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I agree that the real strength is the recruiting abilities of Coach Kellogg. He is a genuine person and the kids sense this. We're in good shape recruiting especially when we start getting everyone playing together and winning more. The glass is definitely half full and getting fuller! Amen on that...

vor throws out FG % defense as his main argument against ford's teams' defense. when it's shown to him that they were ranked #31 in the country in that stat he then calls it irrelevent. yeah i'm the wrong one. EVERY measure of defensive quality gives the nod to ford's teams. Keep making stuff up......

Well I post a good amount on the board, and certainly have made my share of "meandering posts"... and you have posted almost twice as much as me....so I will let that EPIC number speak for itself....as ktabz posting history does as well. But, once again, this need not interrupt what was ac...

The point I was trying to make is that 1% is not irrelevant (never said it was), nor is it partuclarly damning. Just adding context to the stat. Thought that was a reasonable post. People (not just ktabz) are having a decent discussion about DK and his coaching. Other than ktabz, the other people wh...

someone shoots down vor's stats and he declares the difference irrelevent. get a load of this guy. unbelievable. ford's teams = better defense by almost every measure. Dude, I will do this slow so you might be able to understand. 1% is not irrelevant, it is what is called putting a stat in context....

Ford's 06-07 squad was at 40.5%, 31st in the nation. His 07-08 squad while over 42%, was still 111th, so about average. DK's teams have been ranked 217th and 248th in fg% defense. The difference in FG % was a little over 1%. But I appreciate your digging up actual facts to back up your argument, it...

yeah its not like teams will ever get easy lay ups against a trapping, pressing team. what was i thinking... you maintaining that a guy who hasn't sniffed .500 in his career however long it's been is a good coach or even an average coach is just laughable. Ok, I hate to try and apply logic and comm...

You can cherry pick all the stats you want, UMass has not been a good defensive team for years (probably since Bruiser). Opponent field goal percentage has been over 42% for the last 4 years, and that is laughable all the way around. I don't care who the coach is. The difference in defense between F...

Sorry VOR, my very unscientific view is that right now DK can't coach. The facts are: 1) record his 1st 2 yrs is bad 2) game planning during the games has been bad 3) Defense has been bad 3) team lacked focus, discipline, cohesion which is a reflection of the coaching we have seen the last 2 season...

Umm... a little self-absorbed are you?? I think I made a pretty detailed post of why WHAT you posted was stupid and wrong. For a person who has the balls to ask people for facts, you certainly post a huge amount of self-absorbed BS without a shred of facts behind any of it. You made a stupid post, a...

As I said many very skilled and successful professional people have hired him, so there is a lot of evidence he CAN coach. So, that statement is not unfounded hyperbole,

Now, you can say it is unproven if he is the right guy for UMass at this point. But the guy can coach.

Blutrane, I don't disagree with a single thing you wrote. If people want to say the dribble-drive offense is horrible or that VW is a problem on the bench I think those are legitimate points of concern and certainly open to discussion. Personally, I hate the dribble-drive. I think it is a fad that o...

please present us with a shred of evidence that he he can get the job done on the court. you bash me for not providing facts while you do the same. you;re the worst poster on the board and it's not even close. First, I was not the one who made the idiotic statement that DK can't coach. So, I have n...

So, you are saying you have plenty of complaints, but no solutions. You know the dynamic of the locker room that Kellog walked into that first year? Did you ever think that seniors who had no investment in the new coach and the new system were not extremely motivated to master what he was trying to ...

I'm always amused at how having played youth or high school basketball somehow qualifies a person to determine the coaching skill of a highly paid professional, especially without seeing said coach during practice sessions. Taking issue with specific in-game decisions is certainly fair game, but to...