BE Coaches Ranked

I thought it might be fun to give this thread a bump since we are in the doldrums of the offseason.

Rank 'em anyway you want, I got:
1. Rick Pitino (St. John's). But can he keep it up at his age?
2. Sean Miller (Xavier). I'm biased...
3. Dan Hurley (UConn). He's still a nut.
4. Shaka Smart (Marquette). More style than substance.
5. Greg McDermott (Creighton). Same as Shaka.
6. Thad Matta (Butler). Same as Pitino, but with known health issues and at Butler.
7. Tony Stubblefield (DePaul). This ranking is an indictment of the coaches below.
8. Ed Cooley (Georgetown). Just not impressed.
9. Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall). Still has to prove it.
10. Kyle Neptune (Villanova). Same story as Holloway only without a tourney run from a small school.
11. Kim English (Providence). He could shoot up this board quickly. Or not.

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Originally Posted by BandAid

1. Rick Pitino (St. John's). But can he keep it up at his age?

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Originally Posted by GoMuskies

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At 70...not bad, I guess...

1. Pitino and I don’t think it’s all that close but yeah at his age, we shall see going forward
2. Hurley
3. Miller
4. Smart
5. McDermott
6. English—-I think he has “it.”
7. Cooley
8. Matta—-his last 4 years at Ohio state was yuck and he’s at butler. He may deserve
To be even lower than this imo.
9. Neptune
10. Holloway
11. Stubblefield

1. Pitino
2. Miller (biased yes, but I truly would not swap Miller for Hurley)
3. Hurley
4. McDermott
5. Smart
6. Cooley
7. Matta (much higher if based on resume, but not sure he has it in him anymore)
8. Neptune
9. Holloway
10. English
11. Stubblefield

I think the top 4 are pretty locked in as the top 4 in whatever order you'd want.

5 and 6 I could see flipped.

The top 6 are clearly the top 6 imo.

8-10 are just too soon to know for sure.

No matter how you rank them, it’s a very solid group of coaches. Virtually all of the experienced coaches have had some success at a high level during their careers and the younger ones are highly thought of by most. I’m not sure that there is a better group, top to bottom, in any other conference.

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Originally Posted by Xville

1. Pitino and I don’t think it’s all that close but yeah at his age, we shall see going forward
2. Hurley
3. Miller
4. Smart
5. McDermott
6. English—-I think he has “it.”
7. Cooley
8. Matta—-his last 4 years at Ohio state was yuck and he’s at butler. He may deserve
To be even lower than this imo.
9. Neptune
10. Holloway
11. Stubblefield

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Pretty much agree with this but would put matta lower like 10. Not sure he even has the desire to coach like you need to in the the big east

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Originally Posted by xuwillie

Pretty much agree with this but would put matta lower like 10. Not sure he even has the desire to coach like you need to in the the big east

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Unless it's against Xavier for whatever reason.

I agree with most of these rankings. I would have Smart ahead of McDermott