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When I sat down to write this column, I was going to lead (or “lede” for my fellow press box jockeys) with: “Go ahead and give Seth Greenberg the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year Award. There isn’t another coach in the ACC that deserves it more.”
But, as I started doing my research, I discovered that there are really three very worthy candidates for the award … if the season were to end today.
The three coaches are Virginia Tech’s Greenberg, miami’s frank haith, and wake forest’s dino gaudio. Each of these men has taken his team to heights not thought possible before the 2007-08 season tipped off.
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Great read, Gary. Last night's loss for WF to MD was a crucial one, but I still like Guadio's chances. Of course, I'd prefer Greenberg get it as a matter of principle...
I was curious that neither Coach K or Williams received mention in your article. Sure, neither has overcome the adversity of the coaches you mentioned, and neither team's success is 'surprising', but that can't take away from great seasons for both teams. What are your thoughts on giving the award to a 'sentimental' favorite versus a well-executed powerhouse that delivers when expected?
With regards to Coach K and Roy Boy, I think it would take an amazing season, nothing short of an undefeated ACC schedule to warrant COY award for those guys. When you have more All Americans on your team than the rest of the conference combined, I think you should be No. 1 or No. 2 in your conference year in and year out. If Seth Greenberg had eight All Americans on his team I think VT would have a top 5 team, too.
Now if you want to give out a lifetime achievement award for coaching, then definitely Coach K and Roy deserve consideration, especially K, because he built his program up to such a high level that all the top players want to come to Duke because they know they will win and win a lot. Maybe Coach K deserves ACC Recruiter of the Year every year, but not COY - he wins because he has the best players. Any half-decent college coach could win with that kind of talent. What makes a Coach of the Year is exceeding expectations. We expected UNC and Duke to be this good and go 1-2 in the ACC. Nobody expected VT, Wake and Miami to finish anywhere close to the top half of the conference, especially Wake and VT which faced extraordinarily unique challenges with WF losing its coach and VT being the youngest team in the conference.
Make sense?
Sure, I'm just not sure that hovering around the .500 mark in conference is enough this year, and all 3 coaches are on the fence. I'd probably give the nod to Roy Williams. If having talent precluded a good coach from getting an ACCCOY Award during a good year, I'm not sure Frank Beamer would ever get another one! Part of being a great coach is having great players want to play for you.
Although like I said, I'm a sentimental guy and if if goes to WF that's cool by me. Miami's overall record is good, but they are middle of the pack in conference.
All good points, but like I said, the year award should go to a coach of a team that has exceeded expectations. If we gave it to the best team each year, then Coach K and Roy Boy would win virtually every year because they are 1 and 2 nine out of 10 times. I have a hard time giving the COY award to a guy who finished 1 or 2 with eight All Americans. However, if Seth Greenberg's team can finish 10-6 and in third place with NO All Americans and six freshman - I don't see how you could vote for any other coach. All that being said, I presume we will have to agree to disagree on this one.
A frequent visitor during football season, ESPN's College GameDay program is headed to a Virginia Tech basketball game for the ...
Good opportunities for the Hokies to play some big men's basketball games in 2010-2011.
Please see the most recent Roundball Club update from Coach Seth Greenberg.
Greenberg also told me he has upgraded his team's schedule, which will include Purdue (though that game was assigned in ...
Hell yes... congrats to Malcolm Delaney, who made Dickie V's Pre-Season All-American 1st Team!!!
Even on a team that returns its top 10 scorers, Allan Chaney figured to play significant minutes, if not start, ...
