okay, we all know we've got someone special in krysko. two years, two ncaa appearances, and an incoming recruiting class that could be one of the best in the history of the school.
the guy can coach.
the guy can recruit.
his kids turn in a collective 3.2 g.p.a., a fact that does not go unnoticed by the commentators during a national telecast, which reminds you that krysko too was an honors student.
not only this, his teams seem to play better in big games. we make a great comeback after a disastrous start against washington in the ncaa tournament last spring, and this year, we go into flagstaff and and completely dismantle the lumberjacks in a championship game not nearly as close as the 13-point victory indicates. this win ups krysko's record in big sky playoff games to 5-0.
as if this weren't all enough, this is no carpetbagger coach we're talking about here. he's OUR guy, homegrown, a graduate of our own school, the most decorated player in the history of OUR beloved griz bb program.
if the guy has one weakness, it's those ties. (oh! those ties! but that can be fixed.)
if ANY other school ANYWHERE in the country found themselves in this coaching situation, they'd be thinking-acting-doing ANYTHING they POSSIBLY could to figure out a way to keep THEIR guy.
but at that one remaing school in the entire country, montana, we simply shrug our shoulders and say, well, shucks, he sure is a good coach, he'll be moving on soon--this year? next year? two years?--who knows when, who knows where--wyoming? no he'll never go to wyoming! pac ten? n.b.a.?-- but he'll be moving on, we'll sure miss you larry, we wish you the best, COME BACK AND SEE US SOMETIME!!
the irony here is, the very qualities that made krysko such a great player, and now such a great coach--his tenacity, his smarts, his willingness to overcome the odds of playing against much superior talent in the n.b.a.--are the very qualities we should be demonstrating right now in our efforts to keep him.
but aren't.
the irony is that if krysko were one of us in this situation, he'd figure out a way to keep that coach. he wouldn't feel any inferiority complex about being from montana. he'd know that montana is a special place--one of the most special in the entire country, a place you never get out of your system-- and that as a division 1 team, could compete against the best in the country. he'd be tenacious. he'd develop a strategy. he'd overcome the odds.
he'd get the job done.
but not us.
in a future part two of this post, i will lay out a strategy for keeping him.
the guy can coach.
the guy can recruit.
his kids turn in a collective 3.2 g.p.a., a fact that does not go unnoticed by the commentators during a national telecast, which reminds you that krysko too was an honors student.
not only this, his teams seem to play better in big games. we make a great comeback after a disastrous start against washington in the ncaa tournament last spring, and this year, we go into flagstaff and and completely dismantle the lumberjacks in a championship game not nearly as close as the 13-point victory indicates. this win ups krysko's record in big sky playoff games to 5-0.
as if this weren't all enough, this is no carpetbagger coach we're talking about here. he's OUR guy, homegrown, a graduate of our own school, the most decorated player in the history of OUR beloved griz bb program.
if the guy has one weakness, it's those ties. (oh! those ties! but that can be fixed.)
if ANY other school ANYWHERE in the country found themselves in this coaching situation, they'd be thinking-acting-doing ANYTHING they POSSIBLY could to figure out a way to keep THEIR guy.
but at that one remaing school in the entire country, montana, we simply shrug our shoulders and say, well, shucks, he sure is a good coach, he'll be moving on soon--this year? next year? two years?--who knows when, who knows where--wyoming? no he'll never go to wyoming! pac ten? n.b.a.?-- but he'll be moving on, we'll sure miss you larry, we wish you the best, COME BACK AND SEE US SOMETIME!!
the irony here is, the very qualities that made krysko such a great player, and now such a great coach--his tenacity, his smarts, his willingness to overcome the odds of playing against much superior talent in the n.b.a.--are the very qualities we should be demonstrating right now in our efforts to keep him.
but aren't.
the irony is that if krysko were one of us in this situation, he'd figure out a way to keep that coach. he wouldn't feel any inferiority complex about being from montana. he'd know that montana is a special place--one of the most special in the entire country, a place you never get out of your system-- and that as a division 1 team, could compete against the best in the country. he'd be tenacious. he'd develop a strategy. he'd overcome the odds.
he'd get the job done.
but not us.
in a future part two of this post, i will lay out a strategy for keeping him.
