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That's a winner!!
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If we can't get Scott or Bryce might I suggest Ted. He has St. Louis ties and I hear he can give Custard Cup a run for their money.
Fine by me.
If we can't get Scott or Bryce might I suggest Ted. He has St. Louis ties and I hear he can give Custard Cup a run for their money.
I see Lorenzo Romar just got sacked. Thought he was safe? Another P5 job opens up.
In other news, the other tower just fell.
I see Lorenzo Romar just got sacked. Thought he was safe? Another P5 job opens up.
I don't remember seeing this posted anywhere on the bazillion posts on the coaching carousel threads, but I was curious as to what our possible coaching targets are making currently. Yes, this is last year's NCAA Tournament list, so doesn't include Jay Wright's bonus/raise for winning the NC, but I found it interesting, nonetheless.
http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/mens-basketball/coach/
Hadn't seen it mentioned with all the Jesus and wife posts. Sorry to be so late. Just popped up on yahoo but definitely old news.
Let's see how this NIT goes. :thumb:
Just throwing this out there for future hind-sight... my list
#1 Monty
#2 Keatts
#3 Bennett
#4 Miller
#5 Marshall
I'd be ecstatic with all five, et al.
Just throwing this out there for future hind-sight... my list
#1 Monty
#2 Keatts
#3 Bennett
#4 Miller
#5 Marshall
I'd be ecstatic with all five, et al.
All five would be a hell of a staff
He doesn't fit the requirements of the job posting. Maybe people actually read the posting!I have been surprised there was not been at least one post floating the idea of hiring him if we advance far enough in the NIT.
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I've been listening to all the NCST chatter concerning Miller, Keatts, etc. However Debbie Yow is the AD at NCST and this is what that means.
I live in a suburb of St Louis and when she was at SLU, she and head basketball coach Rich Grawer barely spoke. It was well known.
She went to Maryland and to her credit cleaned up the financial mess but it was well known that she and Gary Williams (a class act human being) had a "very strained relationship".
She is now back in her home state with a reputation as having maybe unrealistic expectations for her coaches. How bad does Miller want to put up with this or even Keatts.
Nothing in life happens in isolation. If you are a jerk as an AD, every head coach in every sport in America knows it almost immediately. They and their agents talk. You really think those coaches go to the Final4 to only watch basketball.
What is the perception of our very young AD by coaches/agents. Based on how he handles himself in front of a mic I admit I'm very optimistic.
You can get to the point that the Final4 weekend doesn't matter. On shoot around Friday morning in 2005, a friend of ours confronted Lute Olson at Lambert as he was getting ready to fly back to Tuscon. "Aren't you staying for the Final 4." His reply, "I had to be in town for a rules meeting but actually I enjoy the game more sitting on my couch in front of the TV'.
In other news, the other tower just fell.
well, the way it's going, Bryce Drew might be available today as well. I had Vandy in my bracket though
well, the way it's going, Bryce Drew might be available today as well. I had Vandy in my bracket though
Breaking news: Illinois sells State Farm Center to pay for basketball staff.
Cuonzo might very well steal Walker and our recruits, but lets face it, no one in our class is a program changer. There are some really good players, but even Tilmon isn't going to lead us to a final four. Perhaps Cuonzo's strategy of hiring kids fathers and stealing assistants will mask his terrible coaching in the short term, but in 1-3 years when all these kids move on, he's going to have to find his own players, which won't come nearly as easy, and furthermore, he will have to coach them.
“I’ve got a lot of respect for Tom, and I’ve got a lot of respect for how his team plays,” Holtmann said. “I (also) had a close friend lose a job not too long ago at Illinois.
"We all get into this knowing the deal. Do I disagree with those decisions? Absolutely. Absolutely I do. Am I biased? Do I disagree with the decision at Illinois? Absolutely. They don’t care, but I know hard that guy works and how committed he was to his players and that he was really close to turning a corner.