2016 Coaching Carousel

[Second and Chalmers]

I think he was a good recruiter, but slightly over hyped. He got Lawson, but him and his brother are from Memphis and I believe he had to hire their dad to get them to come.

I think there is lots of evidence that the bloom was coming off the Pastner rose on the recruiting front over the past couple of years as it became clearer and clearer what a fraud he is as a coach.

Not unlike the Ron Zook situation here, really.

I anticipate him being a failure on the recruiting front at Georgia Tech.

 

[Sal Iacuzzo]

He landed Lawson cause he hired his dad. He also got gift wrapped a program that top 15 at the time, and now it dropped a lot.

Anyways, since Tubby is a better coach, he will coach up the talent that is on the roster.

There are still the four other five star players he recruited. I agree Tubby is a better coach, but not worth the price. I think Memphis will be better in the short term, but their program will remain at the same level until they bring in a coach of higher caliber. This is a guy Bruce Weber absolutely owned, Memphis would have been better off hiring him and could have saved themselves some money.

 

[Bomb Squad 217]

I think there is lots of evidence that the bloom was coming off the Pastner rose on the recruiting front over the past couple of years as it became clearer and clearer what a fraud he is as a coach.

Not unlike the Ron Zook situation here, really.

I anticipate him being a failure on the recruiting front at Georgia Tech.

I totally agree.

 

[Newman]

All in all, it seems like it's been a pretty quiet coaching carousel this year, with not too many major changes. Any word on any NBA teams looking for college coaches?

 

[Sal Iacuzzo]

I have to think Marvin Menzies is the most likely choice for the UNLV job.

 

[Second and Chalmers]

I have to think Marvin Menzies is the most likely choice for the UNLV job.

That would make a lot of sense.

 

[ThreatLevelMidnight]

All in all, it seems like it's been a pretty quiet coaching carousel this year, with not too many major changes. Any word on any NBA teams looking for college coaches?

Other way around. Supposedly George Karl is interested in the UNLV job. Already has been in contact with the school, according to tweets.

 

[Sal Iacuzzo]

that would be a very lovie esque hire

 

[HuskerIllini]

Other way around. Supposedly George Karl is interested in the UNLV job. Already has been in contact with the school, according to tweets.

Seems like a homerun hire

 

[Second and Chalmers]

that would be a very lovie esque hire

The age and health history are a good bit different, but the credibility injection is similar. You get guys to buy into what he wants to do, and Karl is an awesome coach.

 

[Deleted member 10676]

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 3m3 minutes ago UNLV and New Mexico State coach Marvin Menzies have verbally agreed to deal, source told ESPN.

 

[illininks]

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 3m3 minutes ago UNLV and New Mexico State coach Marvin Menzies have verbally agreed to deal, source told ESPN.

Looks like he inherited a decent program at NM State but kept it going for 8 years. Not George Karl kind of splash but a program as bad as UNLV could definitely do worse, pretty good hire on paper.

 

[FeelYourPaign]

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 3m3 minutes ago UNLV and New Mexico State coach Marvin Menzies have verbally agreed to deal, source told ESPN.

Boy, that was fast

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

Boy, that was fast

He was runner-up to Beard when he got hired. When Beard decided to head to Lubbock, UNLV just had to put in a call and see if Menzies was still interested.

 

[IlliniBrave75]

Laker's Head Coach - this would get the coaching carousel moving again!

Jeff Borzello‏@jeffborzello15h15 hours ago
Per @ramonashelburne, Kevin Ollie, Jay Wright, Roy Williams, Tom Izzo and John Calipari among potential names

 

[IAmChrisFarley]

Laker's Head Coach - this would get the coaching carousel moving again!

Jeff Borzello‏@jeffborzello15h15 hours ago
Per @ramonashelburne, Kevin Ollie, Jay Wright, Roy Williams, Tom Izzo and John Calipari among potential names

Ollie seems like a better fit for the NBA then college. But Luke Walton is going to la.

 

[AnticipatedSerendipity]

But Luke Walton is going to la.

He is LA's best choice but I'd say it's far from an absolute

 

[IAmChrisFarley]

He is LA's best choice but I'd say it's far from an absolute

I think it is. Lakers don't make this move if they don't know for sure who it is.

 

[AnticipatedSerendipity]

I think it is. Lakers don't make this move if they don't know for sure who it is.

Byron Scott was never good for this team. Whoever they hire will be a better fit than Scott

 

[IAmChrisFarley]

Byron Scott was never good for this team. Whoever they hire will be a better fit than Scott

IE Luke Walton. I can't see them going the college route for a coach unless it's Coach K

 

[GreenwoodAve]

I want Izzo to leave.

 

[Poe's Law]

I think it is. Lakers don't make this move if they don't know for sure who it is.

This isn't firing Cubit after an extension on your first day. This is replacing one of the worst coaches in the league with zero record of player development. The Lakers don't make this move if they are trying to tank again for the lottery next season. Otherwise this move should have been made a year ago.

 

[Poe's Law]

IE Luke Walton. I can't see them going the college route for a coach unless it's Coach K

Remember who's calling the shots. Jimmy Buss. I could see him thinking Calipari is a great name hire. I think Ollie would be perceived as a good hire. But I agree Luke Walton would probably be my first choice if I was making this hire.

As far as college coaches, I think you'll see Ollie's name since it would help with the Durrant recruitment (allegedly) and I'm a little surprised Jay Wright's name wasn't on there.

 

[Second and Chalmers]

Laker's Head Coach - this would get the coaching carousel moving again!

Jeff Borzello‏@jeffborzello15h15 hours ago
Per @ramonashelburne, Kevin Ollie, Jay Wright, Roy Williams, Tom Izzo and John Calipari among potential names

Cal and the Lakers is intriguing. That would be a move that speaks to a change in the way NBA roster construction is done, especially for teams like the Lakers, where the focus is on your ability to attract free agents. Recruiting, essentially. And what is also critical when assembling that kind of team is to be able to manage the big personalities not just of the players themselves, but their agents and their broader management teams, keeping everyone playing hard, playing together, and on the same page.

Ability to appeal to the psychology of elite basketball players as a recruiter and as a coach, ability to manage prima donna personalities, comfort in the media circus that always surrounds the Lakers, familiarity with and popularity among prominent agents, you start to list off things you'd want in a coach for this specific job and it starts to sound an awful lot like John Calipari.

Cal seems very happy at UK, but if there's any NBA job I can see him leaving for, it's this one.

 

[Second and Chalmers]

But I agree Luke Walton would probably be my first choice if I was making this hire.

Very young with very little experience. I would be worry he would get swallowed up by the spotlight there, and I put next to zero stock in his interim stint as head coach with the Warriors.

Walton played in LA for many years and was also briefly an assistant with their D-League team. Mitch Kupchak, the Buss family, and perhaps very importantly, a certain Buss sibling's paramour are very familiar with Walton as a person and if he's just a stone cold killer who is destined to be great, I could buy taking the plunge on a young guy a la Brad Stevens in Boston. But it's a risk for sure.