Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

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hooraybeer

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Pittsburgh, PA
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Poe's Law said:
He is an assistant. He’s just not a full time recruiting assistant, although by the sound of it he did take a few recruiting trips last year while one of the other coaches remained on campus.
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these situations always feel so dirty. not a fan of the fact that we’ve had two nepotism situations in the last ten years in our two major sports and think it’s time for the DIA to establish some policies before someone decides to take them to court over it

naming TU head coach in waiting at this stage, on top of being utterly disrespectful to the rest of our staff that is much more experienced and deserving, would cross the nepotism line big time for me and would be a hard no
 
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OrangeBlue98

OrangeBlue98
Des Moines, IA
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hooraybeer said:
these situations always feel so dirty. not a fan of the fact that we’ve had two nepotism situations in the last ten years in our two major sports and think it’s time for the DIA to establish some policies before someone decides to take them to court over it

naming TU head coach in waiting at this stage, on top of being utterly disrespectful to the rest of our staff that is much more experienced and deserving, would cross the nepotism line big time for me and would be a hard no
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Agree with pretty much all of this. I think highly of Tyler Underwood, but I’m also convinced that if Josh Whitman had to make a head coaching hire tomorrow (sure hope that statement doesn’t become reality), he will have a number of good options with pretty substantial Division 1 coaching experience-and likely a few with power 5-6 experience.

All of that to say that naming anyone head coach in waiting-let alone the current coach’s 27 year old son-would not be a sound decision.
 
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RabidDawgClassic

RabidDawgClassic
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Emerson Bigguns said:
His dad doesn't have him sitting next to him every game for emotional support.
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But he doesn’t NOT have him there for that…

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IlliniCaboose

IlliniCaboose
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hooraybeer said:
these situations always feel so dirty. not a fan of the fact that we’ve had two nepotism situations in the last ten years in our two major sports and think it’s time for the DIA to establish some policies before someone decides to take them to court over it

naming TU head coach in waiting at this stage, on top of being utterly disrespectful to the rest of our staff that is much more experienced and deserving, would cross the nepotism line big time for me and would be a hard no
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I think you're forgetting the $400k wunderkind Ryan Cubit.
www.thechampaignroom.com

Bill Cubit is a Thief

Or the Magnified Further Adventures in Ineptitude of the Illinois Athletic Department
www.thechampaignroom.com www.thechampaignroom.com
 
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ptgrd23

ptgrd23
ptgrd23
Kentucky coach sources

Eddie Sutton 4 seasons (came from Arkansas). Fired for NCAA violations.
Rick Pittino 8 seasons (Providence HC, came from NBA NY Knicks). Left for Celtics
Tubby Smith 10 seasons (came from Georgia). Resigned under pressure to take Minnesota HC
Billy Gillepsie 2 seasons (came from Texas A&M) fired after 2 years
John Calipari 15 seasons (came from Memphis)

AD Mitch Barnhart has been there 22 years. Other than Billy Gillepsie pretty good hires. Shows what you can do when money is no object.

At time of hiring

Sutton - Final four at Arkansas
Pittino - final four appearance at Providence, NBA head coach
Smith - three sweet 16 appearances in 4 years (2 Tulsa, 1 at Georgia), former Pittino assistant at KY
Gillepsie - sweet 16 Texas A&M
Calipari - final four appearances at UMass and Memphis, stint a NBA head coach

Not sure Brad single elite 8 puts him in Sutton, Pittino, Smith and Caliparia level
 
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bluemountain

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bluemountain
ptgrd23 said:
Kentucky coach sources

Eddie Sutton 4 seasons (came from Arkansas). Fired for NCAA violations.
Rick Pittino 8 seasons (Providence HC, came from NBA NY Knicks). Left for Celtics
Tubby Smith 10 seasons (came from Georgia). Resigned under pressure to take Minnesota HC
Billy Gillepsie 2 seasons (came from Texas A&M) fired after 2 years
John Calipari 15 seasons (came from Memphis)

AD Mitch Barnhart has been there 22 years. Other than Billy Gillepsie pretty good hires. Shows what you can do when money is no object.

