2024 Coaching Carousel

[Its DJOver]

What DePaul + Georgetown did for the Big East is create the illusion of solid teams who probably weren't.

The 3 Top 15 teams were never going to lose to the 10th and 11th team but you could expect the 6-9th teams to lose one or two. Instead they all sweep DePaul + Georgetown and you end up with this on the back half of the conference:

10-10
10-10
9-11
9-11
2-18
0-20

Maybe with a normal 10th + last place team Xavier goes 7-13 instead of 9-11 and you look at them a lot different.

Would you though?  Before X played a conference game they were 6-5 with losses to Delaware and Oakland. I don't think they were ever projected to be a tournament team once their injuries were known.

[Herman Cain]

Would you though?  Before X played a conference game they were 6-5 with losses to Delaware and Oakland. I don't think they were ever projected to be a tournament team once their injuries were known.

X had their  two bad non conference losses, which they had an excuse with the lost of the injured players and having to rebuild 14 players from their roster as Coach Miller noted in his post MU Press Conference. .

Nova lost 3 games to Big 5 Opponents which screwed The Big East. As Muggys would say, Inexcusable

[WhiteTrash]

X had their  two bad non conference losses, which they had an excuse with the lost of the injured players and having to rebuild 14 players from their roster as Coach Miller noted in his post MU Press Conference. .

Nova lost 3 games to Big 5 Opponents which screwed The Big East. As Muggys would say, Inexcusable

Could Nova be voted out of the Big East?

[Silkk the Shaka]

https://x.com/coachingchanges/status/1767177411819683992?s=46&t=5FASZRHgruhjFLVJKu-4pQ

Incredible if true

[MU82]

https://x.com/coachingchanges/status/1767177411819683992?s=46&t=5FASZRHgruhjFLVJKu-4pQ

If true, that's just another coach under a long-term contract quitting on his team - and not just at the end of a season but during a season that could include an NCAA tournament bid. Reminiscent of Brian Kelly bolting on Notre Dame, and of course many others including our own KO and Crean.

And yet some of the same folks who are so against college athletes having freedom of movement and/or football players protecting their financial futures by skipping exhibition bowl games seem to have little problem with coaches who walk out on their teams.

[Silkk the Shaka]

If true, that's just another coach under a long-term contract quitting on his team - and not just at the end of a season but during a season that could include an NCAA tournament bid. Reminiscent of Brian Kelly bolting on Notre Dame, and of course many others including our own KO and Crean.

And yet some of the same folks who are so against college athletes having freedom of movement and/or football players protecting their financial futures by skipping exhibition bowl games seem to have little problem with coaches who walk out on their teams.

I agree with this. But selfishly I want my second favorite coach in my neighborhood!

Also great running into you in Cincy, the real-life personality to match your top 5 poster status

[Scoop Snoop]

https://x.com/coachingchanges/status/1767177411819683992?s=46&t=5FASZRHgruhjFLVJKu-4pQ

I love the phrase "tentatively official" call. Ha!

[The Sultan]

If true, that's just another coach under a long-term contract quitting on his team - and not just at the end of a season but during a season that could include an NCAA tournament bid. Reminiscent of Brian Kelly bolting on Notre Dame, and of course many others including our own KO and Crean.

And yet some of the same folks who are so against college athletes having freedom of movement and/or football players protecting their financial futures by skipping exhibition bowl games seem to have little problem with coaches who walk out on their teams.

[Scoop Snoop]

X had their  two bad non conference losses, which they had an excuse with the lost of the injured players and having to rebuild 14 players from their roster as Coach Miller noted in his post MU Press Conference. .

Nova lost 3 games to Big 5 Opponents which screwed The Big East. As Muggys would say, Inexcusable

But the Big 5 did an excellent job at screwing the BE.

[MU82]

You're so dramatic.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

PM denying the DePaul rumor but not not voiceferously enough for me. I think it's edging closer to #donedeal. 

