Gerry, whom do you think was a worse coach- Wissel or Stewart? I think Hal was worse because he took over a good team and drove it into the ground. Stewart inherited a mess and was in over his head. Hill was probably worse than either of them. -- Fordham Rams Basketball Message Board

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Date Posted: Mon March 21, 2005 14:32:09
Author: RAM71
Subject: Gerry, whom do you think was a worse coach- Wissel or Stewart? I think Hal was worse because he took over a good team and drove it into the ground. Stewart inherited a mess and was in over his head. Hill was probably worse than either of them.
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Wissel's problem was that he couldn't recruit. Hal was an idealistic guy, who had little relish for the down and dirty world of Big Time basketball. He was a decent Xs and Os guy. Stewart never proved he could coach and he was an unstable presence, something along the lines of Hill, i.e. one day one thing, next day another. Hill's recruiting strategy was always geared to what would get him back to the NBA fastest. He never wanted to be here, and never should have been. In Wissel's defense, he had some considerable success at Florida Southern, which I believe at the time was Division -II where he excelled at coaching non-scholarship players. (NT) -- Upstate Ram, Mon March 21, 2005 15:25:02
- Wissel could coach Xs and Os better than most, but was an incredibly naive recruiter. One year, he spent all his time recruiting a PSAL star from Brooklyn whose coach wouldn't release the kid's transcript. When Hal learned in May that the kid's academic average was 67 -- no prayer of admission -- he acted surprised. He won a D-II NCAA title at Fla. Southern, and is a quality NBA assistant, so he does know the game. Stewart was just nuts -- a screamer who could neither recruit nor coach. I understood we had pursued Oregon coach Dick Harter to replace Hal, and got his assistant palmed off on us instead. Set us back years. When Wissel left, we were a big-time, but mediocre/underachieving program. When Stewart left, we were a joke. I think Stewart was much worse than Wissel in nearly every way. (NT) -- John, Mon March 21, 2005 15:49:59

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