Apparently his contract said buyout was 0 if the NCAA found level 1 or 2 infractions. He saw the writing on the wall He will probably get a job on ESPN and coach in 3 years
2021-22 College Hoops Coaching Carousel
I’m sure the NCAA will come down in them with the force of 1000 balloons.
Borzello thinks that Louisville should go after Cronin or Pearl. If either of those don't work, the next best option may be Kevin Willard at Seton Hall, who is a Pitino protégé. He thinks buyout money would take names like Nate Oats, Eric Musselman and Mike Boynton off the list as options.
It was time for Mack to go.Yep, buyout could go to zero or be $12 million. It will go out somewhere in between. Fan base was restless. His on court performance was not good and fans had started to boo him. I think more NCAA sanctions are on the way. This is not the destination job it once was. Pencil in the name Kenny Payne.
Penny's biggest problem on O is that he tries to get balanced scoring and equal shots for everyone. He needs to let his two super recruits get the majority of the shots and take over games.
As was current asst coach, Howard Eisley.
An 81 year old who is the only coach to ever win NCAA and NBA titles is currently on his staff.
I am sure that he will be fine. He's a good coach in his early 50's. If that Butler job comes open, I would expect Mack will get a look.
I always thought it was weird that Mack left his alma mater for another job. I could get it depending on the circumstances- like if you were going to get fired or if the place was a mess and you were not treated well as a coach or team. Don't think that was the case with Mack. But other than that, I would think it would be awfully tough to leave your alma mater for another school. If I had been a successful coach at Illinois for 10 years, even if Duke or UNC or UCLA wants to hire me, I am not going.
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His wife was from Louisville. And $. But yeah, it didn't seem like a good fit from the get go.
Mack lost the team and being suspended for six games did not help. Yes his wife grew up in Louisville. He gets around 4.5 million buyout. Now the talk on sports radio here in Louisville is either getting Kenny Payne or guess, Bruce Pearl. They are saying he might have put his name out to get more money from Auburn. Auburn doesn't have its own basketball facility. I laughed when I heard the name Pearl. Have at it Louisville. But I think Payne is the next coach at UofL.
Well if they want to get back to dirty cheating like Pitino, Pearl is the guy.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Tipsheet: Mack's demise at Louisville underscores college hoops volatility
In our latest episode of Coaching College Basketball is Hard, we present the case of Chris Mack.
In our latest episode of Coaching College Basketball is Hard, we present the case of Chris Mack.He is one America’s best basketball coaches. At Xavier, he won two regular season titles in the Atlantic 10 and one after the school moved to the Big East.Mack took Xavier to the NCAA Tournament eight times in nine years. He probably never should have left that job, but Louisville came calling and he took the big money to go down the road from Cincinnati.He went 20-14 in his first season with the Cardinals and reached the Big Dance. He would have returned there in 2019-20 with a 24-7 team, but COVID-19 intervened.The pandemic messed up last season, too, as Louisville finished 13-7 and missed the tournament.That COVID-impact season produced all sorts of upheaval, including discord over handling the pandemic and the firing of his assistant coaches. One of them, Dino Gaudio, tried to extort extra severance pay by threatening to disclose minor NCAA rules violations.
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great article.........bullet points about Mack , wow.........................
the opinions from pundits section is interesting........................
Interesting article about Mack. He never should have left Xavier. But their list of potential coaches is just a list of names. I do not see Brad being remotely interested. And throwing Matt Painter's name out is laughable - he used Missouri once to get a raise (and based on what Purdue was paying him under their previous AD, probably rightly so). Louisville is a cesspool right now - and the only name the article mentioned that thrives in cesspools was Pearl, whom the author discounted as being too dirty.Tipsheet: Mack's demise at Louisville underscores college hoops volatility
In our latest episode of Coaching College Basketball is Hard, we present the case of Chris Mack.www.stltoday.com
In our latest episode of Coaching College Basketball is Hard, we present the case of Chris Mack.He is one America’s best basketball coaches. At Xavier, he won two regular season titles in the Atlantic 10 and one after the school moved to the Big East.Mack took Xavier to the NCAA Tournament eight times in nine years. He probably never should have left that job, but Louisville came calling and he took the big money to go down the road from Cincinnati.He went 20-14 in his first season with the Cardinals and reached the Big Dance. He would have returned there in 2019-20 with a 24-7 team, but COVID-19 intervened.The pandemic messed up last season, too, as Louisville finished 13-7 and missed the tournament.That COVID-impact season produced all sorts of upheaval, including discord over handling the pandemic and the firing of his assistant coaches. One of them, Dino Gaudio, tried to extort extra severance pay by threatening to disclose minor NCAA rules violations.
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great article.........bullet points about Mack , wow.........................
the opinions from pundits section is interesting........................
I'm confident Peal could take them to the next level
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Proof reeding (before my first cup of coffee) isn't my strong suite
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
those little red lines under words might be a clue.....I see a lot of them on my wake n bake mornings..............Proof reeding (before my first cup of coffee) isn't my strong suite
Auburn locking up Pearl for life is something something karma. I can't wait for the inevitable 
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showChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
News first reported by Dante, I believe.Auburn locking up Pearl for life is something something karma. I can't wait for the inevitable
Hearing from multiple people in the know that Kenny Payne to Louisville is a done deal.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
I lived in Louisville for about 6 months working on the railroad when I was 20 years old.....had my 1969 Camaro convertible Indy pace car stolen there and was too young to rent a car ....took 20 hour bus ride from L-ville to Evansville stopping at every podunk town in between.....
So I say Luck Fouisville.............................
20 hour bus ride from Louisville to Evansville
That must have been brutalillini80
- Forgottonia
Auburn to Pearl: “Here’s a couple bazillion dollars. Do whatever you want. Do whatever it takes. The NCAA has already proven they don’t care. They won’t touch us.”Auburn locking up Pearl for life is something something karma. I can't wait for the inevitable