LB heading back to college?

[fatlever]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball ... ool_032011

“Kids want to be in the NBA, and if you can coach and teach and get them ready for the NBA and you’re at a good school, I think you’d have an unbelievable head start on a lot of people. I’ve always tried to get players better, whether as a college coach or a pro coach. Two minutes on the floor on the first day of practice, players know whether you can coach or not.”

“I don’t want this to sound wrong, but I think I can teach as well as anyone,” Brown said. “I can win games. I can recruit because I know what it takes to get to the next level and I can be honest with these kids. I can’t tell you how many college players I spoke with during my NBA career that I urged to return because they aren’t ready.

“I want to go into a recruit’s home and say, ‘Look, I know you want to be in the NBA and I’ll get you ready. But nothing bad ever came from getting a degree. Let’s have something to fall back on.’ “

i kinda wanted to see him come back to the NBA so i would watch another team's fanbase go through the phases of larry.

[Fred Williamson]

“Kids want to be in the NBA, and if you can coach and teach and get them ready for the NBA and you’re at a good school, I think you’d have an unbelievable head start on a lot of people. I’ve always tried to get players better, whether as a college coach or a pro coach. Two minutes on the floor on
the first day of practice, players know whether you can coach or not.”

hilarious

[bobcats3wallace]

Seeing as how LB has a phobia for young talent, I would love to see him epically fail at the college level

[Jaruff]

Seeing as how LB has a phobia for young talent, I would love to see him epically fail at the college level

No, he'll end up with a team of Chris Weinke's.

[bobcats3wallace]

Seeing as how LB has a phobia for young talent, I would love to see him epically fail at the college level

No, he'll end up with a team of Chris Weinke's.

HAHA! LB will be the one who plays all the senior walk-on's over the 5 star freshmen

[SWedd523]

Are you guys forgetting LB was actually a damn good college coach? He won a National Championship and Coach of the Year while at Kansas and took a UCLA team to the title game that was loaded with Freshman.

He has a 177-61 (.744) record as a college coach which is pretty good, albeit a small sample size. Dean Smith was .776, Roy Williams is .799, Coach K is .761, Bob Knight was .708

[amcoolio]

It would be really weird if he took over NC State. WEIRD

[Jaruff]

Are you guys forgetting LB was actually a damn good college coach? He won a National Championship and Coach of the Year while at Kansas and took a UCLA team to the title game that was loaded with Freshman.

He has a 177-61 (.744) record as a college coach which is pretty good, albeit a small sample size. Dean Smith was .776, Roy Williams is .799, Coach K is .761, Bob Knight was .708

I believe he was coaching Kansas when Danny Manning played there? That was a long time ago and the man is older now. I'm not saying he won't have success but his NBA philosophy will influence him more than his philosophy from 20 years ago. I can see him bring in an assload of JC players, building a quick contender, then bailing to avoid the tough rebuilding job.

It would be really weird if he took over NC State. WEIRD

It's destined to happen.

[bobcats3wallace]

Are you guys forgetting LB was actually a damn good college coach? He won a National Championship and Coach of the Year while at Kansas and took a UCLA team to the title game that was loaded with Freshman.

He has a 177-61 (.744) record as a college coach which is pretty good, albeit a small sample size. Dean Smith was .776, Roy Williams is .799, Coach K is .761, Bob Knight was .708

Nope, were just poking fun. But you also have to remember....how long ago was that? Haha. LONG time ago.

[Bassman]

I really think Larry needs a hobby. I mean, geez, he married a babe much younger than he, had some kids who are still very young and could use a grandfa...I mean a father around the house.

[Tupik]

Unfortunately his hobbies mostly include point guards and **** with their minds... I wonder if he'll try to encourage one of his children to become a PG just so he could fulfill his destiny without having to coach again.

[fatlever]

wiretap says LB wants the UNLV coaching job. i really hope he gets it. i want to watch him coach in the current college landscape. i think it will be an epic failure, or at best a mild underachievement ending in a less than spectacular 2 year run where he will "resign" after the team only gets to the NIT during this time.

[Jaruff]

If he wants to coach in college, some team will hire him. It may not be UNLV but some school is desperate enough to give him a shot.

