I'm not arguing that either way. It was asked, I answered. I think in his case, it's closer to the Lindsay Whalen hiring than anything else. Beloved at his almamater and hired on.
Which still means nothing to me.
If you’re trying to piece things together based off Gaard’s tweet which has Gates to DePaul it would leave the frontrunner for the Gopher job based on popular names as Medved.
If you add what New Mexico saved us on Pitino's buyout to his salary, getting outbid shouldn't be an issue.
How do you know?
Thanks Queta!
Even if he's not, his seat is now red hot. Tubby wasn't going to be fired in 2007 either. But he probably had to make the Final Four in 2008 to save his job. Shaka is in a similar spot now. He might be very open to a soft landing.
Did you miss the post where Utah is paying its current coach $4M and we were paying Pitino was $2.4M ?
The day is coming when anybody who actually believes what the Bible says will be called hyper-religious or a religious nut, or some variation on that theme. It should be no shock that a Baptist school adheres to the teachings of its scripture.
He and his wife love it there!
No. But someone suggested they would offer Smith $3 million. I doubt that. But we could match that if necessary.
Uh, no. For example: Notre Dame <<<<<<<< {BYU, Baylor, Grand Canyon, Liberty} , when it comes to religion impinging on student life.
Ask yourself- Who would ever preemptively call someone and do this? The answer is no one. This doesn’t happen in the real world.
Ridiculous. You can use that logic to rationalize nearly any unqualified candidate. It is common to actually expect to see evidence of qualification for big time jobs. If you are a small school, sure you can hire people who have no track record. Pitino is what you get when you hire with little to no track record. Pitino had all the potential, associated to all the big coaching names, he had people saying he was a rising star. Kentucky fans were saying he would eventually take over. You know what Pitino didn’t have? An actual track record as a HC. Gates is literally the same story, just with fewer big name coaches backing him.
I'd hope he's more confident in himself than that...leaving Texas to one of the worst power teams because he's scared of being fired
I'd love it if he's on the staff, but that's an incredibly weak and underwhelming hire as the head coach.
$4M to former coach of Montana and Milwaukee Bucks for two years each.
It happens often. Did Tubby lack self confidence? And MN is far from the worst Power 6 job.
Meh bottom 25%...bet he could line up something better if he felt he needed out
No. It would still be a reach. But at least he would have experience as a head coach.
Who wouldn't ? He's comparing it to Vermillion,SD for God's sake !
ass!Where? Name it. The only better job open is Indiana, which doesn't want him, and has the exact same delusional fans and donors as the place he's trying to escape.
He and his wife loved it in Vermillion!
Forgot about that. I feel like I should be more concerned with Medved having no NCAA appearances but I do think there's some validity to him not staying long enough to get there in the past. I don't think that would be a concern here. Dream Job.