Rank the Big 12 BB coaches

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

In terms of pure coaching? Xs and Os and getting the most out of players? Here's that list:

Bob Knight - TT
Greg McDermott - ISU
Scott Drew - BU
Billy Gillispie - Texas A&M
Mike Anderson - MU
Bob Huggins - KSU
Sean Sutton - OSU
Rick Barnes - Texas
Doc Sadler - NU
Jeff Capel III - OU
Ricardo Patton - CU

Oops. Left Bill Self out in the cut and paste... meant to slip him in between Barnes and Sadler.

Saul -
I guess I'm still giving Drew credit for the job he did when he to Baylor. I was highly impressed then...

I agree with you that it's hard to do these things ... it's even harder when there are so many new coaches around. I based mine, like I said, on Xs and Os ability AND what they do with the talent they have. That's why Barnes and Self (guys who have done relatively little with a lot of talent) rate fairly low in my book and guys like Drew and McDermott (who have coached up the small amount of talent they have) rate so highly.

I agree with you that Gillispie coaches an ugly brand of basketball... but it's no uglier than what Barnes does.

I just thank God Bruce Weber isn't the coach at kU. That team would be unstoppable with him at the helm... well, until Self's recruits left.