2018 Coaching Carousel

[4everwarriors]

Crean sucks

[tower912]

Crean sucks

The pool of available and potential coaching candidates out there is so shallow that Crean, for all we know about his strengths and weaknesses and personality traits, is still viewed as the best option available by many power 6 schools.    Fire Wojo fans should cogitate on that.   

[MarquetteDano]

The pool of available and potential coaching candidates out there is so shallow that Crean, for all we know about his strengths and weaknesses and personality traits, is still viewed as the best option available by many power 6 schools.    Fire Wojo fans should cogitate on that.

We know both Wojo and Crean well.  If you didn't,  Crean would seem like the better pick.  From an outsiders standpoint both are good recruiters,  both seem to run a above board program, both seem like okay X-O coaches.  However,  Crean has won in the post season where Wojo has not.

[Oldgym]

Kermit Davis to Mississippi.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ole-miss-hires-middle-tennessee-coach-kermit-davis-to-replace-andy-kennedy/

MTSU is still playing in the NIT.  That could be a little awkward.

[tower912]

We know both Wojo and Crean well.  If you didn't,  Crean would seem like the better pick.  From an outsiders standpoint both are good recruiters,  both seem to run a above board program, both seem like okay X-O coaches.  However,  Crean has won in the post season where Wojo has not.

Agree with most.   But I look at it slightly differently.    I know what Crean's ceiling is.   18 years of high level D1 coaching, 9 NCAA tourney bids.   Can bring a down program up.   But only so far. 
 
  I don't know what Wojo's ceiling is.     

[brewcity77]

Kermit Davis to Mississippi.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ole-miss-hires-middle-tennessee-coach-kermit-davis-to-replace-andy-kennedy/

MTSU is still playing in the NIT.  That could be a little awkward.

Sounds like they agreed that Davis could finish coaching in the tournament. I still think firing Andy Kennedy was a mistake. I get that he hasn't had many highlight moments, but that's a terrible job and only Florida and Kentucky have won more games in the SEC than Ole Miss during his tenure.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Kermit Davis to Mississippi.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ole-miss-hires-middle-tennessee-coach-kermit-davis-to-replace-andy-kennedy/

MTSU is still playing in the NIT.  That could be a little awkward.

Seems like settling for Davis. At least it's a power conference.

[Pakuni]

Sounds like they agreed that Davis could finish coaching in the tournament. I still think firing Andy Kennedy was a mistake. I get that he hasn't had many highlight moments, but that's a terrible job and only Florida and Kentucky have won more games in the SEC than Ole Miss during his tenure.

Ole Miss isn't that bad of a job. It's not likely to ever be a contender, but they made five tourney appearances in the 10 seasons before Kennedy. They made two in 12 years with him.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Sounds like they agreed that Davis could finish coaching in the tournament. I still think firing Andy Kennedy was a mistake. I get that he hasn't had many highlight moments, but that's a terrible job and only Florida and Kentucky have won more games in the SEC than Ole Miss during his tenure.

Is that really true?  Geez the SEC has sucked... He didn't have a single tourney streak in his what 10 years at Old Miss

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Seems like settling for Davis. At least it's a power conference.

He'd clearly seen what he needed to see at MTSU.  His big class is graduating.  I get it.

[brewcity77]

Is that really true?  Geez the SEC has sucked... He didn't have a single tourney streak in his what 10 years at Old Miss

Before this year, Kennedy never finished worse than 2 games below .500 (7-9 & 8-10) in SEC play. 9 of his first 11 seasons they won 20+ games and this was his first losing season. I know he didn't go to the NCAAs a ton, but he did have 6 NIT trips. I think he's a good coach in a bad situation where they only care about football.

[🏀]

Crean to Georgia

[🏀]

Buzz to ESPN

[🏀]

Wojo to Virgina Polytechnical

[GooooMarquette]

Crean to Georgia

IG! IG!

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

"I remember in 1980 sitting in my mom's trailer watching Georgia win the national championship in football.  It's at that time that i fell in love with football and decided I would stalk the Harbaugh family.  After repeated advances towards Jim and him filing a restraining order on me i decided to pursue his identical twin and its been a fairy tale ever since".

You heard it here first, i called it before the IU press con, too

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Fwiw
Georgia is a crap job

[MU82]

Agree with most.   But I look at it slightly differently.    I know what Crean's ceiling is.   18 years of high level D1 coaching, 9 NCAA tourney bids.   Can bring a down program up.   But only so far. 
 
  I don't know what Wojo's ceiling is.   

Perfectly stated. You're on a roll, tower.

And for the record, no, I wouldn't trade Wojo for Crean.

[Dr. Blackheart]

IGo! IGo!

FIFY (sic)

[tower912]

Dominique Wilkins reference guaranteed.

[Herman Cain]

Fwiw
Georgia is a crap job

$16 million buys a lot of toilet paper.

[Pakuni]

Fwiw
Georgia is a crap job

Not really. Lots of elite talent in Georgia, your in-state rival is a mess, you play in a major conference, but not a particularly strong one, and your athletic department is profitable. And the expectations are pretty reasonable, at least by major school standards.
It's a better job than Pitt or UConn is right now.

[WarriorDad]

Good for him, but SEC becoming a tougher job of late.  Eight bids, ranked 3rd in the country ahead of the ACC and Big Ten.

Have to deal with the antics of Pearl (is he still under investigation) and Kentucky.   Seems to excel at rebuilds, did it twice.  Probably limited on the upper end to where he can go though he has a Final Four and several conference titles, Sweet 16 type appearances.  Tech is a mess, so that should help in state, but that won't be an easy place to succeed.  Best of luck to him.

[Golden Avalanche]

Not really. Lots of elite talent in Georgia, your in-state rival is a mess, you play in a major conference, but not a particularly strong one, and your athletic department is profitable. And the expectations are pretty reasonable, at least by major school standards.
It's a better job than Pitt or UConn is right now.

This.

Crean took his meeting in Pittsburgh and knew of the exodus coming today. Also knows UConn will be hampered for next two years. He already did that with Indiana. He's taking the best job available for him.

[Marcus92]

Fire Wojo fans should cogitate on that.

cogitate
'koj-i-teyt
v to think hard; to ponder or meditate on intently

That sounds like work. Much easier to just spout off with the first thing that comes to mind when things don't go the way you want.