There's always a chance he put it in there to have the option and is now having cold feet. That said, his dad is now 88. If you're ever going to relocate home, now would be the time.
Agree with all of that and that this is likely his last chance at this job. I am not suggesting that he'd hang up if Coyle contacted him and, in fact, I have predicted on this site that it will either be Dutch or Smith who takes the job. I was responding to a post that implied that he'd take the job under any circumstances and was just pointing out that we don't know that he's still interested or as interested. A lot has changed in the last 18 months.
He could certainly decide to stay at SDSU. But "no thanks, the job sucks and so does the weather" doesn't jive at all with having the out in his contract. Why bother having it in there if that's what you think?
Dutcher and Smith are turning into my favorites for the next head coach. Upon further review of Medved I took him off any list I had because in all his 7 previous seasons as a head coach he has yet to even make a ncaa tournament.
Or Bullies
Bad choice of words on my end. I just don't see him coming here with what he has at Arkansas. Pure speculation. He gets paid $2.5 million a year with heavy incentives. He will most likely get a raise after this year also. Don't see the U shoveling over $3 million for him.
2016-17 he was 14-4 in the one bid SoCon (3-way tie for the regular season title), then choked in the first round of the conf tourny, so no NCAA. No idea if they suffered an injury to a star player, or what the deal was there.
He's in his ideal job imo.
Yup, I get that. To me though 1 ncaa tournament in 8 seasons is not good. Especially when you have smith and dutcher having multiple appearances. Seems close to equal as pitino's ncaa appearances. But when/if he makes it this year my opinion of him will probably only change if he makes a little run in the tournament. I gotta be honest though. I just want a change so even if he is the one that is hired I am fired up.
Believe it or not, Utah State was/is a pretty decent basketball program. Sure, they did a lot of their winning in the old Big West and WAC, I get that. And Smith has done a great job there, nothing can be taken away from him. He didn't take over directly from the longtime, winning coach. He took over for the first guy who did that, and had a fairly poor three year run.
Utah State is a decent program, so is Colorado State. But building up USD is just as impressive as building up Furman. Maybe more so. They had never been decent at the D-1 level until then.
I put him in the same bucket as the Northern Iowa coach. If he was going for a better job, he should have done it several years ago. The moment has passed.
Thanks for bringing that up.
First, that was in response to someone posting that they wanted Ryan Saunders hired as a "head coach in waiting," and that's definitely not something I'd want.
Puh-lease, Just hire the best coach and leave race out of it.
This post just does not seem right to me..
It's not an absolute must. Stop it. Gates is a fine candidate. But he's likely going elsewhere. The idea that we should pass over Smith, Medved and Dutcher to reach for someone is silly. Hire the best candidate. The broader athletic department issue is separate.
Name them here.
Fair enough. As an assistant sure. As a dedicated heir apparent? No.
Agree, he'd be a great assistant. No need to do any type of heir-apparent or coach-in-waiting. That's stupid at this point.
If he wants to stay in Minnesota with his wife and kids (with a newborn this week), then a Gopher MBB assistant coaching job is likely the highest level that would be available to him. Assuming he wants to keep coaching, which I'm certain he does.
I agree. I will give you white, holtman, and coach K. Ryan is not in that category he dominated NCAA III for many years. Beilein was about the same when WV hired him 2 appearances in 9 years. But definitely not the same when Michigan hired him. 2 NCAA tournaments in 5 years, with 1 being sweet 16 and the other elite 8. I agree you definitely shouldn't hire based on how many tournaments you made but it is a plus when you compare to smith and dutcher.