The University of Houston has to have outstanding basketball software.
Some people have been pronouncing it for many years.
Guy Lewis built it. Others allow it to slip.
The miracle work Lewis did cannot be overstated, as you can see from what I’ve written about him over time. As Houston’s city developed into this mega city with a down-home sense and international flavor, I think it needs to be smooth to put splendid men’s basketball groups on the ground at UH.
There are too many notable players and an excessive amount of ardor for big-time college basketball here for there to have been so many down years for the Cougars. Prevailing programs are being run in worse locales and conditions than in Houston. Losing right here is inexcusable.
The list of motives (dying of the SWC, upward thrust of the Big 12, and many others) that begat the downward spiral became a list of sad excuses (poor centers, small-time conference affiliations, questionable education hires, disinterested fan base) that persevered it. When word got here that Kelvin Sampson had become employed, I did not doubt that day like Sunday, when UH earned a No. Three seeds into the NCAA Tournament were on the horizon.
I will never overlook the welcome banquet before Sampson’s first season.
Coach Lewis became there and felt top. It became apparent to us all that something special was about to appear.
Oh, I’ve been enthusiastic about UH coaching hires before, then let down by using their performance and the assistance they have been given, or no longer given, through the college.
The support became going to return for Sampson. He demanded it.
His overall performance is going to be awesome. We’re talking about one of the high-quality coaches in this technology.
He is a professional tactician and a grasp motivator—a pure winner.
Always has been; it constantly will be.
Sampson, sixty-three, brings a heart that youngsters either relate to or get burned by. Either way, they study beneath his tutelage.
I don’t know how long he desires to try this, but UH will be fun to look at as long as he is around.
Ultimately, the cool factor is that a person has proved that UH can be terrific.
Guy Lewis made it super.
Kelvin Sampson is making it brilliant again.
This time, it has to be much simpler to sustain.
