For all of you TF lovers I have one question for you...how can a man that has NEVER coached his team (any team) past the Sweet 16 be considered a "great" coach?
Huh? FYI, Orr never coached any of his ISU teams past the Sweet 16 either!
Why do you feel a coach has to get his team into the Elite Eight or better in order to be considered "great"? Do you feel like we are on par with North Carolina and Kentucky where NCAA tournament runs are a dime a dozen? Seems like a silly, unrealistic benchmark to me.
But Orr did coach his Michigan team in 1976 to the Championship game...losing to conference rival Indiana...the Big 10 was loaded back then.
I just think the word "great" is thrown around a little too casually. If Floyd were truly great he would have made it past the Sweet 16 at least one time for as long as he has been a head coach in college BB.