You can't argue the fact that Floyd has had a hell of a coaching career. But what has he done at UTEP???? Thats great he went to Sweet 16's in the past, but he hasn't even come close to making the NCAA Tournament here at UTEP. Hell... Larry Coker won a freaking national championship before, but he has done jack crap at UTSA. Unfortunately teams don't get into the NCAA Tourney because their coach has had some pretty good accomplishments in the past at their other coaching jobs. Floyd has coached 5 full seasons and has shown us no signs of improvement. With BG and Barbee, you could see improvement on year to year basis. You knew we were getting better. With Floyd, you just don't see that.
BG, Doc, Barbee...All three were assistants before getting the head coaching job here at UTEP. All 3 had to deal with tougher league competition. All 3 had us in the NCAA Tourney with in 4 years. Floyd is a seasoned coach , plays in a much weaker conference than the 3 mentioned above, hasn't even come close to taking UTEP to the NCAA Tourney. What does the UTEP vs. USC recruit excuse have to do with anything?????? His coaching experience alone should get us to at least the CUSA Championship game every year, but he continuously gets out coached in every big game.
Well said sweetlou. These negative nellies always have to give their opinions which they are entitled to on this board, but what they don't get is they are always "negative". I don't understand why they get on this board. Chih and EP you need to learn that there is always hope and faith.
The "fact" is you don't stop and realize that most of us on this board are always attacking you. That should tell you something but you are too ignorant. That's why a lot of us don't understand why you even post on this board because even when something happens that "most" of us view as positive, you have to come back with something "negative". Sweetlou posted something that most of us view as "positive". YOU quickly derailed the thread and you are too ignorant to realize that. Yes, you post facts, but the fact is most of us would prefer you post nothing at all.
Really? Then why has USC done exactly squat, since he left USC and Utep has better recruiting classes now? USC is a Football School!
Who cares what they did after UTEP???? What has Tim Floyd done at UTEP????? Thats the important question. You can keep putting Floyd on a pedestal all you want from his accomplishments at other schools OTHER THAN UTEP all you want, but the reality is Floyd is one the most unsuccessful coaches in UTEP history since Haskins retired. Winning 20 games in a pathetic weak CUSA is nothing.
Offers from Houston, Ole Miss, La Tech, Tennessee, Rice, Hofstra, Georgia Southern YEP that is totally a top recruit right there. Those are some top schools offering. I wonder why he chose here when he had a better chance of winning a national championship at basketball power house Tennessee. Isn't WIlms from a top AAU program ?????
I say Barbee. He is an assistant at Kentucky. He is just strengthening his already strong recruiting connections. Someone will give him another shot and he will have them in the Tourney before Floyd has us playing in the tourney. He will be a steal for who ever hires him.
He is already trying to leave us and he hasn't taken us to the tournament. He interviews every year for other jobs. Any comments to that????
