2019 Coaching Carousel

[onepost]

Little help here, how do you block people again?

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

"fall into his lap?" Crean went to the mat for Wade and got MU to accept him whereas in the past they would not have done so. It's not like Wade was some unknown kid in rural Alaska that Crean just happened to find on vacation or that Wade just happened to show up in his office one day and ask if he could be on the team, as Rony Seikaly did at Syracuse.

Sid Finch?

[Its DJOver]

See Guru, here's what I don't really get.  Everyone that frequents this board already knows your position on both Wojo and the program.  You haven't presented a ton of new material on the matter in the last couple of weeks.  It has become painfully obvious that nothing anyone says can change you opinion, and nothing that you say can change other's opinion and despite folks here having the final say on all things Arby's, no one here has the authority to actually make a coaching change. 

If your argument is so bulletproof, taking people "behind the woodshed", why don't you share them with the BOT and other University higher ups, I'm sure they qualify as "Wojo apologists".?  I understand the need to vent after the way the season finished, but unless you go to the higher ups, you are quite literally screaming into the void known as the internet.  By my count there are three things that you can do to actually inflict the change you want to see; 1, write the University, 2, stop buying tickets, and 3, pull your donation to the University.  These are all things that you can do that have an actual chance of resulting in the dismissal of Wojo, but all it seems that you want to do is get into fight with strangers on the internet, which will not result in Wojo's firing no matter how much you do it.

You have a voice that you can use to talk to people that can actually make a change, but all you seem to want to do is bang your head against a wall on the internet.  You want Wojo gone, talk to the people that can actually make it happen.

[tower912]

Thad Matta...end of discussion.

Matta turned down 5 years and $16 million from Georgia a year ago before Crean got the gig.   

So far this carousel offseason, the only job that he has been attached to is the UNLV job.    Which went to........

Maybe in a year if Wojo tanks next season, but there is absolutely nothing in a quick google search to indicate that he is currently seeking his next head coaching position.     

So your position is to fire Wojo for a coach who had to leave his last job due to health issues and has made no indication he wants to get back in.      On the off chance that MU will be the gig that changes his mind.   

[JakeBarnes]

Thad Matta...end of discussion.

Thad Matta no matta

[KampusFoods]

 "I hadn’t woke up in a good mood in like 18 years. That’s what coaching is. You can’t be happy."  - Thad Matta


Definitely the guy I want to be the coach of our team.

[Warrior Code]

"I hadn’t woke up in a good mood in like 18 years. That’s what coaching is. You can’t be happy."  - Thad Matta


Definitely the guy I want to be the coach of our team.

I think you can be miserable and be a good coach. I don't know if Saban is ever happy, and he's done ok for himself.

[Billy Hoyle]

Sid Finch?

damn his obsession with the French Horn.

[Pakuni]

I think you can be miserable and be a good coach. I don't know if Saban is ever happy, and he's done ok for himself.

Saban is happiest when he's unhappy. The guy lives for the grind and the process.

[MU82]

Thad Matta...end of discussion.

So you would fire Wojo today and hire Matta -- if he'll come. OK, at least you've presented your solution. I totally disagree with it, but at least you gave a solution.

Now, what if Matta turns you down and/or during the courting of him you get the vibe that he's simply not mentally and physically ready to coach on this level? What's your backup plan?

"fall into his lap?" Crean went to the mat for Wade and got MU to accept him whereas in the past they would not have done so. It's not like Wade was some unknown kid in rural Alaska that Crean just happened to find on vacation or that Wade just happened to show up in his office one day and ask if he could be on the team, as Rony Seikaly did at Syracuse.

I agree, BH. I don't think it's fair to say Crean didn't "earn" having Wade on the Warriors. There are plenty of things for TC-haters to criticize.

[Nukem2]

Matta turned down 5 years and $16 million from Georgia a year ago before Crean got the gig.   

So far this carousel offseason, the only job that he has been attached to is the UNLV job.    Which went to........

