{"id":1217,"date":"2011-05-27T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T23:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2011-05-27T16:07:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T23:07:23","slug":"omg-larry-brown-not-good-enough-for-tim-curley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/omg-larry-brown-not-good-enough-for-tim-curley\/","title":{"rendered":"OMG: Larry Brown not good enough for Tim Curley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stunning, stunning development reported by Dave Jones:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s not as if Penn State is adrift in stacked resumes seeking its men&#8217;s basketball head coaching position, especially considering that the search is going on in late May. PSU athletics director Tim Curley will end up with, at best, some up-n-comer mid-major coach or someone who&#8217;s been out of the game awhile.<\/p>\n<p>So, it was with much interest when I learned that Curley spoke to none other than Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown on Thursday night. That would be the same Larry Brown who&#8217;s the only coach ever to win both an NCAA (Kansas, 1988) and NBA (Detroit, 2004) championship.<\/p>\n<p>And I was even more intrigued to learn that Curley told Brown without much fanfare that PSU was set on going in a different direction. Why? Because Brown didn&#8217;t have any recent college experience.<\/p>\n<p>Stunned? What could stun me or anyone else anymore about the dysfunctional entity that is PSU hoops?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Honestly, after 30 years, I am ready to throw in the towel. We just don&#8217;t want to be good.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pennlive.com\/davidjones\/2011\/05\/call_set_up_between_larry_brow.html\">Call set up between Larry Brown and Tim Curley goes nowhere; PSU&#8217;s hoop search continues | PennLive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stunning, stunning development reported by Dave Jones: It&#8217;s not as if Penn State is adrift in stacked resumes seeking its men&#8217;s basketball head coaching position, especially considering that the search is going on in late May. PSU athletics director Tim Curley will end up with, at best, some up-n-comer mid-major coach or someone who&#8217;s been &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/omg-larry-brown-not-good-enough-for-tim-curley\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;OMG: Larry Brown not good enough for Tim Curley&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>OMG: Larry Brown not good enough for Tim Curley - PennStateHoops.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/omg-larry-brown-not-good-enough-for-tim-curley\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OMG: Larry Brown not good enough for Tim Curley - PennStateHoops.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stunning, stunning development reported by Dave Jones: It&#8217;s not as if Penn State is adrift in stacked resumes seeking its men&#8217;s basketball head coaching position, especially considering that the search is going on in late May. 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