OT: 2021 Coaching Carousel

[Uncle Rico]

Don't want to see Dennis Gates at DePaul, TBH

[JakeBarnes]

Saw a hilarious news article "click bait" title from the Texas 247 message board (popped up on my FB feed, I guess because I read their board recently). Entitled "Marquette students flee after Shaka Smart hire".

Had to click on it to see what it was about, apparently simply Cain and McEwen entering the transfer portal.

Seems like they are doing everything they can to manipulate the narrative here.

It was also on UW rivals. Made me laugh

[Silkk the Shaka]

Don't want to see Dennis Gates at DePaul, TBH

Or Moser

[Uncle Rico]

Or Moser

Gates would be more worrisome if he got things rolling, IMO.  If Moser leaves, I'll be surprised if it's for DePaul

[Silent Verbal]

Utah St went from winning coach to mediocre coach to a winning coach in Smith now looking to reverse right back

I feel bad for Utah St fans.  They don't deserve that.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Or just scroll up to the post from 5 hours ago 

Yes but then you do not get the hoop dirt.com Wow you are hard into scoop. I like it.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Am happy and thrilled and it is awesome Marquette got Shaka but Jon Rothstein just said live a few seconds ago on cbs sports network television the Job Porter Moser really coveted was the Marquette Job.

[brewcity77]

Am happy and thrilled and it is awesome Marquette got Shaka but Jon Rothstein just said live a few seconds ago on cbs sports network television the Job Porter Moser really coveted was the Marquette Job.

All the more reason I'm glad this got done Friday. While I think Moser could've done fine eventually, I think Shaka is the better hire both for the short term and the long term.

[The Sultan]

Looking how Indiana and DePaul are managing their coaching searches, I am grateful how competently and professional Scholl ran Marquette's.

Both fired their coaches days before MU, both have been spurned by their supposed top choices, and both are still looking. Meanwhile Scholl went from firing Wojo to hiring Shaka in a week's time.

[Dish]

Mike Woodson is such an uninspiring hire for IU, good lord.

[MU82]

So much for Marquette and Indiana going toe-to-toe for Moser.

[Dish]

Anytime you can hire a 60 year old head coach with zero college experience at a blue blood school, that just paid $10 mil to dump the last coach...ya gotta do it.

[Dish]

Now this is interesting...Thad Matta is going to be basketball czar at IU under Woodson.

[Billy Hoyle]

Anytime you can hire a 60 year old head coach with zero college experience at a blue blood school, that just paid $10 mil to dump the last coach...ya gotta do it.

But you have to ignore all of that as he has the most important quality: he played for Bob Knight.

[Oldgym]

Now this is interesting...Thad Matta is going to be basketball czar at IU under Woodson.

Is that real or was somebody trolling IU boards?

[tower912]

A throwback to Knight for the old Hoosier faithful.

[The Sultan]

A throwback to Knight for the old Hoosier faithful.

I'm not even sure the old Hoosier faithful think this a good idea.

[Oldgym]

They are...underwhelmed.  But the Matta thing is real after all.

[The Sultan]

Now this is interesting...Thad Matta is going to be basketball czar at IU under Woodson.

So they are hiring a guy to help Woodson because he has no college coaching network and probably only a vague idea of how modern college recruiting works.

[Mu8891]

Mike Woodson ??

Good lord.. lol ... 63 years old, no
college experience.  Seems like a
terrible choice

( hope it is )

[cheebs09]

Well, they got an NBA coach. Just not the one they were hoping for.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Mike Woodson is such an uninspiring hire for IU, good lord.

That means it will work out great.

[JWags85]

Now this is interesting...Thad Matta is going to be basketball czar at IU under Woodson.

He's going to be an associate AD.  Not sure how much actual help he will be able to give

[brewcity77]

So Indiana passed on Beilein, missed on Matta and Moser, and settled on a 63-year-old who is 50 games below .500, was fired from both his head coaching jobs, and has never recruited before?

Yeah...we won the Coaching Carousel. 

[JakeBarnes]

So Indiana passed on Beilein, missed on Matta and Moser, and settled on a 63-year-old who is 50 games below .500, was fired from both his head coaching jobs, and has never recruited before?

Yeah...we won the Coaching Carousel. 

Technically they also got Matta.