Men's Basketball Coach and Player of Year

With the MAC Tournament starting this week, it is also awards season in the MAC.  Don't expect to see too much for the Falcons this season....but the Player of the Year is David Kool and the Coach of the Year is Geno Ford.

Both are fine picks.  I like the Ford pick a little bit better.  Not only did his team finish the season in dominant fashion, but he showed some coaching moxie in benching his starters after some lackluster play and he really seems to have found a way to motivate them.  He is, by all appearances, a really solid coach.  Keith Dambrot, in contrast, had a team that started ahead of Kent and finished behind.

As for Kool...he is certainly a good player.  He is more than a scorer, and I don't quibble with the choice at all.  He carries his team on his back when it is needed.  Still, I sometimes think that this award ends up being for the best scorer, and I'm not sure Chris Singletary is not the better, more complete, and more valuable player.  If you were starting a team, who would you pick first?