Think WVU is missing Dakich?

bgou · Post by **bgou** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 5:23 pm

Not panning Dakich as I think he has done a fair job but I doubt if Morgantown is bemoaning his reversal.

factman · Post by **factman** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:16 pm

....and knowing DD a little, I don't think he is the least bit sorry he is not there today!!!!

BGorDeath · Post by **BGorDeath** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:14 pm

factman wrote:....and knowing DD a little, I don't think he is the least bit sorry he is not there today!!!!

...because he enjoys indoor plumbing.

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:22 pm

.......And his wife wasn't related to him

golfertk14 · Post by **golfertk14** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:56 am

i think DD's happier here, yea WVU got to the Elite 8 this year but could Dakich have done anything more than the WVU coach did to get them past Louisville? Plus you never know what DD's attitude might be to different players.

bgsuman · Post by **bgsuman** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:16 am

Plus this stuff isn't very becoming...

http://movies.collegehumor.com/media/mo ... u_fire.wmv

MiamiBando · Post by **MiamiBando** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:24 am

I love burning stuff, don't you? I mean that is the HIGHLIGHT of my day, chucking my own stuff onto a fire, with about 200 of my closest friends screaming "F&%# YOU!" in the background.

Real intelligent bunch of people.....

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:25 am

bgsuman wrote:Plus this stuff isn't very becoming...

http://movies.collegehumor.com/media/mo ... u_fire.wmv

Me make fire, ugh. The clip appears to be fitting for WVU.

big Ten-East · Post by **big Ten-East** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:53 pm

I enjoy the college coaching changes at the end of each year. I thought Dakich made a good move by changing his mind. He knew he didn't have the ability to turn around that mess. Somebody posted that he wouldn't have been able to get them past Louisville either. Yeah, he wouldn't have had a winning season at WVU. I am a former midwesterner in a Big East market. I think WVU plays good ball and will get better. Dakich went back to BG and had 2 straight losing seasons at a program he'd been at for several years!

The ironic thing is, if Dackich had stayed, he'd be fire in 4 years. By going back and John B taking WVU into the NIT in 2 years and the elite 8 in three, Dakich looks worse. Sorry folks, but Dakich will never move up the ladder now. 4 years ago it was all but assumed. Now he be lucky to stay where he is.

ialone82 · Post by **ialone82** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:14 am

big Ten-East wrote:Sorry folks, but Dakich will never move up the ladder now. 4 years ago it was all but assumed. Now he be lucky to stay where he is.

Best news I've heard in a week!

It's the Journey... · Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:47 pm

Best news I've heard in a week!

To each his own I guess. He's a good guy, but I am convinced he is not the coach to get us to the NCAA anytime soon. What is my proof? We have had some of the best teams in the MAC under him and have not been able to get it done yet, and that is before the exedus from the program began. You can say we should have been there in this year and that year all you want but the fact is, we weren't. So thats my take and I am ready for some of you to tell me why I am wrong and a terrible fan, lol.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:46 pm

Finally in 04 wrote:[I am ready for some of you to tell me why I am wrong and a terrible fan, lol.

You're wrong and a terrible fan.

HoustonFalcon · Post by **HoustonFalcon** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:12 pm

I think that there were a lot of very high expectations put on Coach Dakich when he came here, and then he had a couple of good years that put him on a lot of schools radars. Yes, we should have made the tournament a couple of times in his first few years here, but couldn't win the conference tournament. It's very hard to win the regular season and conference tournament titles in the MAC. I really don't think that it's fair to start criticizing him now because he hasn't had kids come in that wanted to stay and play for him. It's not his fault that these kids want to leave because he's too hard on them. Those kids aren't going to be nearly the men that the kids that have chosen to stay and GRADUATE under Coach are. I think the response by Len Matela the other day to the criticism that has been going on says it all. I would hate to see what happened at UNC with happen here. People get restless, and they start saying that the coach is too hard and that he needs to go, and bam, he's out of a job. UNC was lucky that they had a guy like Coach Williams that wanted to be their next coach. BG doesn't have that coach that thinks that BG is their dream job and can do a better job than Coach Dakich. If there is one out there, I haven't heard them speak up. I think that whether next year is a good or bad year, let's just ride the highs and lows out, respect him for what he did this year with the talent he was given, and let's see how this next recruiting class plays in the next couple of years. From my understanding from what you guys that have seen of this next class, they are pretty good. Let's just wait and see.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:16 pm

I absolutely love the kind of attitude Dakich has. I know at times, the marketing heads probably shake their head in their hands, but it's part of DD's allure.

