OT: 2021 Coaching Carousel

[GooooMarquette]

Bring Tony Bennett home

If he would come, I'd take him in a heartbeat...but I don't think he'd come.

[Viper]

If he would come, I'd take him in a heartbeat...but I don't think he'd come.

wasn't TonyB an assistant at MU for a season? Either late under Deane,  or first year w/Crean?

[Uncle Rico]

wasn't TonyB an assistant at MU for a season? Either late under Deane,  or first year w/Crean?

No and he'll never coach at Marquette

[Uncle Rico]

Archie Miller out at Indiana

[GooooMarquette]

Wojo to I4!

[cheebs09]

Wojo to I4!

I'm just hoping this gets dominos falling to get a job he'd jump to.

[The Sultan]

Archie Miller out at Indiana

My guess is they will make a hard run at Pitino or Scott Drew.

[nyg]

Archie Miller out at Indiana

10.3 million dollar buyout.  Wow...

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

10.3 million dollar buyout.  Wow...

I don't get the insurmountable buyout arguments.  The people who fund buyouts have more money than they did last year. 

[tower912]

No and he'll never coach at Marquette

He almost did.  Legend has it.   Called back an hour too late.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Archie Miller out at Indiana

What about 5 years to judge!!!!!!

[tower912]

That makes two fanbases looking at Crean through sepia tinted glasses.

Private funding specifically for the buyout.  Mark Cuban?   

Pony up, scoopers.

[nyg]

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2021/03/15/iu-basketball-fires-archie-miller-how-his-buyout-ranks-with-other-coaches/4700631001/

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

What about 5 years to judge!!!!!!

Too quick of a hook IMHO but they did get worse this year when they should have gotten better. If the incoming coach can keep the roster together, he'll have a very good team in his first year. Only lose one player to graduation and should be adding Joey Brunk back from injury (starting center for last season's likely NCAA team) and UT Martin transfer Parker Stewart (scored 19 points a game).

[The Lens]

I don't get the insurmountable buyout arguments.  The people who fund buyouts have more money than they did last year.

A fact no one seems to want to acknowledge. 

[Ardmore Mug]

Penn State looking  to hire Micah Shrewsberry, per ESPN ! ! ! 
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31069459/sources-penn-state-basketball-hire-micah-shrewsberry-new-head-coach

[Billy Hoyle]

A fact no one seems to want to acknowledge.

That was something people talked about regarding the football buyouts.

That said, do we still have the deep-pocketed guys who would pony up for Wojo's buyout at MU anymore?  Strong, the Wheelers, and Louis Meyer were three I remember from the Crean days.

Penn State looking  to hire Micah Shrewsberry ! ! ! 
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31069459/sources-penn-state-basketball-hire-micah-shrewsberry-new-head-coach

He comes cheap compared to their other finalists. That's important for PSU.

[Silent Verbal]

We are now starting to see coaches who were hired after Wojo, or right around the same time, get canned for not producing results.  Good on IU for just ripping off the bandaid and getting themselves out of a situation that wasn't working before more damage could be done.

[The Sultan]

I don't get the insurmountable buyout arguments.  The people who fund buyouts have more money than they did last year. 

While that is undoubtedly true, you would rather have them donate to something else rather than paying a buyout.

[JakeBarnes]

While that is undoubtedly true, you would rather have them donate to something else rather than paying a buyout.

per their AD, the IU buyout was "philanthropic" for whatever that means.

[SaveOD238]

While that is undoubtedly true, you would rather have them donate to something else rather than paying a buyout.

The depth of the "loaded alums" pool is probably deeper at IU than at MU.  There's only so many multi-millionaires who Lovell/Scholl can hit up for donations, and the university does have other projects.  I've met a few "loaded alums", and while they are big hoops fans, I think they view the long-term academic success of the university as more important than who is on the sidelines of the Fiserv.

[GoldenWarrior11]

Once again, no matter the school, if admin wants a coach fired, they find a way. A buyout does not prevent a coach from getting fired, if admin wants to make it happen.

For MU, we are keeping Wojo not because of his buyout but because - right or wrong - our admin LOVES, not likes, Wojo.

Simple (and frustrating) as that.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

per their AD, the IU buyout was "philanthropic" for whatever that means.

Doesn't that mean an alum donor agreed to pay the buyout for the university?

[Silent Verbal]

Once again, no matter the school, if admin wants a coach fired, they find a way. A buyout does not prevent a coach from getting fired, if admin wants to make it happen.

For MU, we are keeping Wojo not because of his buyout but because - right or wrong - our admin LOVES, not likes, Wojo.

Simple (and frustrating) as that.

Agreed.  If Indiana can pay $10 million to fire Archie, MU can pay Wojo's buyout.  Perhaps the optics of paying said buyout will be better now that IU's set the bar so high.  MU is, after all, a supposedly big time basketball program.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Once again, no matter the school, if admin wants a coach fired, they find a way. A buyout does not prevent a coach from getting fired, if admin wants to make it happen.

For MU, we are keeping Wojo not because of his buyout but because - right or wrong - our admin LOVES, not likes, Wojo.

Simple (and frustrating) as that.

They find a way? In IU's case, based on the "philanthropic" comment, a bajillionaire stepped up to offer (or demanded) to pay the buyout. If MU has a donor do the same, Wojo would be gone yesterday.