soupy17
- MI
Think he's taking a page out of Kevin Durant's book and heading to Loyola. If you can't beat em, join em.
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Think he's taking a page out of Kevin Durant's book and heading to Loyola. If you can't beat em, join em.
Short term but also 4x the salary. Can't blame OA at all.
If that happens and I'm JW, any dirt I have on the two of them that doesn't end up getting BU or me fired anonymously gets sent to the NCAA.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Everyone should find it utterly unacceptable if we let these guys slip away SOLELY because of money. We have plenty of money.
TheFameProtector
- Champaign
Does anybody know of another example of a school poaching two assistants from the same school? (that doesn't involve assistants heading with a HC that got hired elsewhere). This seems unheard of but maybe it's just something I've never had to pay attention to.
As much as we might think we know the inner workings of the university's finances, there's a ton we don't know.
This is a great way to assure you replace them with good hires. Guys will be lining up for the gig.
1. Most are really underrating Underwood as far as a recruiter. The players love him.
2. As far as transfers.. leaving your brothers that you built lifetime bonds with this last year for one coach seems crazy.
3. We will be fine regardless
2. As far as transfers.. leaving your brothers that you built lifetime bonds with this last year for one coach seems crazy.
3. We will be fine regardless
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Does Liddell have any uncles that would like a resume boost?
I plan to enter the NBA fan portal to whatever team drafts Ayo.
Nappy I_L_L
- Northern Indiana
Thank you. I've read the last 10 pages of this thread and have come to a conclusion. Gasp!
When BU was hired, most of us were ecstatic that we brought in a proven coach that was better than Groce. He then proved his worth by hiring OA and Chin, kept Jamall Walker. We got Chin to recruit Chicago and OA for his phenomenal track record. Who is to stay top assistants won't come interviewing with JW in the next 72 hours for these newly prestigious openings. If OA came when we are a dumpster fire, who is to say there aren't coaches out there who want to be part of a proven team coming off of a #1 seed. Doomsday has not come, in fact, this might grow the program more. Show some optimism and hope for our
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How about 2 SEC titles, 1 elite eight and 1 second round loss? I think you are over doing the Cal and his staff on the hot seat thing...
I totally get that and $2M for an assistant is absurd. However, I learned long ago from a boss that if a place really wants you, they'll find the money. I mean, Indiana found someone with $10M to give Archie to get the hell out. You can only go to that well so many times, so I'm not specifically advocating for it. I'm just saying something could be accomplished.
Who do we steal from? If we can’t pay our coaches enough to stay away from the big boys, how can we pay enough to steal assistants from the big boys? Are we going to hire up and comers and prove to be a steppingstone to the big boys or are we going to be big boys?
One question I haven’t seen asked, is this all about money or was there also issues amongst BU and the staff?
Exactly. The chances of being successful at KU are still higher than at Illinois (as much as we hate to admit that). Better chances of success + greater latitude to shake and bake in the gray area + significant increase in pay... would be foolish to turn down, honestly.
Ubermensch
BOOM! Feed my ego.
You're really trying to rationalize your way into this being a bad move for these assistant coaches. (It's not.)
sacraig
- The desert
I'll take "Ways to never hire another quality assistant in the future" for $400, Alex... err, Aaron... err, Anderson.
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For those of you who were clamoring for something besides the Adam Miller drama to follow... be careful what you wish for 
Nope, It's just my opinion. If they leave they leave and we move on. Time will tell.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
I think you are UNDERestimating the rabid dementia of the fans of UK.....
They are simply delusional and not at all happy with last years team and record....UK fans don't give out mulligans no matter the circumstances....
The history of UK BB isn't a fairy tale, unicorn type existence, no matter the number of titles.....
Hearing Josh to the Cats is almost finalized
I didn't say hot seat. I said if they aren't successful in the near term things might change and they are expendable.
“Per source” aka “I’ve read it a bunch on the internet and added a qualifier to my statement”
Not denying it’s true but I highly doubt anyone with direct info is texting Jeff Goodman.
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