Oh...I just can't stop the nostalgic archive pulls.... Achebe...here you go for emphasis on your last comment: <FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial"><A HREF="http://bbs.clutchcity.net/ubb/Forum3/HTML/005484.html">Lost respect for Drexler</A> </FONT> ---3rings
Heypartner, Keep doing archive pulls, reading what we all wrote months ago causes so much nostalgia... the hope of a new team, reading posts from posters that I haven't seen since Barkley went down... *sniff* *sniff*. It's amazing what has happened since then. Reading those posts, everyone seemed to be alot less cynical than they are these days. Speaking of which, I had better go re-program myself on Pollyana . ------------------
I thought you'd like that...I had to reread to recall the Pollyana comment. ------------------ The farther the Rockets move down the standings, the farther I move down the bleachers.
Probably because he was a horrible coach with little or no dedication to his team. Many times he showed up late for practices and moments before the game. What kind of message does that send to the players? UH is better off. Old School ------------------ Just Build It!
Yeah I love that Clyde did this especially after he criticized CB a month or so ago. Memo to Clyde: If you're going to talk the talk, be able to walk the walk. UH is much better off hiring a coach than a name. There are tons of schools w/out the resources of a Duke or N. Carolina that have succesful programs. Hire a coach and let him, and the history of the program, bring the program back. ------------------
How many of you still think Clyde deserves to have his jersey retired? Neither do I. He quit. He is no different than Quitten. I still remember the first game during his short stint -- UH vs. UT. The cougars actually beat the 'horns. It was a sellout game (very rare for UH games nowadays), Dream was there, Guy Lewis was there, Rudy and all the Rockets were there pulling for Clyde and his young cougars. He simply failed these people. Not because he didn't do a good job -- that is acceptable, it's because he didn't dedicate himself to the program. I have very little respect remaining for this man. Sailor ------------------ If Dream was a horse ... he would not be pulling your bandwagon anymore.
Obviously, there is more going on behind the scenes than meets the eye. There seem to be two scenerios as to why Clyde left: 1) He discovered how much was involved in coaching, particularly at the college level, and decided he would rather commit the time to his family, or leave rather than reducing his commitment to the team. 2) He discovered he was getting in over his head, or could not get along with the staff, and so he left before the problems turned into big ones. Either way, there is no disgrace -- he did the best thing for himself and the team. He did a good job while he was there, brought the program back together, improved it some, recruited some good players, then resigned immediately after the season was over to give the school time to find a new coach. What more could they ask. Take scenerio 1 -- Here's a man who has never coached before, taking over a floundering program. Coaching at any level is more demanding, in terms of time and energy, than playing -- it's no longer showing up for practice and games. He has to lay out the framework, recruit, budget, coach, and do a million other things he never had to do before. He finds that he can't, or isn't willing to devote his life to this, so he bows out. Scenerio 2 -- Rather than wait for the conflict to get worse, or the team to start suffering, he did what he could, recruited well, set the team in the right direction, and bowed out before causing a disruption in the program. Doing what you can then letting go isn't a sign of weakness. In fact, it's exactly what a number of people are asking of Hakeem. Give credit to the man for putting in two years of hard work and putting the UH basketball program back on track. ------------------ [This message has been edited by dc sports (edited March 31, 2000).]
Well said dc... I am not taking sides between Chuck and Clyde 'cuz I respect both but what Clyde did is honorable. He was man enough to admit that he was way over his head and made sure he does not create more problems to UH programs by letting go early and gave UH enough time to recruit the right person for the job. That is commendable but a lot think just because he bad-mouth Chuck that he is less of a man. ------------------
Dcab, He didn't admit that he was in over his head. He made up some excuse about wanting to spend more time with his family ------------------ Kapaayaaaa!!
