
Shit happens.

They could do much worse.
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True, they could. I just never was impressed with Ford. Even when I watched Oklahoma State they just never appeared well coached to me.

It's St.L's decision, doesn't matter to me, I just think they could have gotten a better coach. Maybe not a bigger name, but a better actual coach. I do agree that he can recruit though.
 
Valpo's B. Drew will go to Georgia Tech--text just in from GT friend in Atlanta. Done deal he says. Just what he said--don't bet the farm on it.
 
Army's top assistant Jimmy Allen gets the gig at West Point.

UMBC hires Lenoir-Rhyne (D2) head coach Ryan Odom.

Looks like UALR is hiring their associate head coach Wes Flanigan, too.
 

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Now their appears to be a lot of smoke around Bryce Drew to Vandy.

Anyway you slice it the man is a hot commodity right now. Not sure Valpo will be able to hang on to him.
 
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