Scholarship table
+1This. The players seem like they would run through a wall for him. Keep in mind that Stan isn't merely an assistant coach, he's associate head coach. Wojo leaves, promote Stan to full head coach. If he can show that he can keep the class in place, he gets two years to see what he can do. Then what happens? Dick Strong comes back. Money flows in. The Wisconsin recruiting bridges that Wojo set on fire (e.g., Wally, Hausers, SwaggyDu) suddenly dissipate. Chicagoland recruiting opens up because Stan is not chummy with Collins. Sweet sixteens are won. I can see it now. (To play my own devil's advocate, maybe the players gravitate toward Stan because Wojo is so demotivating, i.e., there's a good cop/bad cop thing going on.)
What if someone were, say, an assistant coach for 15 years?
Unless a ton of money is thrown at him, why would a coach leave Arkansas to go to a Big East school?
Better conference.A school that basketball is #1, not a distant second to football in the fans eyes.Granted, I don't think a coach would take less money to come to the Big East, but I don't think a BE coach would take less money to go to Arkansas.
Maybe. Our history suggests otherwise, but maybe things have changed enough.Arkansas won 2 NCAA titles a lot more recently than we won 1, but both were a bazillion years ago.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Am I the only one that would be concerned that Musselman hasn't spent more than 4 years at one job since the mid 1990s? A lot of people are complaining about the lack of sustained success, and IMO hiring a career journeyman is not the best way to achieve that.
I'd promote Stan
A box of rocks would have 10 IQ points on Stan.
Everyone knows what the BOT wants. Are you saying that you want a program that cheats? that seems to be your implication.
These guys/gals don't want to get caught cheating. The world of big time college sports must be a real cesspool. I was upset with the BOT, I've adjusted my thinking. I now accept the new normal.