I think they just have realistic expectations. They can’t do better than Collins so he has all the leverage.
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OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
Another example of this is McDermott staying at Creighton. It’s not a bad thing to be in a place where you make good money, are comfortable, and where your expectations aren’t crazy high. Sometimes, the grass isn’t greener.
100% agreed. But Nebraska?
Yeah, it is a sign of the end of times that NW and Nebraska could both be double byes in the BTT.
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Well, I put it here because of the discussion of hiring possibly unqualified pros to head college programs.At least post this in the Coaching Carousel (Football) thread!
He's close to 50 already. I'll bet he coaches at least another 10 years.
I’m sure you’re right. I, with $30M+, would not.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
The location in the market is as relevant as Georgia Tech football being in Atlanta … in other words, there are VERY few NU fans in Chicago. There are so many more Illini fans (and more fans from several other schools) that the fact U of I is not physically in Chicago is irrelevant.
I would think that alumni base could at least step it up on NIL a LITTLE bit, but it clearly doesn’t care about sports much and is notoriously spread out/not instate.
I think you have to be really patient and let them learn on the job with a very experienced assistant who’s essentially running the team- you essentially have them just for the recruitment pull and figure head.
Money motivation likely plays a role- ex NBA players have made 100+ Million in their career just aren’t going to be as motivated to be working 80+ hours a week to make the team better that the job really requires these days
Pat Ryan disagrees with you
Ryan or Khan could T Boone Pickens our respective programs to National title contenders every year if they really wanted to given the way NIL will work in the future
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
Teflon Juwan escapes yet again. How in the world has this guy not been terminated for cause yet?
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Michigan strength coach resigns after absence
Jon Sanderson has resigned as a strength and conditioning coach at Michigan, two-plus months after he stopped working with the men's basketball program under coach Juwan Howard.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Chris Collins absolutely deserves a bag. He can flat out coach....and he proves it every year with the "least" talent with that program in the best BB conference.
Keeping a dude like Buie is a nod to that.
I hope somebody rewards him for all that work.
And the Kitties can go back to the cellar. With scUM!!
Keeping a dude like Buie is a nod to that.
I hope somebody rewards him for all that work.
And the Kitties can go back to the cellar. With scUM!!
texillwek
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Send him to GonzagaChris Collins absolutely deserves a bag. He can flat out coach....and he proves it every year with the "least" talent with that program in the best BB conference.
Keeping a dude like Buie is a nod to that.
I hope somebody rewards him for all that work.
And the Kitties can go back to the cellar. With scUM!!
Chris Collins absolutely deserves a bag. He can flat out coach....and he proves it every year with the "least" talent with that program in the best BB conference.
Keeping a dude like Buie is a nod to that.
I hope somebody rewards him for all that work.
And the Kitties can go back to the cellar. With scUM!!
He's 79-127 (.383) in the Big Ten. The 5 year stretch before last season Northwestern finished 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 10th in the Big Ten.
Life after Boo is going to be pretty rough. Collins can stay at Northwestern for another 11 years for all I care.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Let’s hope they do! Every single employee of the DIA should be bending over backwards to make this happen…
And that would absolutely be awful for the game. If it boils down to which schools have billionaires that care enough to buy players for their alma mater, that is a horrible way for a sport to operate.
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
You play by the rules as they are written, not as we want them to be. I agree with you - NIL was supposed to be for players like Caitlin Clark to ink individual endorsement deals. The system is totally bastardized now.
Like in the old days - you either play by the rules and be mediocre (i.e. The Ron Guenther Way), or you bend the rules and hope you don't get caught (i.e The Calipari Way).
Off topic a little bit, Caitlin Clark makes so much money now with NIL, more so than the expected contract as the #1 overall pick in the WNBA later this year.
I'm sure she will kill it in endorsements though.
Welcome to college athletics 2030!
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
The catch-22 of winning at unique programs like Northwestern (really small school, admin fairly indifferent about athletics, rigid in academics) is then people think your coaching success is unique to that school. Can Collins recruit at a high level? What is he like working with a very diverse donor base? Will your fan base buy into a guy with a pretty underwhelming coaching record even though it's explainable?
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Dee is 25-4 at Roosevelt so far this season. 18-2 in conference.
Champaign Toast
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Dee's agent must be getting calls. How about Dee at UIC? Too awkward to fire Yaklich and then replace him with his former assistant?
DePaul a stretch?
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