How many times has Stansbury been THIS close?

by sherman r on Mar 22, 2010 2:13 PM EDT

Rick Stansbury may be doing the most underrated job of coaching at the college level in the nation, particularly when you consider he's been as good as he has been while coaching college ball in the state of Mississippi. He overcame the shambles the program was in when he took over for Richard Williams. He overcame failed commitments from guys like Jonathan Bender, Travis Outlaw, and Monta Ellis, who jumped straight to the League while that was still a possibility. This past year may have been his best effort, considering that he expected Renardo Sidney to be able to suit up for him at some point this season (which obviously never happened), Coach Stansbury did one hell of a job this season and over the course of his career in Starkville in my opinion. With all the upsets in the Tournament this year, if the ball had bounced differently against Kentucky, who knows what the Dawgs would've been able to do?

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Still Support Stansbury

Despite the close losses to Kentucky and North Carolina, I still think he did a good job coaching this season. With the division championships, 1 SEC regular season title, 2 SEC tournament titles, and a lot of NCAA appearances, he has had quite the career. I think the Bulldogs could have gotten to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Mar 23, 2010 6:35 PM EDT reply actions

I agree totally

Thanks for responding. I was beginning to wonder if the blog had been shut down after the NIT loss. It’s been dead around here for about a week now. I think I even saw a cyber-tumbleweed or two pass through.

Playing, coaching, and watching basketball.

by sherman r on Mar 24, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions