tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698354.post7744492548787376529..comments2023-10-28T04:05:22.242-04:00Comments on Mount Fan Blog: My reaction to the Robert Burke hiringTheFanBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929471596058829115noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698354.post-12909665224233587832010-05-10T19:32:18.291-04:002010-05-10T19:32:18.291-04:00I was wrong about guessing how long RMU would take...I was wrong about guessing how long RMU would take to replace Ratface. Please refer to my post about the correlation between the time it takes to replace a coach with the results. Mount wins!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698354.post-30892268887474679202010-05-09T10:14:01.316-04:002010-05-09T10:14:01.316-04:00Took Holy Cross the same number of days to hire Mi...Took Holy Cross the same number of days to hire Milan as MSM took to hire Burke. Has been about a week since we knew Rice was going to Rutgers. Probably will take them about the same time to identify someone new. Sort of makes me think we were overanxious with many of our comments concerning the length of time MSM spent in the process.<br /><br />Garvey Young is a good player, but if he transfers I guess he is out for a year. I suspect there will be two phases to the new recruitment approach. <br /><br />Initially, a player or two for the coming year, culled from the unsigned (or recently decommitted) pool of availables.<br /><br />Then, starting 2011, we will see the ability and style of the new coach as he gets his first chance to do his own recruiting.<br /><br />Only then will I get the first feel for how talented Burke might be in that phase of the management of the team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698354.post-15492452884331955362010-05-08T01:16:55.278-04:002010-05-08T01:16:55.278-04:00I’ve been a fan of both the Mount and UMBC for the...I’ve been a fan of both the Mount and UMBC for the last 30 years. I don’t remember Coach Burke, but if he started at UMBC in ‘88 then he came in with Coach Earl Hawkins who took over for Jeff Bzdelik. The ’88 team, which consisted entirely of Bzdelik’s players, was good, but the team hit a dry spell for the rest of Burke’s tenure. Some nice players did come through the program during that time, but probably no one I would consider a top 10 player at the school in the last 30 years. That being said, his stop at UMBC was early in his career and he has been very successful since then. I wish him the best and I think he will do well here.<br />On another note I’d like to see Coach use his DC connections to try to land Garvey Young, who recently left the University of Vermont; allegedly to play closer to home (DC). Young is a lock-down defender and would seem to fit the Mount style of play.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011818388041155639noreply@blogger.com