[UH]NYT on the Decline & Fall of Cougar Basketball

I wouldn't go that far but he does come across as a little too goofy on the Rockets' telecasts for my tastes.

 

I would just start giving out scholarships to every 6-10 and up Nigerian soccer player until we hit gold again.

 

I would settle for just walking across the street and offering scholarships to the entire Yates team every single year.

 

There was a couple others that he brought in but I can't remember who they were.

They did beat UCONN...I was at that game.

 

Didn't Clyde recruit Birdman but couldn't seal the deal or he left...I forget but I know he was close to getting him, right?

 

Wrong. Clyde just says that on air. He never actually did anything at UH. Not anything.

 

LOL...okayyyy take your word for it. I do remember reading that Gettis did alot of everything there, basically ran the dam team while Clyde just went to homes to seal the deal, but again, could be wrong.

 

Penders seemed like a loyal guy and class act. I was absolutely astounded that he wouldn't even CONSIDER recruiting Houston though. Even if you assume Texas and A&M get first pick of the blue chippers, you mean to tell me we couldn't find a local kid to take a roster spot better than Tafari Toney, DeShaun Williams or Horace McGlouster.

 

Yea Clyde signed Anderson to a letter of intent but he couldn't academically qualify so he never suited up. He actually signed two top ten type classes his two years, but for one reason or another the majority of the players never made it into school. Guys like Anderson, Antonio Falu (top 50 national recruit), Chris Booker (was later All Big-Ten), etc.

 

Someone say UH Drexer?

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Most of Clyde's recruits never got in school. Birdman flunked out of Blinn so he didn't have a prayer of getting in UH.

 

I like it!

 

Mack Rhoades should grow a pair and go after Shaka Smart.

 

That frustrated me more than anything about Penders. You have one of the top 50 high school basketball programs 3 blocks from your arena!

 

I remember Matt on the radio always saying how he wanted penders gone. Well look where they are now.

 

I'm willing to be patient. If you followed their games this year, they stayed in games, played defense, and had an inside-out approach- you know, like what successful teams are supposed to do? I don't know what the future holds for Dickie, no one really knows how recruiting will turn out, but I am okay with where they are at now.

While Penders was successful to an extent, his style of play wasn't sustainable. You can't have a guard dominated game when you don't have great guards. I feel like he reached his ceiling. Penders recruiting reasoning was somewhat surprising to me too- you didn't want to deal with parents and local fans? Really? He should have recruited exclusively from Alaska and Hawaii then.

 

I saw his "excuse" on RealSports: "If you recruit them (Houston area players) and then don't play them, you hear criticism from EVERYBODY in the community". Unbelievable...