Meet Sean Miller, Childhood Ballhandling Sensation and TV Star
by Ben Broman on May 7, 2011 9:38 PM EDT
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PrintMaryland is deep in negotiations with Arizona's Sean Miller for their head coaching vacancy. But you already knew that. And you probably already knew that he's a great recruiter and a great coach. What you might not have already known is his special, secret skill: back when Miller was an adolescent, he was a basketball ballhandling prodigy.
How much of a prodigy, you ask? Well, he was on ESPN when he was 12. And he was on the Johnny Carson Show - the Johnny Carson Show! - when he was just 14. But don't take my word for it. We have video evidence, both of his amazing dribbling ability and awesome western Pennsylvania accent.
My head is nearly exploding from the awesomeness of it. I wonder if he still has those skills.
Anyway, still no word. But you can just watch those on repeat for a half hour or so and you'll probably feel better. I just broke out the Red Bull, so I'm in this one for the long run.
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This is what it has come to...
I’ll watch these, watch the Gary videos, read every single comment, and keep refreshing like a beast.
I gotta be honest
it’s gonna be tough to get anything done tomorrow. I’m just gonna keep refreshing and not be productive at all
People are starting to tweet
that it’s official, still haven’t seen anything concrete….
I like Turtles!
check that
starting to tweet it’s official all over again
I like Turtles!
There was a post from the
SF examiner or some pac-10/12 city also saying it was done.
I like Turtles!
I'm still guarded
AZ Boards have gone back to a sense of confidence that he’ll at least come back to Tucson tonight and be brought back into the fold by his players/AD. Ugh.
One thing is for sure
Their AD Byrne is a dead man walking…regardless of how this plays out.
BEN
I love that you just cracked a redbull I’m in this for the longhaul also lets fucking get this guy tonight
by terp121 on May 7, 2011 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I worked in a little nap earlier so I could stick it out for the long haul tonight
I’m all in!
by TerpMasterX on May 7, 2011 10:11 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Ugh, part of me wants to go to sleep
and wake up with a new HC, it’s the waiting that’s killing me
I like Turtles!
For me, I just want to go to sleep
#sogoddamntired
by Maryland Pride on May 7, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like they are giving live updates ever 10 minutes or so...
They just had a columnist from AZ on…
by TerpMasterX on May 7, 2011 10:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Amy Miller
Sean’s wife just took down her twitter account…
Who actually follows the coach's wife's twitter?
by Maryland Pride on May 7, 2011 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe the coach's son is the equivolent of Austin Rivers
I’m not a twitter guy, but I can see why someone would follow Rivers.
by Maryland Pride on May 7, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t “follow” either.
But if you can jump from one to another based on who each account follows…
I found Amy’s because somebody on an AZ board said she was complaining about the desert/weather…which she was. All day people have been tweeting her from Arizona asking her to say. She’s gained followers from like 70 to 200+ today. Like 30 minutes ago her timeline (previous tweets) were all gone.
She follows her son, who DID tweet for “everyone to chill” like 5 hours ago. But then that tweet was deleted.
Ooh, possibly...
Ben, what are the chances that this is accurate? :)
by TerpMasterX on May 7, 2011 10:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Dunno
But remember that Kirk Herbstreit’s life was made a living hell by tOSU fans and they forced him off Twitter. Could happen.
What happened to Kirk?
My memory’s failing me.
They think he's a fake Buckeye
He tends to go a little overcritical of them to maintain his objectivity. They think it means he hates them, so they give him crap and call him fake when he doesn’t go full-on homer on TV.
He called them out about the whole Tatgate thing and they responded by Twitterbombing him and harrassing him when he went out in Columbus. I remember reading stories about him not being able to go to dinner w/o people coming up to him and insulting him.
He actually moved out of Columbus.
