2023 Coaching Carousel

[dgies9156]

Why would Ed Cooley go to Georgetown?

Has has a great deal where he's at. I can't believe he would do that much better at the Hound's school.

[The Sultan]

It will pay more and is in more fertile recruiting ground. And maybe he just wants a change.

[avid1010]

https://twitter.com/TroyBenjamin06/status/1636780445462413347?t=NbKe7U03jSAGkK0hHwD3_g&s=19

Take random Tweets with a grain of salt, but if true...Cooley is gone. Providence can't match that.

What does Providence, and any other college, have for NIL $?

[Herman Cain]

I thought Iona's biggest selling point was he was able to live at his home on Winged Foot. He could still do that at St John's. Maybe he'd still be able to do that in the offseason at Providence.

Life style in Southern Westchester County where Pitino resides is pretty good.  If Pitino is going to leave that at age 70 my guess is Providence, where he can inherit a solid program would be preferred over the disfunction of The Johnnies  . I guess it comes down to his personal priorities in life .

[MU82]

We need to go back to the good old days when coaches couldn't transfer without having to sit out a year.

[The Sultan]

If I'm PC and I can get Pitino, I'd get Cooley an Amazon gift card and thank him for his service.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1636887479059120129?t=DEr-CspVLoOtMIWF-wK0iA&s=19

Pitino 2 St. Johns, #donedeal?

[willie warrior]

Life style in Southern Westchester County where Pitino resides is pretty good.  If Pitino is going to leave that at age 70 my guess is Providence, where he can inherit a solid program would be preferred over the disfunction of The Joh nnies  . I guess it comes down to his personal priorities in life .

Would Pitino be using viagra/generic when he gets to Providence?

[5DollarPitcher]

https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1636887479059120129?t=DEr-CspVLoOtMIWF-wK0iA&s=19

Pitino 2 St. Johns, #donedeal?

Love it for the league. Nice scoop for Fanta.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

What does Purdue do with Painter. Obviously he's had quite a bit of success there but that's 3 years in a row with a loss to a double digit seed.

Maybe a change of scenery would be good for him.

[brewcity77]

https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1636887479059120129?t=DEr-CspVLoOtMIWF-wK0iA&s=19

Pitino 2 St. Johns, #donedeal?

That news came quicker than Pitino at Porcini's.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

How long until the Cooley to Georgetown announcement?

[Silent Verbal]

What does Purdue do with Painter. Obviously he's had quite a bit of success there but that's 3 years in a row with a loss to a double digit seed.

Maybe a change of scenery would be good for him.

I think he played and coached under Gene Keady.  He'll never leave Purdue and they'll be very reluctant to move on from him with all the regular season success they've had.  And I'm not sure they could do much better than him if the job opened up.

[Herman Cain]

Love it for the league. Nice scoop for Fanta.

Fanta working hard on The Scoop.

This league just got a lot tougher

[Tums Festival]

I think he played and coached under Gene Keady.  He'll never leave Purdue and they'll be very reluctant to move on from him with all the regular season success they've had.  And I'm not sure they could do much better than him if the job opened up.

Keady and Painter have had similar success at Purdue. Painter's winning percentage is slightly higher and the farthest each one has taken Purdue in the tournament is to the Elite Eight.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Lolololololol

https://twitter.com/rockethaverland/status/1636901388092583938?s=46&t=vzpt-zjb3EWbQ_hnQmF3QQ

[cheebs09]

The Coaching Changes Twitter account has me stipend Donovan is looking at Texas and Texas Tech. I wonder if Cooley goes to Georgetown if Donovan goes to his alma mater.

Adding Pitino and Donovan after adding Shaka, Miller, and Matta to the conference would be pretty big time.

[The Lens]

Purdue is fine.  They'll win one eventually. You don't fire a coach like MP.

[The Sultan]

I agree they shouldn't fire Painter, but the "they'll win one eventually" is something they have been saying there for time eternal. Gene Keady was a charter member of the "best coach who has never won a title" club. They have won ten Big Ten championships since their last Final Four in 1980!

As I said earlier, the biggest problem I see when I watch them is that they run an extremely traditional, post-heavy offense.  I just don't see that anywhere in college basketball these days.  It really is a throwback, and I am not sure that's a good thing.

[cheebs09]

I agree they shouldn't fire Painter, but the "they'll win one eventually" is something they have been saying there for time eternal. Gene Keady was a charter member of the "best coach who has never won a title" club. They have won ten Big Ten championships since their last Final Four in 1980!

As I said earlier, the biggest problem I see when I watch them is that they run an extremely traditional, post-heavy offense.  I just don't see that anywhere in college basketball these days.  It really is a throwback, and I am not sure that's a good thing.

I also don't think it's just due to having Edey. They have focused on their big guys a lot in recent years. Swanigan and Haas are two that come to mind. I think there was another too.

[The Sultan]

I also don't think it's just due to having Edey. They have focused on their big guys a lot in recent years. Swanigan and Haas are two that come to mind. I think there was another too.

Matt Haarms. Yes I agree. This isn't a one off thing.

I do know they were close and lost a late lead v. UVa in the E8 in 2019.

[cheebs09]

Matt Haarms. Yes I agree. This isn't a one off thing.

I do know they were close and lost a late lead v. UVa in the E8 in 2019.

Isaac Haas was a 7 footer from 2014-2018. But I think that further illustrates the point.

[Marquette Fan in WI]

As I said earlier, the biggest problem I see when I watch them is that they run an extremely traditional, post-heavy offense. I just don't see that anywhere in college basketball these days.  It really is a throwback, and I am not sure that's a good thing.

There's another B10 team whose fan base has to be thinking similar things about their traditional offense, while their football team is undergoing a renewed energy because of modernization.

[tower912]

It was interesting hearing the CBS talking heads, Kellogg, Smith, Barkley, talking about how Purdue should have gone zone, how they weren't sure if Purdue had a zone in their pocket, and if not, that is bad coaching as everyone needs all the tools they can get.   

I though of Bo.
I thought of Murf. 

I chuckled.   

[The Sultan]

And the thing is, the swing was actually a pretty revolutionary offense back in the day. It got posts who can shoot outside with guards who could score on the inside. It's how Bo was able to win at Platteville regularly with inferior talent because it pulled bigs away from the basket and made opponent's guards play on the inside.