Coaching Carousel 2017

[Pakuni]

And no, I am not a Crean lover by any stretch.  Appreciate what he did for us and, but yeah.  The guy is a slimy.

When it comes to slimy, Tom Crean is a poor man's Steve Alford.

Not sure why Alford would want to go back to IU. The expectations would be beyond unrealistic, and he's got himself a better gig right now at UCLA.

[Herman Cain]

I wonder if Steve Lavin will get the Cal job.

[Bocephys]

There's no "rebuild" needed at IU.  Dozens of coaches could have them in the NCAA next season.  The issue is when can you have them in the Final Four.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

I wonder if Steve Lavin will get the Cal job.

If that means I never have to listen to him and his stupid metaphors calling a game ever again, please for the love of God Lav, take the job!

[Pakuni]

There's no "rebuild" needed at IU.  Dozens of coaches could have them in the NCAA next season.  The issue is when can you have them in the Final Four.

Don't be so sure. If all or some combination of Bryant, Anunoby, and Blackmon leave, that's not a very good roster they have returning.

[JWags85]

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanESPN
UMass has hired Winthrop coach Pat Kelsey, sources told ESPN.

Thats a questionable choice in my opinion.  Good way to kill a promising career dead at a place that eats up coaches since Cal.  Even Travis Ford didn't make an NCAA before he got the OK St job.

[Oldgym]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18977048/doug-gottlieb-interview-oklahoma-state-cowboys-coaching-vacancy

[Pakuni]

Villanova assistant is the frontrunner for the Quinnipiac job.

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0636273889713855382-4

[MUDPT]

The fact that it is so quiet out of IU leads me to believe that not only is their candidate still coaching, but that coach may already have agreed to come.

Please, please be Gard.

[CTWarrior]

Villanova assistant is the frontrunner for the Quinnipiac job.

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0636273889713855382-4

I'm surprised that mighty Quinnipiac isn't after Jay Wright!

[Oldgym]

Please, please be Gard.

Somebody would burn the Kohl Center to the ground.  #steppingstone

[Dawson Rental]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18977048/doug-gottlieb-interview-oklahoma-state-cowboys-coaching-vacancy

PLEASE!  Get this douche off the air.

[Dawson Rental]

Could be.  I don't know anything.  But this much silence in a coaching search is odd.  You want to name someone ASAP to deal with recruiting.  Look what Illinois did.

And I don't think the AD should be sitting around and waiting for someone to be done before talking to him.  Glass should have dozens of connections with Alford, Holtmann and Mack.  Use them.

How about Scott Drew returning home?

[GoldenWarrior11]

Isiah Thomas is probably still waiting for a phone call.  He still has time to ruin another basketball entity.  The CBA, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks and Florida International Panthers will all give glowing recommendations!

[MUBurrow]

Alford won six games in conference last year. Was asked, and acquiesced, to give one year back on his contract to the University.

For those questioning why Alford would leave UCLA, this is also the answer.  A really good season (but the kind both UCLA and Indiana expect every year) doesn't make up for having to give a year back on your contract and knowing that the boosters and admin smell blood in the water. I would guess that from that day, Alford was looking for his next move, regardless of the on-court record in the meantime. If Indiana offers, he's gone.

[🏀]

Please, please be Gard.

Unfortunately, for Wisconsin bumblefacks, UW is a destination job.

Mouthbreathers of the midwest.

[MarquetteDano]

Unfortunately, for Wisconsin bumblefacks, UW is a destination job.

I don't know if I would go that far.  I think they have hired people who have a loyalty to the system.  Which is smart.

When they don't in football I think we have all seen it is far from a destination job.

[oldwarrior81]

PLEASE!  Get this douche off the air.

Gottlieb just left CBS Sports for FS1.   
I hope he does get the coaching job or we BigEast fans may be seeing a lot more of him in the future.

[VegasWarrior77]

Hearing here in LV:

Many from Mizzou wanted Crean as their next coach but they hired Cuonzo just prior to TC's firing.

Someone analyzed Romar versus Krystkowiak and ... over the period studied Lorenzo had seven NBA players versus two for Larry but Larry had the better record.  They didn't give any specific details...

[MUDPT]

I don't know if I would go that far.  I think they have hired people who have a loyalty to the system.  Which is smart.

When they don't in football I think we have all seen it is far from a destination job.

I would be curious how "loyal" Gard would be.  I know he is from the area and is pretty comfortable.  But he had an interim tag, all last season.  Bo also used his father's death as a reason not to retire earlier, when really Bo probably was let go when all of his off court transgressions were coming to light.  That can't look good.  Also, your boss is the old football coach; the basketball program will always come second.  Chryst makes twice as much as him right now.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Gard won't move nor should he.

[GGGG]

Yeah Gard will be at UW for a long time as long as he is successful.  Until he retires?  He will have to deal with a new AD and who knows what jobs may interest him in a decade or so.  We will see.

[avid1010]

Gard won't move nor should he.

not that i don't agree...but i think coaches realize how much of their fate depends on luck.  if UW doesn't turn things around at the end of the season Gard is feeling the heat.  my guess is that he already started to feel it pretty well this year, and the way things went down to get him into the position makes you feel like he really wasn't what barry wanted.  so if i'm gard, and i have other offers...for multiple years and multiple millions...i might say wtf and go somewhere where i'm guaranteed more $$$, expectations are a bit more reasonable, and i know i'm the guy the university wanted (vs having the former head coach force me into the position).   i think it's similar to what buzz was thinking.

[GGGG]

Gard wasn't feeling the heat this year.

[Oldgym]

Kvetching on message boards during their slump is the extent of the heat I observed. 

He'll be tested next year with the loss of his seniors, but will be given every opportunity to show he can do this with his own recruits.  How many years do coaches get to prove themselves, again?