He might actually like the college game. Less games, more practice, and he has control over his roster.

[fatlever]

more practice? you mean, less practice, right? i though college coaches were limited to a certain amount of hours per week they are allowed to hold official practices. no chance college coaches get more practice time than nba coaches, even with more games.

(edit - NCAA practice limits: no more than 4 hours per day, maximum of 20 hours per week)

[Jaruff]

more practice? you mean, less practice, right? i though college coaches were limited to a certain amount of hours per week they are allowed to hold official practices. no chance college coaches get more practice time than nba coaches, even with more games.

(edit - NCAA practice limits: no more than 4 hours per day, maximum of 20 hours per week)

I'm thinking more along the lines of just hanging with players (I guess they can do that). I mean, if a college player comes in the gym, I guess LB can work with him individually. To me, that seems to be what LB wants; working with players and teaching the game.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6323160

He's not getting the UNLV job.

[fatlever]

more practice? you mean, less practice, right? i though college coaches were limited to a certain amount of hours per week they are allowed to hold official practices. no chance college coaches get more practice time than nba coaches, even with more games.

(edit - NCAA practice limits: no more than 4 hours per day, maximum of 20 hours per week)

I'm thinking more along the lines of just hanging with players (I guess they can do that). I mean, if a college player comes in the gym, I guess LB can work with him individually. To me, that seems to be what LB wants; working with players and teaching the game.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6323160

He's not getting the UNLV job.

its a shame LBs ego can't accept being an assistant head coach in the NBA at this point in his career. that would be great. he could work with the young guys, but not ruin them on gameday and couldnt trade them.

[Paydro70]

more practice? you mean, less practice, right? i though college coaches were limited to a certain amount of hours per week they are allowed to hold official practices. no chance college coaches get more practice time than nba coaches, even with more games.

(edit - NCAA practice limits: no more than 4 hours per day, maximum of 20 hours per week)

I'm thinking more along the lines of just hanging with players (I guess they can do that). I mean, if a college player comes in the gym, I guess LB can work with him individually. To me, that seems to be what LB wants; working with players and teaching the game.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6323160

He's not getting the UNLV job.

its a shame LBs ego can't accept being an assistant head coach in the NBA at this point in his career. that would be great. he could work with the young guys, but not ruin them on gameday and couldnt trade them.

I guess LB would be a great assistant, but I don't think it has to be "ego" if he just doesn't want to do the job. If I were a CEO, I wouldn't take a pay and authority cut just because I'd make a totally awesome VP.

I actually do think he would find success again in the NCAA. He gets to be a complete tyrant to his players and it's virtually expected, it's a place where teaching execution is of paramount importance, and the talent levels have evened so drastically in the past decade that he doesn't even have to be at a major power to make a serious tourney run or two.

[Battery]

its a shame LBs ego can't accept being an assistant head coach in the NBA at this point in his career. that would be great. he could work with the young guys, but not ruin them on gameday and couldnt trade them.

Ummm what young player did he ruin here? And who did he trade that you didn't want to see get dealt? Please don't say Matt Carroll. That stiff was glued to the Mavs bench last season.

[SWedd523]

its a shame LBs ego can't accept being an assistant head coach in the NBA at this point in his career. that would be great. he could work with the young guys, but not ruin them on gameday and couldnt trade them.

Ummm what young player did he ruin here? And who did he trade that you didn't want to see get dealt? Please don't say Matt Carroll. That stiff was glued to the Mavs bench last season.

Henderson's been playing pretty well since he's been given a chance.

[Jaruff]

its a shame LBs ego can't accept being an assistant head coach in the NBA at this point in his career. that would be great. he could work with the young guys, but not ruin them on gameday and couldnt trade them.

Ummm what young player did he ruin here? And who did he trade that you didn't want to see get dealt? Please don't say Matt Carroll. That stiff was glued to the Mavs bench last season.

I'd say Morrison. Morrison has a decent rookie campaign, suffers an injury, then he comes back for LB's first season. His confidence is shot and he goes away to LA to rot on the bench. Bernie worked with Morrison even as he sucked it up at times; Larry Brown wasn't interested.

I would have rather kept Morrison/Brown than VladRad.