Great hire! I'm thrilled. Big improvement over Jeter I guarantee it.
Kudos to Braun!
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Great hire! I'm thrilled. Big improvement over Jeter I guarantee it.
Kudos to Braun!
Based on what?
Highly regarded. Learned under Beilein who is an excellent coach. Not only is Beilein a great coach, plays a very fun style. I would assume Jordan will implement the same thing at Milwaukee.
I think Jordan is much better than Webster would have been. TJ would have been a great choice also, but I really like this hire.
I love it! Well done! I can't wait!
The EXACT same things were said when Jeter was hired. Who know what style he'll play. Jeter said they'd continue to push the ball when he was hired and we know how that turned out. This was a safe hire and I don't see how this is going to lead to these expectations Braun has set. I hope it works out but this appears to be more of the same.
"Shaking things up" is doing something different. This isn't something different. It's the same resume 11 years later.
LaVall Jordan isn't Rob Jeter, right? I'm pretty sure they are two different people. So in fact yes, this is shaking things up. They are basketball coaches, how much different does anybody's resume look! Would you have been happy with Otzelberger? How is his resume any different from Rob's?
Rob was here 10 years and was average. It was time to move on. Why are people fighting change?? I don't understand it. Let's try for something better and not the same average status quo of the past 10 years.
And there it is: Our new coach is a young assistant from a Big Ten program known for its very slow tempo offense. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Rob Jeter!
Er, I mean, Lavall Jordan. :confused:
Putting aside the farcical nature of this entire process for the moment, here is my favorite Lavall Jordan clip. It happens at 36 seconds. I'm not being funny, either. I always appreciated that he enjoyed the moment, even though his team had just been stung by an incredible shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLRH...&nohtml5=False
By the way, an MU fan saying we made a great hire is cute. It's sort of like us saying MU made a great hire in WOJO! Gosh, I sure hope we can expect similarly spectacular results!
Coaching Career
- 2003-04 Butler University Coordinator of Basketball Operations
- 2004-07 Butler University Asst Coach
- 2007-10 University of Iowa Asst Coach
- 2010-present University of Michigan Asst Coach
Coaching Career Breakdown
Year School Record Conf. Finish Postseason
2003-04 Butler 16-14 (8-8) 6th
2004-05 Butler 13-15 (7-9 ) 7th
2005-06 Butler 20-13 (11-5) 2nd - NIT, First Rd
2006-07 Butler 29-7 (13-3) 2nd - NCAA, Sweet 16
2007-08 Iowa 13-19 (6-12) 8th
2008-09 Iowa 15-17 (5-13) 10th
2009-10 Iowa 10-22 (4-14) 10th
2010-11 Michigan 21-14 (9-9) t-4th - NCAA, 3rd Rd
2011-12 Michigan 24-10 (13-5) t-1st - NCAA, 2nd Rd
2012-13 Michigan 31-8 (12-6) t-4th - NCAA, National Runner-up
2013-14 Michigan 28-9 (15-3) 1st - NCAA, Elite Eight
2014-15 Michigan 16-16 (8-10) 9th
2015-16 Michigan 23-13 (10-8) 8th - NCAA, Opening Rd, 1st Rd
So what section are your season tickets in for Panther basketball?
Really Fran?
The impressive coaching history that Ganzer put up looks very familiar to me....
Butler fans really wanted him to replace Stevens when he left.
As soon as I started looking for info on him I found that exact line a few times. While he may be very similar to Jeter only younger, if a fan base that had just gone to back to back Final Fours wanted him as their head coach - that should say quite a bit about how well respected he is.
I don't know if we'll ever get an answer to this in part because we're not covered by the local paper, but I would really like to know how seriously Billeter, Miller, Semling, Grzesk and Diener were considered for this position.
It seems that there were some very viable candidates with a track record of success as a head coach who were passed over here.
I would love to get some illumination on things.
Because we aren't fighting change, from our point of view.
We all recognize that as Athletic Director, Amanda Braun had the authority to fire Rob Jeter. We all recognize that she has done so, and that a coach will be hired to replace Jeter.
She has given us precious little reason to believe that she is up to the task of hiring a better coach, so far.
Insanity is defined, famously, as doing the same thing and expecting different results. You will have to pardon those of us who think that by hiring this coach, Amanda Braun would be doing the same thing and expecting different results.
If she really wants to elevate the program, why hire someone who even appears to be Rob Jeter redux?
Granted, if she was actively sabotaging Rob Jeter to try to get rid of him (a charge of which i have yet seen no refutation from Amanda Braun), she is likely to give her hire more support. What guarantee that is of better results remains to be seen.
That's the money phrase, 'Heap: "Elevating the program."
So Braun must expect Jordan to deliver better than a 20-13 record and an RPI of 165 or above next season.
Actually, she must expect him to lead the team to an RPI of 100 or above; she said so to the local paper.
Otherwise, why would she have made a change?
All right I'm killing this now - STOP with the fighting. We can all be adults here.
Lavall Jordan is a great hire.
Lavall Jordan is her guy. She owns him. He will need to prove otherwise. That's the bottom line.
Res ipsa loquitur.
On the bright side, the general consensus among Michigan fans seems to be that Jordan is considered a bigger loss than Alexander.