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Guys, if you want to talk about Coach Turgeon talk about it here, otherwise take the "smack" talk somewhere else.

I liked how Imus asked today one of his biggest critics, Al Sharpton, when he would apologize to the Duke lacrosse players that Sharpton had been bashing for a logn time now.

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guys......chill.

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Some quotes about Mark Turgeon WICHITA STATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR JIM SCHAUS: "Mark did an unbelievable job of rebuilding our program to the highest level. When he came here, the basketball program was in last place and he took them to first place in a very short period of time. He was instrumental in our attendance growth, and was great to work with in the community and the university. He is first class in all regards. He will be greatly missed at Wichita State, but at the same time we're happy for this opportunity for Mark and (wife) Ann. He has great leadership at Texas A&M in Bill Byrne. The ability to recruit Texas was a niche for Mark and his staff. They were highly successful recruiting the state of Texas, and especially east Texas. "He signed a number of players from Houston. He has established a quality relationship with the high school coaches in Texas. I think his ability to recruit Texas and his relationships with the high school coaches factored into his interest in the Texas A&M coaching job. Mark has an impressive coaching pedigree. He learned from Larry Brown and Roy Williams and that shows in his style. He plays an exciting brand of basketball that the fans will appreciate. His teams play hard and play good defense, but he is also very offensive-minded. I have always been impressed with the way he conducts practices. His practices are incredibly efficient. They are not long practices, but they are very efficient. He is the total package and he will do a great job at Texas A&M." PHILADELPHIA 76ERS EXECUTIVE VP LARRY BROWN: "Mark Turgeon was the first kid we signed at KU. He played four years for me and was a captain. Then he was an assistant with me on the 1988 National Championship team. He also worked on my staff at Philadelphia. I love him. I think it's a great job at Texas A&M and he's a wonderful fit. I think he will do an amazing job. Texas A&M is getting a great coach, and Texas A&M is a perfect fit for Mark. (On Turgeon's style) "He's smart enough to figure out what his kids can do, and tailor what he wants to do on their strengths. "He's worked with Roy (Williams), but he's developed his own style. His teams are going to play hard, play unselfish and they are going to guard. That's the way Billy did it as well, so I think the transition won't be difficult. "What Mark values is the same as what Billy valued. I am a big fan of Billy Gillispie and I'm a huge fan of Mark Turgeon." KANSAS ASSISTANT COACH DANNY MANNING: "I'm excited and happy for Mark and his family. I think it is a great hire for Texas A&M. Turg is going to be someone that when his teams step on the court they will be prepared to play at a very high level." NORTH CAROLINA COACH ROY WILLIAMS: “I am extremely happy for Mark and Texas A&M basketball. It is a wonderful match. Billy Gillispie did an outstanding job as an enthusiastic and hard-working coach and that is exactly what A&M is getting in Mark Turgeon. He is very intelligent, organized and competitive and has a tremendous passion for coaching. He truly enjoys working with young people and that is a characteristic you look for in an outstanding coach.”

So, thats what they decided to do with Brad Lidge.

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He is meeting with his old team in the morning to let them know he is leaving and why and then he is flying back to College Station after that.

Oh, and Coop, he has MSU in

Joe Lunardi, the basektball and bracketology expert has his first edition out for the 2008 March Madness. It is funny that in the second round that A&M and Kentucky would play, assuming they won their first game. I would love that chance! [Hidden Content]

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Hopefully he will last longer than the last coach did (one day)

I never really made a big deal about it. Go back and read my post on the thread talking about Gillispie leaving.

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Well, he was offered the OU job last year when it was open and when he turned it down he said he intended to be at Wichita St. for a long time.......

Mark Turgeon (born in Topeka, Kansas) is the head basketball coach of Wichita State University. As a college basketball player at the University of Kansas, Turgeon was known as a smart "coach on the floor" leader. That experience helped to groom him for his career as a head coach. College career In college at the University of Kansas, Turgeon was a reserve point guard on the 1986 Jayhawks team that went 35-4 and made it to the Final Four. A year after his graduation, he was an assistant coach on Larry Brown's staff for the 1988 National Championship team dubbed "Danny and the Miracles" due to the leadership of National Player of the Year Danny Manning. Turgeon remained on the Kansas staff when Roy Williams took over in 1989, coaching the junior varsity team. While at Kansas, Turgeon became the first player in Jayhawk history to ever play in four consecutive NCAA Tournaments. He was twice selected as team captain (1986 and 1987), was a Big Eight all-Academic performer (1986), a member of the 1986 team that made it to the Final Four and won the Big Eight Conference regular season and tournament championships, and was selected to the 1984 Big Eight all-Freshman team. During his career, Kansas posted a record of 108-33. Coaching career Turgeon was later an assistant coach at University of Oregon and later the University of Tennessee, under former Kansas assistant Jerry Green, who was the head coach at each stop, then as an assistant under Larry Brown for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers. Turgeon was hired for his first head coaching job at Jacksonville State in Alabama, but in 2000, he jumped back to his home state, taking over as the head coach of Wichita State. In the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Turgeon guided his 7th seeded Shocker team to the Sweet 16 after an upset of 2nd seeded Tennessee. Mark Turgeon and the Shockers started the 2006-2007 season off winning on the road at George Mason, LSU, and Syracuse. They reached the AP top ten on December 4, 2006.

Apparently when Bryne was the AD at Oregon, before leaving to be the AD at Nebraska, Turgeon was an Assistant coach at Oregon.

Was it something like this: Gone 2 UK- C-ya L8er

I might be going out on a limb here, but A&M appears to be set to name their new coach tomorrow. If I am wrong, then sorry. I am not sure about this hire, but we will see. Byrne talked to his friend Roy Williams (NC Coach) and this was the guy he was big on. He was an assistant coach at Kansas under Williams. Also, a big requirement for Byrne, as I said before is Texas ties. This guy recruits Texas well, with 7 of the players currently on his roster being from Texas.

Coop, I don't think you could do any worse than Lidge right now!