[Herman Cain]

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2024/03/11/porter-moser-depaul-rumors-ou-basketball-oklahoma-sooners-sec-better-job-big-east-blue-demons/72930441007/

[Pakuni]

@PorterMoser
Heard all the rumors this afternoon 🤦‍♂️ and want to say emphatically THERE IS ZERO TRUTH!!

I LOVE Oklahoma and Sooner Nation ❤️🤍

These accounts make stuff up and there is no validity to any of these "sources" b/c I have spoken to NO ONE about any job!!

https://twitter.com/PorterMoser/status/1767358650287284556

[PGsHeroes32]

@PorterMoser
Heard all the rumors this afternoon 🤦‍♂️ and want to say emphatically THERE IS ZERO TRUTH!!

I LOVE Oklahoma and Sooner Nation ❤️🤍

These accounts make stuff up and there is no validity to any of these "sources" b/c I have spoken to NO ONE about any job!!

https://twitter.com/PorterMoser/status/1767358650287284556

he gowne

[Tyler COLEk]

"Heard all the rumors this afternoon" -- lol

Not very convincing, but enough to make himself look like a real a-hole if he leaves for DePaul. I suppose what choice did he have with his team's season very much still alive.

[Herman Cain]

Steve Lappas in the Huggie Bear to DePaul camp as a good idea

https://voiceofmotown.com/bob-huggins-considered-perfect-candidate-for-head-coach-opening/

[cheebs09]

Steve Lappas in the Huggie Bear to DePaul camp as a good idea

https://voiceofmotown.com/bob-huggins-considered-perfect-candidate-for-head-coach-opening/

Lappas must be as good at picking coaching hires as he is at commentating.

[Scoop Snoop]

"Heard all the rumors this afternoon" -- lol

Not very convincing, but enough to make himself look like a real a-hole if he leaves for DePaul. I suppose what choice did he have with his team's season very much still alive.

If he really is headed to DePaul AND had no part in the leaks AND stays with his team until their season is over, why do you think he would be seen as an a-hole? 

[MU82]

Gary Barnett bolted Northwestern for Colorado about 10 seconds after tearfully telling his Northwestern players he wouldn't leave. And he's hardly the only one to do that or something similar.

[PointWarrior]

https://x.com/coachingchanges/status/1767177411819683992?s=46&t=5FASZRHgruhjFLVJKu-4pQ

Shiiit... we could have had Porter Moser instead of Shaka?

[WhiteTrash]

Gary Barnett bolted Northwestern for Colorado about 10 seconds after tearfully telling his Northwestern players he wouldn't leave. And he's hardly the only one to do that or something similar.

In fairness to Barnett: Nov. 1996 "I don't think you ever say 'never' or 'always.' I don't know at this point in time," he said when asked if he would still be coaching Northwestern next season.

Also, Barnett and/or Colorado paid Northwestern : When the NU AD was asked about Barnett's buyout amount (in response to ND rumors);
"Lots," Northwestern athletic director Rick Taylor said Monday without giving specifics.

[MU82]

In fairness to Barnett: Nov. 1996 "I don't think you ever say 'never' or 'always.' I don't know at this point in time," he said when asked if he would still be coaching Northwestern next season.

And yet, literally hours before he bolted Northwestern, he told his own Northwestern players - the ones he had spent years preaching "loyalty" to - that he wasn't going anywhere.

Look, I don't begrudge anybody improving his or her lot in life. Just don't be a liar and hypocrite. And there are lots of hypocrites in coaching when it comes to athletes having anything close to the freedom of movement that coaches have had for decades.

This is all being said in the context of Moser perhaps going from Oklahoma to DePaul. If he thinks that's a better fit for himself, cool. But if so, after basically using the coaching transfer portal for himself twice in 3 years, he damn well better never whine about any of his athletes hitting the transfer portal.

[Herman Cain]

After 17 years Long Beach State lets Dan Monson go

https://hoopdirt.com/monson-long-beach-state-agree-to-mutually-part-ways/

[PJDunn]

Bolted Gonzaga for the greener pastures of Minnesota. Guess that did not work out.

[MarquetteVol]

It worked out great for Gonzaga and Mark Few!