Coaching Carousel (Basketball)
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The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Honestly, hope this thread stays relatively quiet for the rest of the off-season.
Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
In terms of movement within our own staff, yes. But I LOVED the USC/Arkansas/Kentucky/Baylor/BYU drama.
uofi7477
- Silver & Gold Vandals
Seems like more so as time goes by...
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
I thought it was pro wrestling, but it kinda is sports of all kinds.
Everytime I ask my very intelligent wife how she can watch those ridiculous "reality" television shows (won't name any, because I don't want to invite any further discussion on this subject), she asks me why I watch sports.
Yea....the traffic on this thread has really thinned out since OA has came on board
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
That's wrestling... Sports is higher stakes because the outcome isn't known... Unless you are fat Tony and know the fix is in
Tighten the ship a bit while they focus on a few pieces maybe?Yea....the traffic on this thread has really thinned out since OA has came on board
Yeah we probably don’t need the daily refresh of this thread anymore- not much to talk about - all the major changes that have any impact on us have happened now
Insiders I have heard that Jon Sanderson has taken the Vanderbilt strength and conditioning position. Any truth to that @Indy Illini Fan @illini0440 @LvilleILL
Wasn’t the thought that he was just consulting for us and would be looking for full-time positions following the season?
I’m surprised that carousel didn’t have further reaching impact with Kentucky ultimately making the riskiest hire. I mistakenly thought the Kentucky search would play out much differently.
Billy Donovan made a lot of sense to me. Hurley too. People say Hurley is geographically limited to the NE, but the BigEast is falling further behind financially each passing year. Both names were big in the search rumors obviously, but I’m surprised Kentucky couldn’t pull off one of them.
I'm honestly very curious about what happened with Kentucky. Did Cal just absolutely blindside them with the move?
Because I feel like they could have gotten Oats if they had been reaching out earlier before he signed the extension and upped his buyout. However, the seemed real indecisive on Cal then Cal bolted late in the game and it didn't seem like they had many options.
Oats was locked in with a huge buyout. Drew has been a Baylor guy forever like they're going to build a statue of him. Why would he leave? Same with Hurley who had won back to back titles. Why go to a different school?
Don't feel like you see many coaches that have won national titles jump ship ever which is why I think had Doherty not crashed and burned at UNC drawing Roy over. Then Self wins a title in 05 and is still coaching at Illinois to this day imo.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
While this is true, I do think there is a certain appeal of being a basketball school without football, as an obviously disproportionate amount of money is flowing into the basketball program that is going to football in other schools? Not sure of the economics. However, I DO wonder if "big time programs" in the Big XII and ACC will start to be less appealing compared to their similar Big Ten and SEC counterparts.
For example, on paper Kentucky and Kansas are similar in that I would not expect Kentucky to be able to poach Bill Self or for KU to be able to poach a Kentucky coach if the situations were reversed. However, while both are elite programs with tons of money ... UK is receiving that SEC windfall every single year. Similarly, compare Arizona and Illinois - two schools with at least mildly similar histories, current success, fan support, facilities, etc. You could even make the argument Arizona outranks us in some of those categories, but how relevant is it that Illinois will just have that extra money EVERY single year??
I think it will be really interesting to eventually maybe see a dynamic where a historically relevant/successful Big XII program like Kansas State is losing coaches to a much less historically relevant program like Minnesota simply because the days of KSU being a "better job" are tied to what is now effectively ancient history, and Minnesota provides just as high of a ceiling and significantly more money...
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