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Great hire for them, Monson returns to the Spokane area where he helped to start off Gonzaga's run back in the '90s. Logie's decision to turn down WSU certainly had some interesting carryon effects!

I agree with you … a great hire. EWU broke with it’s recent trend and hired someone outside the program.

MSU01 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:45 pm

Great hire for them, Monson returns to the Spokane area where he helped to start off Gonzaga's run back in the '90s. Logie's decision to turn down WSU certainly had some interesting carryon effects!

and his dad was Don Monson who coached a few years at idaho and won the BSC in 1981 and 1982. with a sweet 16 appearance, the only one for the BSC.

i was at u of i then and enjoyed playing pickup games with a few of the players at the gym. nothing like getting your ass handed to you on a plate in Memorial Gym.

Montanabob wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:43 am

MSU01 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:45 pm

Great hire for them, Monson returns to the Spokane area where he helped to start off Gonzaga's run back in the '90s. Logie's decision to turn down WSU certainly had some interesting carryon effects!

and his dad was Don Monson who coached a few years at idaho and won the BSC in 1981 and 1982. with a sweet 16 appearance, the only one for the BSC.

i was at u of i then and enjoyed playing pickup games with a few of the players at the gym. nothing like getting your ass handed to you on a plate in Memorial Gym.

The 1976-77 Idaho State team defeated UCLA in the Sweet 16.

imacat wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:01 pm

Montanabob wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:43 am

MSU01 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:45 pm

Great hire for them, Monson returns to the Spokane area where he helped to start off Gonzaga's run back in the '90s. Logie's decision to turn down WSU certainly had some interesting carryon effects!

and his dad was Don Monson who coached a few years at idaho and won the BSC in 1981 and 1982. with a sweet 16 appearance, the only one for the BSC.

i was at u of i then and enjoyed playing pickup games with a few of the players at the gym. nothing like getting your ass handed to you on a plate in Memorial Gym.

The 1976-77 Idaho State team defeated UCLA in the Sweet 16.

oops forgot about the other idaho

Saw earlier today that EUpee-yew hired Dan Monson as their new head basketball coach. Hard to say that isn’t a great get for their program.

Monson, of course, is pretty well known for launching the Gonzaga dynasty (leading them to the Elite 8 in ‘99). But maybe more recently he is known for being fired at Long Beach St and then running the table to win the Big West taking the Beach to the NCAA Tournament this year.

It’ll be interesting to see if he is able to retain any EWU talent that is currently in the portal in addition to adding any of his dudes that are in the portal from LBS.

All-in-all a good get for the conference. But I fear those clowns in Cheney might not be going away anytime soon

Hmmm, a good coach on the downside of his career coming back home. It's almost like Eastern got tired of losing their younger coaches every few years and went with somebody older that wanted to stay in that area.

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:28 am

Hmmm, a good coach on the downside of his career coming back home. It's almost like Eastern got tired of losing their younger coaches every few years and went with somebody older that wanted to stay in that area.

We will see, got fired so might be all he could get and could still move if opportunity arises.

tetoncat wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:02 am

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:28 am

Hmmm, a good coach on the downside of his career coming back home. It's almost like Eastern got tired of losing their younger coaches every few years and went with somebody older that wanted to stay in that area.

We will see, got fired so might be all he could get and could still move if opportunity arises.

And still won the conference tourney after getting fired. He is a good coach and I think he will build EWU up once again.

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Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:53 am

tetoncat wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:02 am

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:28 am

Hmmm, a good coach on the downside of his career coming back home. It's almost like Eastern got tired of losing their younger coaches every few years and went with somebody older that wanted to stay in that area.

We will see, got fired so might be all he could get and could still move if opportunity arises.

And still won the conference tourney after getting fired. He is a good coach and I think he will build EWU up once again.

Wasn't saying not a good coach. More your point of a coach on downside of career, coming home, and might stay. If successful he could get plucked away as well, just have to see. Just don't think it was his choice to be looking. Might be content now since was fired.

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Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:17 pm

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:53 am

tetoncat wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:02 am

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:28 am

Hmmm, a good coach on the downside of his career coming back home. It's almost like Eastern got tired of losing their younger coaches every few years and went with somebody older that wanted to stay in that area.

We will see, got fired so might be all he could get and could still move if opportunity arises.

And still won the conference tourney after getting fired. He is a good coach and I think he will build EWU up once again.

Wasn't saying not a good coach. More your point of a coach on downside of career, coming home, and might stay. If successful he could get plucked away as well, just have to see. Just don't think it was his choice to be looking. Might be content now since was fired.

I know, I was just commenting on how well he did last season. I think EWU hit a home run there. Time will tell though

Montanabob wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:11 pm

imacat wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:01 pm

Montanabob wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:43 am

MSU01 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:45 pm

Great hire for them, Monson returns to the Spokane area where he helped to start off Gonzaga's run back in the '90s. Logie's decision to turn down WSU certainly had some interesting carryon effects!

and his dad was Don Monson who coached a few years at idaho and won the BSC in 1981 and 1982. with a sweet 16 appearance, the only one for the BSC.

i was at u of i then and enjoyed playing pickup games with a few of the players at the gym. nothing like getting your ass handed to you on a plate in Memorial Gym.

The 1976-77 Idaho State team defeated UCLA in the Sweet 16.

oops forgot about the other idaho

A few other BSC teams made the Sweet 16 "back in the day". UM almost beat UCLA in 1975 in the Sweet 16, and UCLA went on to win the championship which was John Woodens last title. Weber made the Sweet 16 at least once, maybe a couple times, in the 70s and early 80s. The BSC used to be much more competitive back then. I don't really understand why that's changed so drastically.

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Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:10 pm

Montanabob wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:11 pm

imacat wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:01 pm

Montanabob wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:43 am

MSU01 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:45 pm

Great hire for them, Monson returns to the Spokane area where he helped to start off Gonzaga's run back in the '90s. Logie's decision to turn down WSU certainly had some interesting carryon effects!

and his dad was Don Monson who coached a few years at idaho and won the BSC in 1981 and 1982. with a sweet 16 appearance, the only one for the BSC.

i was at u of i then and enjoyed playing pickup games with a few of the players at the gym. nothing like getting your ass handed to you on a plate in Memorial Gym.

The 1976-77 Idaho State team defeated UCLA in the Sweet 16.

oops forgot about the other idaho

A few other BSC teams made the Sweet 16 "back in the day". UM almost beat UCLA in 1975 in the Sweet 16, and UCLA went on to win the championship which was John Woodens last title. Weber made the Sweet 16 at least once, maybe a couple times, in the 70s and early 80s. The BSC used to be much more competitive back then. I don't really understand why that's changed so drastically.

The 1981-82 Idaho team was ranked No. 8 in nation in both the AP and Coaches poll.