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DB's ECU Preview: The Return of Big Mack
by districtballer on Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:29 pm
VRam said:That would be Kenny Stancell.
Pavarotti said:Naw, Mack and I go way back. I'll pick on him a little, but won't give him the Blaine treatment.
Besides, me dressing like Mack would be way too easy.
I used to joke that the main reason Coach Mack kept me around was so that he would have somebody standing behind him at games (and next to him at the buffet) who made him look average sized.
BigE said:
VCU4LIFE said:The paragraph addressing that in DB's write-up is pretty accurate. I for one certainly liked him and think he deserves more credit than he gets for our turn-around as a program.
We were TERRIBLE prior to him coming in. I think the guys he brough in here were the guys that he had to bring in here to get us going in the right direction in the W-L columns. Sure there were some bad apples with regards to character, but we started to win pretty quickly. Bo Jones, LaMar Taylor, Willie Taylor, etc. were some of the best athletes we have ever seen in a VCU uniform.
He got us back to a certain level of respect and competitive ability, and then was asked to leave and we brought in someone who was able to take us to the next level.
Again, I really don't think Mack gets the credit he deserves for helping to bring the VCU men's basketball program back from the dead!
fmrick said:Dance team, getting the band up to par, expanding access for donors...
He did a lot of good things that have helped us get to where we are today. I was once told that when he moved here he had a list of things that HAD to be done or he was not coming. Lots of those things are that make us special today. Maybe he would be a better AD than coach.
But I also saw the dark side a time or two; things I won't post. More than once I felt sorry for a player after witnessing a Mac ass-chewing. Most importantly, it is hard to recruit players when the assistants have to do everything possible to keep the Head Coach away from them, and keep them away from the current players so they can't tell the recruits about the Head coach!
Still, he has always been nice to me. I won't cheer or boo when he is announced. A nice ur type clap will be appropriate.