Gene Keady part of Steve Lavin's team

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Now if Lavin would only add Jud Heathcote. St. Johns would become my second favorite team to watch. Watching those two on the sidelines along with Clem was worth the ticket price by itself. Funny, never felt that way about Knight.
 

Lav is one guy I'll really be pulling for this season. I'll miss him on ESPN's college basketball coverage, specifically the Big Ten. As a tandem, he & Musburger were top shelf.
 

SelectionSunday said:
Lav is one guy I'll really be pulling for this season. I'll miss him on ESPN's college basketball coverage, specifically the Big Ten. As a tandem, he & Musburger were top shelf.
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No worries SS. Lav will be back on ESPN soon. He is not the best coach out there. I like him on tv so much better than sideline. I watched him choke against a very average Purdue team when he was coaching UCLA a few years back in West Lafayette. He had Watson, Kopono and Gudzurik (sorry about spelling). He should have won the NC that year with that much talent.

Go Gophers
 


I agree that Lav has shown more as analyst than a head coach. Nevertheless, I hope it works out for him at St. John's. Maybe he's learned a few things during his time at ESPN. He's certainly had access to some of the best head coaches in the country.
 



SelectionSunday said:
I agree that Lav has shown more as analyst than a head coach. Nevertheless, I hope it works out for him at St. John's. Maybe he's learned a few things during his time at ESPN. He's certainly had access to some of the best head coaches in the country.
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Very true. I wish him well also.

Go Gophers
 



Jackson5 said:
Bad news for the Gophers. Jakarr Sampson is Tharpe's teammate.
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Just my two cents, but I think people put too much stock in that teammate stuff anyways. I wish Lavin well also, great guy on TV. Also agree better on TV than the sidelines.
 

Lav is putting together a hell of a staff at SJU. Keeping Keady around and Lou as well is really going to help in the scouting and film breakdown areas. Personally I think this skirts the NCAA rulebooks about only having 4 coaches but there is nothing I can do about it.

Last year Keady spent a lot of time around the Purdue program last year. He was at almost every home game and traveled with the team all the time, although he wasn't on the payroll. It will be a loss for the Purdue this coming year.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Just my two cents, but I think people put too much stock in that teammate stuff anyways. I wish Lavin well also, great guy on TV. Also agree better on TV than the sidelines.
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Couldn't agree with you more - we got John Nance and not Michael Floyd, JD Pride and not Seantrel Henderson (and that was actually a best friend situation), Mo Walker and no Cory Joseph - the list goes on and on. I think these top recruits are really nice kids, and they want to help their buddies out. If it means portraying them as a "package deal" - so be it.

I'm not a huge Lavin fan, but I tell you, if I knew he was bringing Gene Keady with him, I wouldn't have minded him so much! What a guy to have as an "assistant."
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Just my two cents, but I think people put too much stock in that teammate stuff anyways. I wish Lavin well also, great guy on TV. Also agree better on TV than the sidelines.
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It's not everything but there are plenty of examples where it makes a difference. The Skyline 4 is the biggest example. Green and Johnson came together and Michael Carter came with his teammate. Greg Oden and Mike Conley were high school teammates. Cory Joseph isn't playing with Mo but instead his high school teammate Thompson are going to Texas together. Cory picked his high school teammate over the old friend.
 



Jackson5 said:
It's not everything but there are plenty of examples where it makes a difference. The Skyline 4 is the biggest example. Green and Johnson came together and Michael Carter came with his teammate. Greg Oden and Mike Conley were high school teammates. Cory Joseph isn't playing with Mo but instead his high school teammate Thompson are going to Texas together. Cory picked his high school teammate over the old friend.
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and his own brother :(
 


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