posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:38 PM by mike.hlas

Two Dolphs, and a True Alford Believer

Old Mike spent Tuesday night in the warmth and safety of his home, listening to Internet streaming audio and good old-fashioned AM radio.

I heard Drake's rollercoaster ride of a tough 1-point loss to Bradley via Internet, and Iowa's rally from a hideous hole in edging Northwestern 53-51 thanks to good old WMT-AM. Drake commentator Dolph Pulliam was a lot more upbeat than Iowa play-by-play guy Gary Dolphin for most of the night, but Dolphin's team got the win and Dolph's blue leather suit finally produced no good luck at Drake's Knapp Center.

Iowa and Drake have vastly different records, but both have this in common: They each have a few games left they can lose. Drake goes to Butler Saturday. Iowa visits Michigan State. Tough duty for both.

Meanwhile, there's this from Richard Stevens of the Albuquerque Tribune urging Indiana to hire New Mexico Coach Steve Alford to replace soon-to-be-deposed Kelvin Sampson:

http://abqtrib.com/news/2008/feb/19/richard-stevens-alfords-indiana-return-destiny/

I don't care how difficult it may be to use the "comments" feature of this blog, you good people have to have something to say about this.







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# re: Two Dolphs, and a True Alford Believer

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:29 AM by Dale
Alford a better coach than Bob Knight? I don't think so. Or did he use the word "today" as a qualifier? Wiggle room there, I suppose.

And this New Mexico team is something special? Twenty wins, sure, but against whom?

The guy loves Alford, that's evident -- today.



# re: Two Dolphs, and a True Alford Believer

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:56 PM by OJ Hawkeye
I'm not enough of a basketball expert to opinion on how good a coach Bobby Knight was. But I wonder if he was successful at basketball because he was a good coach, or because he is a bully. If he is a bully, then maybe Alford is the better basketball coach.