Another Williams in the ACC

At least another ROY Williams protege as Maryland hired Mark Turgeon to succeed recently retired legend GARY Williams. 

I think Maryland got this one right, and not just because Turgeon is a former Kansas player and assistant to both 'ol Roy and Larry Brown.  He seems to be the kind of hard working young coach who has recruited and won at places - Wichita and College Station - that are challenging locales.  And though he is relatively young, 46, he has a long track record at two biggish schools (Wichita State and Texas A&M) unlike recent ACC hires like Dave Leito, Tony Bennett, or Frank Haith.

In general there seems to have been a nice upgrade in the ACC coaching ranks, with Brad Brownell at Clemson, Brian Gregory at Georgia Tech, and now Turgeon; I'm not as crazy about Wake's coach or Mark Gottfried at State or hiring a 62-year old Jim Larranga at the U).

One last thing.  In today's Post Mike Wise thinks hiring Turgeon is settling on someone not named Jay Wright (one final four though good looking), Jamie Dixon (zero final fours but also good looking) or Sean Miller (no final fours).  His column is another reminder how reading that guy is a waste of time.

The Post sports page is transitioning, with no more Kornheiser or Wilbon but it still - thankfully - has a still excellent Tom Boswell - and The Slouch on Monday!  Jason Reid, a former Dodgers beat writer, has been a great addition but Wise generally stinks while excelling at writing smug and self conscious columns that generally lack insight or wit, and stay with you for as long as it takes to recycle the paper.