tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10389503.post-91496750487934056822008-03-24T12:03:00.000-05:002008-03-24T12:03:00.000-05:00I cried when Al McGuire died, and rewatched the championship and semifinal several times, went to the play - but saying there should be ANY thought of firing Crean because he doesn't measure up to McGuire is crazy. It's like saying we need to bench McNeal because he doesn't measure up to D. Wade. Crean has coached a team not made up of five-star players to incredible success in the Big East. Consider this, in Al McGuire's first 9 seasons MU went 14-13 against ranked opponents, counting tournament games. So McGuire had to get MU up for 3 ranked opponents a year. In Crean's first 9 seasons MU is 27-30 against ranked opponents - so he is playing more than 8 ranked opponents a year. I'm sure he'd be having 30-4 seasons if we were still an Independent and only had to get up for 3 ranked opponents each season, but the fact is we are in a war almost every game out and the results are outstanding. I'm sure no one is as sick about that last shot rolling in with Lopez lying on the floor as Crean, but give the guy credit. Outside of not being able to lure a legit bigman since Jackson, I don't see what you can fault him on.BamaMUFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09605275193103020437noreply@blogger.com