Maybe in a year if Wojo tanks next season, but there is absolutely nothing in a quick google search to indicate that he is currently seeking his next head coaching position.     

So your position is to fire Wojo for a coach who had to leave his last job due to health issues and has made no indication he wants to get back in.      On the off chance that MU will be the gig that changes his mind.

LA Times did list Matta with the UCLA job.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Yeah but was Matta interested?

[Pakuni]

LA Times did list Matta with the UCLA job.

He withdrew from consideration.

[tower912]

He withdrew from consideration.

Just in case Marquette comes calling.

[MuMark]

Just in case Marquette comes calling.

Lol.......

[MUBurrow]

Saban is happiest when he's unhappy. The guy lives for the grind and the process.

A tshirt with Saban dressed up as a goth kid with makeup would be my everything.

[Pakuni]

Just in case Marquette comes calling.

[BM1090]

I know he had health issues, but Matta's last four years at Ohio State were:

2013: 25-10, first round loss
2014 - 24-11, second round loss
2015 - 21-14 NIT
2016 - 17-15, no postseason

Out of coaching for two years.

Why would he be a good choice? Holtmann came in in 2017 and immediately turned it around and has won NCAA games each year.

[MU82]

I know he had health issues, but Matta's last four years at Ohio State were:

2013: 25-10, first round loss
2014 - 24-11, second round loss
2015 - 21-14 NIT
2016 - 17-15, no postseason

Out of coaching for two years.

Why would he be a good choice? Holtmann came in in 2017 and immediately turned it around and has won NCAA games each year.

Oh stop with the facts and reasonable questions and stuff, MUe.

Matta would be a good choice because he's 1,000 times better than Wojo - duh!

[muguru]

Just in case Marquette comes calling.

Ever think maybe, just maybe he's a midwest guy, and that's why he turned down Georgia and withdrew from UCLA?? Mock and make fun all you want...but how do you know he wouldn't take the MU job?? Maybe after all the time off he's had he'd feel better at a smaller school like MU. You have ZERO way of knowing that...NONE.

[muguru]

Oh stop with the facts and reasonable questions and stuff, MUe.

Matta would be a good choice because he's 1,000 times better than Wojo - duh!

I've had enough of you mocking me, taking shots etc...It's so tired and old. Done with you...what a freaking tool.

[onepost]

Ever think maybe, just maybe he's a midwest guy, and that's why he turned down Georgia and withdrew from UCLA?? Mock and make fun all you want...but how do you know he wouldn't take the MU job?? Maybe after all the time off he's had he'd feel better at a smaller school like MU. You have ZERO way of knowing that...NONE.

NOR. DO. YOU.
Are you seriously this thick?

[muguru]

Oh stop with the facts and reasonable questions and stuff, MUe.

Matta would be a good choice because he's 1,000 times better than Wojo - duh!

And just so you know...Brewcity77 who you all have a ton of respect for(and rightly so), LOVES Matta, and would be his choice as well...But you wouldn't ridicule him for that(nor should you). You'd suddenly start to think he was a good choice. So hypocritical of everyone..

[muguru]

NOR. DO. YOU.
Are you seriously this thick?

You sure I don't know??

[Herman Cain]

These questions should be asked of those who make the business decisions at Marquette. For a school that has 1 revenue generating sport, it is mind boggling to not maximize the potential to be a player on a major stage. In fact, going back to 1977 and seeing and feeling the revenue, free publicity, increased applications, etc. and then dropping the ball and peeing down their leg, its beyond believable. If Gonzaga and Villanova can do it, what's MU's issue?

A lot of small minded thinking. The three biggest mistakes in MU history were all a function of that.
1. Having Hank succeed Al instead of  the likes Denny Crum etc who could have sustained our excellence.
2. Getting rid of the Football program because it was generating a small annual loss.
3. Getting rid of the Medical School. Which is now the hugely successful Medical College of Wisconsin.