At time of hiring

Sutton - Final four at Arkansas
Pittino - final four appearance at Providence, NBA head coach
Smith - three sweet 16 appearances in 4 years (2 Tulsa, 1 at Georgia), former Pittino assistant at KY
Gillepsie - sweet 16 Texas A&M
Calipari - final four appearances at UMass and Memphis, stint a NBA head coach

Not sure Brad single elite 8 puts him in Sutton, Pittino, Smith and Caliparia level
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And if he had stayed dry, Billy Clyde would have been right up there with the rest of them. Look at his resume pre-KY - pretty impressive.
 
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ChiefGritty

ChiefGritty
Chicago, IL
ChiefGritty
ptgrd23 said:
Kentucky coach sources

Eddie Sutton 4 seasons (came from Arkansas). Fired for NCAA violations.
Rick Pittino 8 seasons (Providence HC, came from NBA NY Knicks). Left for Celtics
Tubby Smith 10 seasons (came from Georgia). Resigned under pressure to take Minnesota HC
Billy Gillepsie 2 seasons (came from Texas A&M) fired after 2 years
John Calipari 15 seasons (came from Memphis)

AD Mitch Barnhart has been there 22 years. Other than Billy Gillepsie pretty good hires. Shows what you can do when money is no object.

At time of hiring

Sutton - Final four at Arkansas
Pittino - final four appearance at Providence, NBA head coach
Smith - three sweet 16 appearances in 4 years (2 Tulsa, 1 at Georgia), former Pittino assistant at KY
Gillepsie - sweet 16 Texas A&M
Calipari - final four appearances at UMass and Memphis, stint a NBA head coach

Not sure Brad single elite 8 puts him in Sutton, Pittino, Smith and Caliparia level
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It's the #1 job, imho.

IlliniTaffy said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1777761913964843518
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And assuming they're able to make a monster hire, all parties kind of end up winning in this deal.

Shoot, if the Bulls get shaken out of their stupor by Donovan abandoning them, the wins could keep on cascading!
 
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ptgrd23

ptgrd23
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My dark horse candidate:

Mick Cronin - one final four UCLA. 3 sweet 16. Grew up and coached Cincinnati across river from KY.
 
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ChiefGritty

ChiefGritty
Chicago, IL
ChiefGritty
Chuck Nuggets said:
Very nice video from Cal. He seems like a slimeball, but he also seems like a likable slimeball.
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Cal has never been anything but candid that his mission is to train professional basketball players on and off the court and the only rule he and his kids have ever broken is paying his players the money they have always deserved.

He's the successor to Jerry Tarkanian in that way. You don't have to love him, but while people were hating him they should have been listening to him.

I wouldn't bet against him at Arkansas. He's going to need to change his teambuilding strategy, but maybe less than some folks are expecting.
 
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Piotyr

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ptgrd23 said:
My dark horse candidate:

Mick Cronin - one final four UCLA. 3 sweet 16. Grew up and coached Cincinnati across river from KY.
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Mick Cronin at Kentucky sounds like the perfect marriage of oil and water.

Cronin doesn't work at UCLA, and UCLA's program is stuck 20 years in the past. I can't imagine him lasting a month at Kentucky.
 
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Chuck Nuggets

Chuck Nuggets
Dip your nuggets in my staff source sauce.
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ChiefGritty said:
Cal has never been anything but candid that his mission is to train professional basketball players on and off the court and the only rule he and his kids have ever broken is paying his players the money they have always deserved.

He's the successor to Jerry Tarkanian in that way. You don't have to love him, but while people were hating him they should have been listening to him.

I wouldn't bet against him at Arkansas. He's going to need to change his teambuilding strategy, but maybe less than some folks are expecting.
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I agree with you.
 
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jumpingjack

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Piotyr said:
Mick Cronin at Kentucky sounds like the perfect marriage of oil and water.

Cronin doesn't work at UCLA, and UCLA's program is stuck 20 years in the past. I can't imagine him lasting a month at Kentucky.
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Mick would end up in a fistfight with a booster inside of a month.
And I would laugh and laugh and laugh.
 
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PepeSilvia

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Chuck Nuggets said:
Very nice video from Cal. He seems like a slimeball, but he also seems like a likable slimeball.
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I don't know he's always come across as super genuine every time I've heard him speak, even after bad losses it seems like he always says the right thing.

I'm sure he was paying players under the table but so was every other major school.
 
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