All Things 2022-2023 College Basketball Coach Hire/Fire Thread

[Gilthorp57]

South Florida chimes in:


Go Gophers!!

They had just given him an extension lol

 

[UpAndUnder43]

Austin Peay chimes in after only 2 seasons:


Go Gophers!!

WHAT? You can't fire a coach after two seasons without a major scandal.

 

[skiumah1]

WHAT? You can't fire a coach after two seasons without a major scandal.

I had heard the relationship with his players was rocky actually haha

 

[UpAndUnder43]

I had heard the relationship with his players was rocky actually haha

Cause they sucked?

 

[skiumah1]

Cause they sucked?

Eeeehhhhh, not sure.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Georgia Tech chimes in:


Go Gophers!!

Precipitous fall for the former boy wunder

 

[Block M]

Precipitous fall for the former boy wunder

He's now available. Craig Smith might also be re-available in the next couple years given current results and so-so returning talent. As I recall he's the guy everyone on this board wanted a couple years ago.

 

[skiumah1]

He's now available. Craig Smith might also be re-available in the next couple years given current results and so-so returning talent. As I recall he's the guy everyone on this board wanted a couple years ago.

Whewww...Reaching with that one there.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

He's now available. Craig Smith might also be re-available in the next couple years given current results and so-so returning talent. As I recall he's the guy everyone on this board wanted a couple years ago.

pass for me, was under 500 at Tech

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

 

[Block M]

Whewww...Reaching with that one there.

Just a little. Will be interesting to see where the respective programs are after Year 3.

 

[Holy Man]

South Florida chimes in:


Go Gophers!!

Ben and Brian Gregory are good friends. Just saying…

 

[goldengophers]

He's now available. Craig Smith might also be re-available in the next couple years given current results and so-so returning talent. As I recall he's the guy everyone on this board wanted a couple years ago.

What a flex, I think any sane individual would take Smith over Ben.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

I bet the Pitino vetting process won’t take more than 2 or 3 seconds.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I bet the Pitino vetting process won’t take more than 2 or 3 seconds.

Perfect place for his redemption - Catholic school is a great fit and he loves NYC and can work his East Coast connections.

 

[BleedGopher]

Holy Cross chimes in:


Go Gophers!!

 

[dlnavra]

Perfect place for his redemption - Catholic school is a great fit and he loves NYC and can work his East Coast connections.

Agree but would call it more phase 2 of his redemption. He’s already been working it well at Iona (another NY Catholic school) and this just moves it up a notch.

 

[UpAndUnder43]

He's now available. Craig Smith might also be re-available in the next couple years given current results and so-so returning talent. As I recall he's the guy everyone on this board wanted a couple years ago.

Craig Smith seems to be doing pretty well. His team won 17 games and was .500 in the conference in only his second year.

Contrast that to, I dunno, Ben Johnson. Smith took over a slightly better team from 20-21 but has added to that teams win totals. Johnson has…not.

 

[howeda7]

Craig Smith might also be re-available in the next couple years given current results and so-so returning talent. As I recall he's the guy everyone on this board wanted a couple years ago.

Where do I sign?

 

[howeda7]

Is it just me or are there a lot more firings than usual this year?

 

[Holy Man]

Is it just me or are there a lot more firings than usual this year?

Pandemic catch up.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Agree but would call it more phase 2 of his redemption. He’s already been working it well at Iona (another NY Catholic school) and this just moves it up a notch.

He’s out of purgatory when he leaves Iona

 

[BleedGopher]

Buffalo chimes in:


Go Gophers!!

 

[cjbfbp]

Buffalo chimes in:


Go Gophers!!

Really matters who you follow in the position. His predecessor was Nate Oats and Bobby Hurley for two years prior to that.

Whitesell's record really wasn't too bad for Buffalo's historical standards: 3 winning seasons out of 4 with a 20 and 19 win season.

 

[golfing18now]

Really matters who you follow in the position. His predecessor was Nate Oats and Bobby Hurley for two years prior to that.

Whitesell's record really wasn't too bad for Buffalo's historical standards: 3 winning seasons out of 4 with a 20 and 19 win season.

Wow. Maybe the call we need to make is the guy/gal that does the hiring at Buffalo.

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[WindyCityGopher]

This would be something, and a big setback for Penn State.

 

[Bad Gopher]

This would be something, and a big setback for Penn State.

I'd hate to see that.

 

[Plato]

Perfect place for his redemption - Catholic school is a great fit and he loves NYC and can work his East Coast connections.

I presume that your remark that a Catholic school would be a good fit for Per Pitino was sarcasm or in jest.
Sarcasm for the hypocrisy often found in religions or jest because it is a hilarious statement considering Pitino had sex in a restaurant with a woman who approached him for "advice about her son's BB potential". And that was just the start of a long personal downhill slide for Pitino.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I presume that your remark that a Catholic school would be a good fit for Per Pitino was sarcasm or in jest.
Sarcasm for the hypocrisy often found in religions or jest because it is a hilarious statement considering Pitino had sex in a restaurant with a woman who approached him for "advice about her son's BB potential". And that was just the start of a long personal downhill slide for Pitino.

Humor is a sign of intelligence - methinks you may take your handle on an anonymous chat board a tad too seriously, or is that in jest as well Martin Luther?