Mark Montieth: Faltering footsteps: Allen among well-meaning but eccentric coaches who fail to find long-term success

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5 thoughts on “Mark Montieth: Faltering footsteps: Allen among well-meaning but eccentric coaches who fail to find long-term success

  1. Excellent summation of the situation. Mark, you have dared ‘enter’ and identify the core prevailing problem. Amazingly, on this off-Saturday I was thinking about IU and Allen even before fortunately finding this ‘requiem’. I see Allen as a hard working, lifelong member of the PGA….a club pro. He makes sure the pro shop is stocked and swept. That tee times for members are charted, that the greenskeeper has his crew out there mowing and raking. Over the years, this 56 year old professional has entered statewide tournaments, occasionally coming in the top 5. His dream 35 years earlier was to be walking the fairways of Augusta going against the likes of Freddy Couples. Can’t now, he has to get ready for the kids clinic on the range in 30 minutes.

  2. Mark. You have nailed it on this one. These guys just weren’t/aren’t really good coaches as evidenced by their records after they left their marquee job. The rah rah hyper active mentality masks over their coaching deficiencies unfortunately. Allen never should have had the contract extensions that came his way. No way does he save his job. As much as I loved Cody Zoeller he did Hoosier fans a disservice by coming to IU. He gave Crean an extra few years on the Hoosiers sidelines that he never deserved.

  3. These rah/rah, sis-ko-ba type coaches remind me of a lot of corporate management types today. They come at you with all this rah-rah crap to hide the fact they don’t know what they are doing.

  4. College football is on the verge of distinction, the NIL and the transfer portal is responsible.

    There will be 8 Super teams and the rest will be relegated to JV!

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