NW going forward...

[bcl20]

Collins is on my list for most annoying coach, with Pat Chambers, Bo Ryan and Tom Izzo. Refs need to control coaches and keep them off of the floor. Groce is close, he is a clown.

Coaches are less annoying when you're beating them by 25 points.

 

[sportstalent]

Coaches are less annoying when you're beating them by 25 points.

Not really, just my opinion.

 

[sportstalent]

What is the big deal about being complimentary of other coaches in the league? Obviously I am completely satisfied with the job Fran is doing, I consider him one of the best in the B1G.

There are a lot of good ones, I just find a lot of them annoying.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Yeah none of those guys are going to NW or probably even getting in if they wanted to. You sound like a DePaul fan, it just takes one big name guy to stay home and we're back! LOL Going on 25 years waiting for that to happen now. Tommy Amaker once wanted the NW job because he was going to turn into the Duke of the B10. Instead, he got a better job at Michigan and failed to even have Alford levels of success there and was quickly canned. Not going to end much better for Collins.

If DePaul gets an arena near its campus and drops money on a coach, it will be a materially better program than Iowa inside of a decade, but in the mean time no one is willing to go to Rosemont to watch games. And sure, the average top 100 players out of Chicago aren't going to qualify at NU, but Collins seems to emit an aura of greasiness that leads me to believe he could probably "find a way." I think Collins will find a way to get into that truly greasy group with Calipari, Pitino, Self, et al, when it comes to recruiting, but he won't be able to sustain jack at NU - he'll just need to catch fire for a very short period and then he'll wind up at some legit program.

 

[volhawk50]

If DePaul gets an arena near its campus and drops money on a coach, it will be a materially better program than Iowa inside of a decade, but in the mean time no one is willing to go to Rosemont to watch games. And sure, the average top 100 players out of Chicago aren't going to qualify at NU, but Collins seems to emit an aura of greasiness that leads me to believe he could probably "find a way." I think Collins will find a way to get into that truly greasy group with Calipari, Pitino, Self, et al, when it comes to recruiting, but he won't be able to sustain jack at NU - he'll just need to catch fire for a very short period and then he'll wind up at some legit program.

He looks quite a bit like Andy Enfield, don't you think? If that's any indication Collins will probably "find a way" to start fights with everyone more than he'll "find a way" to win.