You will be hard pressed to call me a Gary Williams' apologist. I've been critical of him over the years regarding the academic standing of the team and his recruitment of dickhead players (I knew Gilchrist and Caner-Medley were fuckups from day one), but I have never doubted his ability to coach up the team every year. Yeah, the past five years have been a little rough, but let's be realistic with our expectations. There is one program in the country that is a regular fixture in the rankings. Every team goes through cycles...look at Syracuse right now. Do you think anyone there is talking about Boeheim losing his touch? Bullshit.
That said, Wise's column in the Post today was spot on. Gary still has more chips on the table than 99% of the coaches in the country. Name five coaches who could have dug Maryland out of the hole they were in 20 years ago. We were looking at the death penalty for the basketball program and he convinced Walt Williams to play for him when the prospect of playing in March wasn't possible because of NCAA penalties.
So for all you so-called fans who want Gary to move on...FUCK YOU! We didn't fucking need you before 2001 and we don't need you now.
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You can have Leonard Hamilton if you want him...
Well, according to some anyone should be able to coach Maryland to the final four every year so why not. Personally I think we should go after Matt Doherty.
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