Now everyone just hold your horses...
Bernsen has been getting bashed on this message board because of his past, and maybe (or maybe not) for good reason. Maybe he did have a few rough edges in the past; maybe they were blown out of porportion. Who cares? Now he begins a NEW chapter with the MACC Greyhounds. Regardless of what has happened in the past, he is now Moberly's head basketball coach.
As far as I'm concerned, Bernsen is 1-0 at Moberly. He won the head coaching position from 55 other applicants. The Board at MACC sat through extensive interviews and determined that this was the right man for the job. To be selected by this committee - who, I might add, also hired Seifert and Smith over the past decade - says something to me. I trust their judgement, and so now I trust Bernsen. He's given me no reason to doubt him at this point, and I will not until he gives me reason otherwise.
As for the rest of Region XVI, I wouldn't get too excited yet either. You've still got to deal with Gibbs, Smith, Hardaway, Wise, Burke, Gant and another freshman class that is just as solid as the preceeding. Need I go on? As long as this guy just gives them the ball, we're in good hands.
One more note, Bernsen has been around a lot of D-I ball. He was in charge of recruiting at Murray State and SMS when they both went to the Big Dance in the 80s and 90s. He can recruit!
Bernsen has been getting bashed on this message board because of his past, and maybe (or maybe not) for good reason. Maybe he did have a few rough edges in the past; maybe they were blown out of porportion. Who cares? Now he begins a NEW chapter with the MACC Greyhounds. Regardless of what has happened in the past, he is now Moberly's head basketball coach.
As far as I'm concerned, Bernsen is 1-0 at Moberly. He won the head coaching position from 55 other applicants. The Board at MACC sat through extensive interviews and determined that this was the right man for the job. To be selected by this committee - who, I might add, also hired Seifert and Smith over the past decade - says something to me. I trust their judgement, and so now I trust Bernsen. He's given me no reason to doubt him at this point, and I will not until he gives me reason otherwise.
As for the rest of Region XVI, I wouldn't get too excited yet either. You've still got to deal with Gibbs, Smith, Hardaway, Wise, Burke, Gant and another freshman class that is just as solid as the preceeding. Need I go on? As long as this guy just gives them the ball, we're in good hands.
One more note, Bernsen has been around a lot of D-I ball. He was in charge of recruiting at Murray State and SMS when they both went to the Big Dance in the 80s and 90s. He can recruit!