I forgot where to, but that is sad.
by 1 proud terp on May 7, 2011 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
For me,
southparkstudios.com. checking TT during commercial breaks. #hellafunny
by Maryland Pride on May 7, 2011 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
is awesome
the humor is fantastic, but its hard to play at 11:00 at night, when your tired you miss the simplest things
Checking from the droid every few
But I’m out. Hope the cell service keeps up
Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller
by John Stephens on May 7, 2011 11:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
hopefully
when we get another coach he will stay for 20+ years so we don’t have to go on this roller coaster again for a while
Would rec if I wasn’t on a smart phone
Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller
by John Stephens on May 7, 2011 11:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Sean Miller is the Man!
as long as he doesn’t bail out on us
Ohhhh man....
the last thread I remember like this was the Mike Leach one. Hope this isn’t bad mojo
It's pretty sick
I’m on Window right now. I can’t decide what song is my favorite. The plot is crazy though
Yessssssssssssssssss
Seeing them live in Baltimore the 19th :)
by Buddha Brown on May 7, 2011 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I would like to think UMD fans would be better
But I think there’s always a subset of fans at any school that are dicks.
I feel bad for a coaches family
always in the spotlight and under scrutiny…Although it may be sweet at times having random strangers post on your twitter calling you and your family traitors must be rough
Starting to get late.....
What the latest time that an announcement could come out tonight?
3 hours behind us
But, yeah, I’m not sure stuff would be released as much as leaked out first the longer this gets dragged out…
It's amazing to see that Miller
was able to show his basketball tricks in the early days of ESPN. Many of the top coaches right now don’t have videos showing their skills before they hit puberty. Wonder if he can still juggle the ball like that today. Wouldn’t surprise me if he got right back into it after a couple weeks of practice.
Miller as a kid reminds me of one of the young boys who was a halftime act at Wizards games a couple years ago, but Miller was a little bit older than the kid at the Verizon Center.
Good question, Womp Womp.
It’s 8:42 in Tuscon, I think (AZ doesn’t follow daylight savings time except for the Navajo reservation).
by Jason Middlekauff on May 7, 2011 11:43 PM EDT reply actions
im going to bed
but for all you people staying up, check out gregg doyel’s latest “oddcast” if you are looking to pass the time. Its linked on his twitter page, not too far down. the whole thing is 40 minutes long, but they only talk about Gary for the first 10 minutes of it.
He seems to have some level respect for Gary, even though he hated the whole yelling at the bench players/assistant coaches during the game. this surprised me at first, but I realize now that he wasn’t going to talk bad about Gary this soon after his retirement.
Random thought
What if Miller (or whoever ends up with the job) doesn’t want Gary’s recruits; i.e., Cleare, Faust, Gibbs, Breunig, even JA. Maybe he would want the scholarships for his own recruits to shape the team in a different way than Gary. I would think Bino loses some staying power if Cleare’s not in the picture.
I'd be surprised if he forced them out
And technically, he can’t. He can tell them he doesn’t want them, but then it’s up to them to act on that information.
Again, I doubt he’d do that. It’s a great way to make enemies. A better way of purging the roster is to wait a year and not give the guys you want to transfer any PT.
It's about 9 p.m. on the Left Coast
What are the odds of any legitimate information coming out tonight?
These aren't quick processes
It could happen. If it hits 11:00 over there and there’s stil nothing, then it’s probably dead for tonight.
Switch to the THIRD link
GUS JOHNSON IS CALLING THAT FEED
Shit
Byrne just tweeted Miller is staying
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU
fuck me
Greg_Byrne Greg Byrne
Breaking news: Internet speculation wrong. Sean Miller is staying at Arizona as our hoops coach. #BearDown
whos Greg Byrne again?
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!
smoke'em if ya got'em!
by Daniel Hamilton on May 8, 2011 12:25 AM EDT reply actions
To all of those who made asses of themselves on Arizona sites:
Mouth. Foot. Go.
So where do we go next?
Damn
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!
smoke'em if ya got'em!
by Daniel Hamilton on May 8, 2011 12:27 AM EDT reply actions
this is ridiculous
I understand how he could stay, but how could the coverage be so one sided, and then this happens? talk about a complete 180
I know there was reports that money wasn't an issue
But AZ had to up the ante
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!
smoke'em if ya got'em!
by Daniel Hamilton on May 8, 2011 12:32 AM EDT reply actions
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