Pat Chambers

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Pat Chambers is an anomaly and expectations were so low at Penn St. Don't think we can play this game. Chambers salary this year was 1.25 million w/o bonuses. His winning bonuses have added another 600K, still under Pitino.

Says his salary is 900K on Wikipedia. Either way that's well under Pitino. Not high expecations.
 
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I actually like him but that 9 year standard for achieving one barely above .500 season is unacceptable.
 

builtbadgers said:
I actually like him but that 9 year standard for achieving one barely above .500 season is unacceptable.
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Agreed I think he's a good coach and might have something there now. But yeah that's absurd to let a guy have that much time unless your program has been so bad as Penn States has been.
 

skiumah1 said:
Agreed I think he's a good coach and might have something there now. But yeah that's absurd to let a guy have that much time unless your program has been so bad as Penn States has been.
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Did anyone think they continued to be that bad that long because they kept him.
 

He did get them to 22nd defensively this year, thus the moderate success.
 


builtbadgers said:
I actually like him but that 9 year standard for achieving one barely above .500 season is unacceptable.
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Interesting how many judge a basketball program as good or unacceptable solely based on their win/loss record. What about other factors such as performance in the classroom, graduation rates, representing the school in in a positive way in the community, being outstanding citizens, setting good examples for others and so one. I like to see our team win just as much as anyone but sometimes think we as fans put too much emphasis on only the winning part when making a judgement on whether a program is good or not.
 

jblass said:
Interesting how many judge a basketball program as good or unacceptable solely based on their win/loss record. What about other factors such as performance in the classroom, graduation rates, representing the school in in a positive way in the community, being outstanding citizens, setting good examples for others and so one. I like to see our team win just as much as anyone but sometimes think we as fans put too much emphasis on only the winning part when making a judgement on whether a program is good or not.
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Agree all of what you mentioned is mandatory to me, so is taking hard classes, and winning. Do it all !
 

PSU is a football school. It's like Alabama and LSU. They will let BB coaches wallow away for a decade before doing anything. Fans just don't care about basketball. Minnesota is not analogous to PSU.
 

builtbadgers said:
Did anyone think they continued to be that bad that long because they kept him.
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I don't know they've had a pretty storied bad program. They get nobody at their games, even this year. They mighta had a couple with a decent crowd against Michigan St or whoever but overall it's been brutal basketball for them.
 



We should not aspire to be Penn State in basketball. Period.
 

This is a terrible analogy for a host of reasons. As a Pitino supporter, you want to use Chambers as a benchmark for what Pitino might be? Really?
 

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