However, I don't think Dan is the coach that will take us to the Dance. Look at other sports and their recent hirings? Hired Meyer because he could take the football program up, and he did. Brandon was then hired and carried on the improvement.

Coach Miller has helped our women's basketball program unbelievably. Did I hear correctly that Miller was 2 years ahead of the goal to make the Dance?

Again, I love Dakich. But he's not a coach of the future. He's a coach of the past, and unfortunatly the past can't help us improve up to the next level.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:42 pm

Finally in 04 wrote:
Best news I've heard in a week!
To each his own I guess. He's a good guy, but I am convinced he is not the coach to get us to the NCAA anytime soon. What is my proof? We have had some of the best teams in the MAC under him and have not been able to get it done yet, and that is before the exedus from the program began. You can say we should have been there in this year and that year all you want but the fact is, we weren't. So thats my take and I am ready for some of you to tell me why I am wrong and a terrible fan, lol.

Fi04, I am with you and it does not mean you are a bad fan. Being a good fan has nothing to do with you liking the coach or not. I have different problems with the guy but it seems like we are some of the few anitDD posters around. Or maybe some our afraid to say so. I know I have never really talked about it before.

Let me say first, that I use to like Dakich. I think he is a good coach, but not a great coach. None of my problems with him stem out of us not making the tournament, our style of play, recruits leaving, or whatever.

The whole charade with WVU is when he lost me as one of his fans. Initially I went back and forth on whether it made him a man of principle or a man of cowardice. I think I may have even argued for him a time or two. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized I was wrong about that. I put myself into the shoes of a WVU administrator, player, student, or even fan. How highly would you think of a coach who came to BG and pulled the same stunt? I would think he was the biggest coward there is. The guy accepts the job, than a day later acts like he is facing an impossible challenge. The day he accepted the job, he agreed to take on those challenges. He obviously did not. He never should have put himself into that position if that is not what he is all about.

Yes you can say that he went down there, found out the place was a ses pool, and this was not for him. I respect that he did think that way. What I do not respect is that he did not attempt to change anything. What follows, irks me even more. He had the balls to ask for his job back here. I do not know of many jobs that I could quit one week, than be hired back a week later when I found out the job I was leaving for wasn’t exactly a dream job. Too bad, you made your bed.

I will give him credit for what he did this past year, but like I said, I respect the man as a coach. I think he is a good one. I just happen to think that the day he said goodbye to BG he should have really said goodbye. I don’t feel comfortable with a guy who took job somewhere and decided the task was too great. I don’t feel like our chances of being a MAC power are too great with a guy who does that. I am sure many of you disagree with me and that is fine. He runs a clean program and that is one of the things I like about him. He’s no Bobby Knight, but he is a good coach.

I guess I should clarify and say that I actually still like DD, I just do not think he should be our coach. It’s really hard to explain, but I do not want a coach who feels like he can just fall back here. Like it is a safety net for him. That is kind of how the whole situation still rubs me. Personally I don’t think it sends a good message to all of our athletic programs.

Going along with that, I think hiring him back hurt the basketball program and I do not feel like it is recovering. I am not going to say all is well after one winning season out of three. Next year's lineup looks pretty bleak to me. I don't feel like things are on the rise.

None of that makes me a bad fan.

Think WVU is missing Dakich?

Think WVU is missing Dakich?

He'd never had made the Tourney!

Re: He'd never had made the Tourney!