Re: Would Miller Have Left Dayton If They Were In The BE?
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:57 pm
milksteak wrote:I hate to derail this thread, but I thought I would provide some local insight on how people are handling the Miller hire (I live in the Indianapolis area, FYI). It''s relatively relevant to the thread.
Generally, I would say people are "happy" with the hire, but they aren't treating it as a "slam dunk" like a lot of the national media guys are. Names regularly mentioned for the job by IU fans: Brad Stevens, Billy Donovan, Steve Alford, Sean Miller, Chris Mack, Fred Hoiberg, Tony Bennett, Gregg Marshall, Tom Izzo, Thad Matta (I think that mostly covers it). Some fans were rather delusional thinking some of those coaches were actually options.
I think it is a "B" hire. I think Marshall or Alford would've been "better" hires, but they both have so much baggage. The timing of the hire suggests Miller wasn't their first choice.
I can only go off of the few games I have seen Dayton play the last few years. But each time (apart from the Xavier whooping) I was impressed. His teams played as fast in transition as any other team I have seen and were very aggressive in defense. He also has a knack of getting his teams to March and winning. I think it was a great hire.
Edit: Also, what is going on with Brad Stevens? Down 0-2 to the Bulls?