Sutton to resign. OSU job will now be open

[ChicosBailBonds]

Tis the time of the year

[Pakuni]

Who's going to say it?

Crean to ...

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

UNC smokes Kansas, Self gets blasted in Lawrence, takes a week to think it over and heads to OSU where he is the love king, and Kansas hires Tom Crean.

With Horn off to South Carolina, Marquette makes a run at Kevin Stallings, fails, and ends up promoting Buzz Williams.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Buzz Williams isn't qualified to be our coach. He abandoned his last post, has been here all of one year and has has no Midwest ties. I'd rather have Rabedeaux who is at least several years removed from his deal.

If Crean leaves he should have ZERO input on who we hire.

[ChicosBailBonds]

If Crean leaves he should have ZERO input on who we hire.

Did you not care for K.O.'s recommendation to hire Deane?

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I don't think anybody, in any job, should have a say in who his replacement is. Of course, considering our AD and assistant AD were Crean hires, it's hard to imagine Crean won't get that opportunity.

[MUSF]

I don't think anybody, in any job, should have a say in who his replacement is. Of course, considering our AD and assistant AD were Crean hires, it's hard to imagine Crean won't get that opportunity.

That is one of the most ridiculous things you have ever posted. Really? You don't think anybody, in any job, should have a say in who replaces them? If someone has held a top position in any organization and been very successful, don't you think that organization might respect the opinion of the person they are replacing?

If I have a great mechanic and he is retiring, I would probably ask him who he would recommend to replace him.

[CTWarrior]

If I have a great mechanic and he is retiring, I would probably ask him who he would recommend to replace him.

But if I had a mechanic who didn't want to work on my car because he decided it was better for him to work on someone else's car, I don't think I'd want his advice as to who to replace him with.  Leaving for a perceived better job is a lot different from retirning.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I don't think anybody, in any job, should have a say in who his replacement is. Of course, considering our AD and assistant AD were Crean hires, it's hard to imagine Crean won't get that opportunity.

That is one of the most ridiculous things you have ever posted. Really? You don't think anybody, in any job, should have a say in who replaces them? If someone has held a top position in any organization and been very successful, don't you think that organization might respect the opinion of the person they are replacing?

If I have a great mechanic and he is retiring, I would probably ask him who he would recommend to replace him.

Well, obviously a mechanic who is retiring isn't the same as an executive going to a competitor...is he? So you're right. A mechanic could choose his replacement. A mailman, too. And let's throw in house painters. They, too, can choose their replacements.

Essentially a basketball coach is the CEO. If he decides he wants to be CEO somewhere else, why in the world should he be allowed to decide who is going to run the company while he's running a competitor?

[RawdogDX]

I don't think anybody, in any job, should have a say in who his replacement is. Of course, considering our AD and assistant AD were Crean hires, it's hard to imagine Crean won't get that opportunity.

That is one of the most ridiculous things you have ever posted. Really? You don't think anybody, in any job, should have a say in who replaces them? If someone has held a top position in any organization and been very successful, don't you think that organization might respect the opinion of the person they are replacing?

If I have a great mechanic and he is retiring, I would probably ask him who he would recommend to replace him.

Well, obviously a mechanic who is retiring isn't the same as an executive going to a competitor...is he? So you're right. A mechanic could choose his replacement. A mailman, too. And let's throw in house painters. They, too, can choose their replacements.

Essentially a basketball coach is the CEO. If he decides he wants to be CEO somewhere else, why in the world should he be allowed to decide who is going to run the company while he's running a competitor?

I have to agree with PRN here.  Although i'm sure if crean recomends pearl he'd change his tune.

[muwarrior87]

Buzz will be gone next season and Tom will not. You heard it from me and that's what will happen.

[ChicosBailBonds]

If I have a great mechanic and he is retiring, I would probably ask him who he would recommend to replace him.

But if I had a mechanic who didn't want to work on my car because he decided it was better for him to work on someone else's car, I don't think I'd want his advice as to who to replace him with.  Leaving for a perceived better job is a lot different from retirning.

What if the mechanic wanted to work on your car but got hitched to some delicious babe and needed to move to Hollywood to follow her acting career, then would it be ok for him to recommend a mechanic that was still in Avon or Waterbury or Stratford?  


By the way, I don't have a side on this at all.....I think if the AD asks the question of the former coach and they have a good relationship, fine.  Then it's probably a worthwhile piece of information.  If the coach is pushing someone unsolicited by the AD, not quite as comfortable with that idea.

[CTWarrior]

What if the mechanic wanted to work on your car but got hitched to some delicious babe and needed to move to Hollywood to follow her acting career, then would it be ok for him to recommend a mechanic that was still in Avon or Waterbury or Stratford?  

Then I would listen, provided I was given a suitable photo of said babe.