by longdistanceeagle on Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:16 pm
You are entitled to your own opinion, but you cannot make up your own facts. Kent State in JC's years there made the NCAA tourney twice. He had the highest winning percentage in the history of the MAC and only increased that when at Ohio. I am not sure you can say he was below the norm. In his last year there they were in the Top 25 and had a 9 seed in the tourney. His first year there, after having graduated 3 key members of the previous team that went to the tourney, they lost in the MAC to Central Michigan and Chris Kaman. And that year they beat BC. Complain all you want, but don't distort the truth.
At TCU he was asked to get an awful program competitive in the Mountain West. In his 4th year there they were, defeating 3 ranked teams (UVa, New Mwxico, and UNLV). He had a 1st team player, Hank Thorns, the 6th man in the MWC, Amric Fields, and the Newcomer of the Year (Keion Anderson). Then they moved to the Big 12 and for several reasons, none of which need to be disclosed, he went to Ohio. He would tell you that the approach to rebuild there could have been different, but he would have been fine if TCU stayed in the MWC.
Now, Mr. Rosenthal, root all you wnt for Mr. Schmidt, complain all you want about JC, but keep your facts straight. And, yes, I am a friend of his.