Tom Crean

Why was he there?

That was Tom Crean, yeah.

That was Tom Crean, Georgia, though.

Yeah, and, like, Ace and Noel was there, whatever.

It's just everybody's so weird there, and, like...

And I was offered a bunch of head coaching jobs, mainly back east.

And Tom Crean at Marquette is a dear friend.

And he said, hey, if you want to become my assistant head coach, come to Milwaukee, move the family.

You know, they just came off a Final Four.

Yeah, because I had a great life.

And, you know, in coaching, it's really easy to get your ego involved.

You know, I grew up in the business with Tom Izzo, Bill Self, Tom Crean, you know, John Calipari.

They're all friends of mine.

In 2017, and this is where it gets bad, they start 16th that year, they finish 44th.

That was Tom Crean's last year.

Archie Miller, first year, started 65th, ended 71st.

2019, started 27th, ended 52nd.

My point is that The way that you process this team, so much of it really does come down to the Groundhog Day that you've got in your own mind.

But the problems are coach by coach.

And, you know, with Tom Crean...

His roster construction was at its peak in 2012 and 2013, and then it fell off.

Yeah, I was a senior the year they had Ant, and they were 10th in the SEC.

I hate Tom Crean with every fiber in my being.

Tom, if you're listening, you're a

bum.

I think this is a team, Graham, that's going to be sort of in that 10 to 12 range, which, again, you look at what Mike has done at Georgia.

He's raised the floor considerably, especially given what he inherited from Tom Crean.

They've done a very good job.

And the wild thing when you look at this season, if they're able to be in that 10-12 range, if they're able to make the NCAA tournament, this would be the first time in program history that Georgia has gone to the tournament back-to-back-to-back years.

I think this is a team, Graham, that's going to be sort of in that 10 to 12 range, which, again, you look at what Mike has done at Georgia.

He's raised the floor considerably, especially given what he inherited from Tom Crean.

They've done a very good job.

And the wild thing when you look at this season, If they're able to be in that 10 to 12 range, if they're able to make the NCAA tournament, this would be the first time in program history that Georgia has gone to the tournament back to back to back years.

It feels like he's just going to go to SMU when Lashley gets hired away or goes to BYU or not BYU, Baylor or TCU, go back to Texas, where the roots are, and just be really good.

He's like Tom Crean.

He's the Tom Crean of college football.

He's a great recruiter, can get anybody to go there, but he hasn't won a single blessed thing.

No.

He really hasn't.

That was

Tom Crean in Indiana.