Duke, Coach K, and Wojo

[tower912]

C'mon, replacing a legend worked so well for..... ummmmmm.........

[dgies9156]

I just don't think you will see a bunch of high-level coaches who are successful in their current situations to line up to replace a legend.

Sultan, not sure I agree with this. It's Duke man.

I think you would see someone who consistently recruits well, has an outstanding coaching record and can win at the highest levels of the game.

What about Buzz? LOL

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

C'mon, replacing a legend worked so well for..... ummmmmm.........

Utah St

[tower912]

Stew!

[GGGG]

Utah St

Indeed it hasn't...

Tim Duryea has been under .500 since taking over two years ago.  It's hard filling ole Stew's shoes...

[brewcity77]

C'mon, replacing a legend worked so well for..... ummmmmm.........

North Carolina did great replacing Dean Smith.

[GGGG]

North Carolina did great replacing Dean Smith.

Roy Williams was the third coach after Smith you know...

[brewcity77]

Roy Williams was the third coach after Smith you know...

I'm not talking about Roy.

[Nukem2]

Roy Williams was the third coach after Smith you know...

Dean's assistant Bill Gutheridge did well as a place taker leading UNC to 2 Final 4s in his three seasons. But former Tarheel player Matt Doherty was a disaster.

[GoldenWarrior11]

It will be interesting to see where programs like Duke, UNC, Syracuse, Louisville and Michigan State go when their iconic head coaches decide to step down.  Each coach has their tree, but time will tell if they keep these jobs "in-house" or decide to hire from outside it.  No doubt that they each want to keep their relationships and legacies with each coach intact, and that each head coach would want to see an assistant/former assistant get the gig. 

If I had to predict, I would guess that these are the head coaches of each program in five years:

Duke: Jeff Capel
UNC: Gregg Marshall
Syracuse: Richard Pitino
Louisville: Mick Cronin
Michigan State: Dane Fife

[4everwarriors]

Crean sucks

[Nukem2]

Crean sucks

think ya need a new sctick .....?

[TrueWarrior]

It will be interesting to see where programs like Duke, UNC, Syracuse, Louisville and Michigan State go when their iconic head coaches decide to step down.  Each coach has their tree, but time will tell if they keep these jobs "in-house" or decide to hire from outside it.  No doubt that they each want to keep their relationships and legacies with each coach intact, and that each head coach would want to see an assistant/former assistant get the gig. 

If I had to predict, I would guess that these are the head coaches of each program in five years:

Duke: Jeff Capel
UNC: Gregg Marshall
Syracuse: Richard Pitino
Louisville: Mick Cronin
Michigan State: Dane Fife

It is interesting to think about that's for sure. If I'm a dukie and Capel is the next coach I would find that hire very underwhelming. Same with Pitino at Cuse who I consider an average coach at best, but I think the Orange will have a tougher time finding an elite coach than any of the other programs listed.

[cheebs09]

Dean's assistant Bill Gutheridge did well as a place taker leading UNC to 2 Final 4s in his three seasons. But former Tarheel player Matt Doherty was a disaster.

His recruits won a title though.

[YoungMUFan4]

I'd put decent money on Chris Mack being Louisville's next coach

[GGGG]

It will be interesting to see where programs like Duke, UNC, Syracuse, Louisville and Michigan State go when their iconic head coaches decide to step down.  Each coach has their tree, but time will tell if they keep these jobs "in-house" or decide to hire from outside it.  No doubt that they each want to keep their relationships and legacies with each coach intact, and that each head coach would want to see an assistant/former assistant get the gig. 

If I had to predict, I would guess that these are the head coaches of each program in five years:

Duke: Jeff Capel
UNC: Gregg Marshall
Syracuse: Richard Pitino
Louisville: Mick Cronin
Michigan State: Dane Fife

UNC's next head coach will be Hubert Davis.  Very little chance UNC goes outside of the UNC family.  Especially for a guy like Marshall.

[MU82]

I just don't think you will see a bunch of high-level coaches who are successful in their current situations to line up to replace a legend.

Like top-tier athletes, high-level coaches have a lot of confidence in themselves. They don't sit around thinking about what they can't do. They think about what they can do.

While there probably are a few who wouldn't want to follow a legend, plenty are perfectly comfortable doing so and certainly would love a shot at Duke, with its incredible resources and commitment to basketball.

I mean, Pitino didn't say, "I've been a pretty good coach but I don't want to follow Denny Crum."

[Nukem2]

Like top-tier athletes, high-level coaches have a lot of confidence in themselves. They don't sit around thinking about what they can't do. They think about what they can do.

While there probably are a few who wouldn't want to follow a legend, plenty are perfectly comfortable doing so and certainly would love a shot at Duke, with its incredible resources and commitment to basketball.

I mean, Pitino didn't say, "I've been a pretty good coach but I don't want to follow Denny Crum."

Crum had a poor final 5 years at Lousville.  Don't think Rick was sweating anything about Crum.

[MU82]

Crum had a poor final 5 years at Lousville.  Don't think Rick was sweating anything about Crum.

Fair enough. But you know what I meant.

[Nukem2]

Fair enough. But you know what I meant.

I do.  But, there was no heat as Crum was pushed out as he stayed too long.