Why Georgia Tech Should Not Pursue Mark Price As Head Basketball Coach
by Winfield Featherston on Mar 24, 2011 10:03 AM EDT
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PrintThere has been a strong push and lot of excitement about the idea of Mark Price becoming the next head basketball coach at Georgia Tech. I'm here to tell you why the Yellow Jackets should ignore these thoughts.
Lack Of True Coaching Experience
Mark Price was a great player and athlete. He racked up the numbers and won All-America awards and All-Star nominations. However, within the industry he is not regarded as a coach. Rather, he is a shooting consultant. While Price can focus on small, minute details, we don't see much proof that he knows how to handle and manage the every day operations of a basketball team.Do we want to hand over the reins to a once great Atlantic Coast Conference basketball program to someone starting out fresh?
Be Wary Of Former Player Love
First, see NC State and Sidney Lowe.
Second, there are a lot of reasons why some of the best coaches today are the ones who weren't the stars during their playing careers. They sat on the bench and had the ability to pick the coach's brain, to understand the strategy and why things happened. Star players aren't always given that learning opportunity because they are the ones doing and producing rather than thinking and devising.
Don't Forget The Football Coaching Search
In 2007, Alumni wanted a fellow alum to take over the football program, Bill Curry. This proved that 98% of Georgia Tech alumni wear blinders and do not perceive the sporting world around them. Coach Curry is a great man but he was clearly not going to fit the needs of the Institute. Rather, Dan Radakovich proved that he can sift through all the noise and find the individual that we need the most and best meshes with our system and found Paul Johnson, an individual that very few noticed during the search.
It's a lose-situation for Mark Price unless he becomes the next Roy Williams...and even he had a chance to get his feet wet before he was challenged with meeting expectations at the alma mater.
EDIT: Craig Neal and Mark Price interviewed together as a package deal
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I do not want Mark Price as our head coach, but would love to see him as an assistant. The ajc blog entry this morning said Craig Neal and Price interviewed together as a package deal, with Noodles as the head coach. That makes sense. I think Price would be a great recruiter. Is it the best we can do? That is another question.
This is a sound argument
Let’s see what Dan has in store for us this year. I am more intrigued in the basketball program this offseason than I have in nearly 10 years. I hope others are as well, and that translates into better support for the team in the long run.
by acedarney on Mar 24, 2011 11:45 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm with you
The idea of Price makes me nervous. I would hate for it go badly and have the wonderful memories of him tainted by a bad experience as head coach.
On the other hand the idea of a package deal is intriguing. I just wish there was some way to know if that would work out. Of course you never know if it would work out with any coach but the downside of it not working out with former Tech stars seems much worse. People will hang on longer than they should, people will be divided over their departure and lots of people would second guess what the AD was thinking. If it is someone not from Tech and it doesn’t work out people may be a little more philosophical about it saying, “We made the best decision we knew at the time; he was a proven winner; lots of experts thought he could make it . . .” etc. If it is Neal and Price people will want to know why we went with such a gamble when proven coaches were out there.
by Atlanta's original team on Mar 24, 2011 1:45 PM EDT reply actions
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