2010 College hoop coaching carousel thread

Yup. And just because Jeff Lebo married a woman from Martin County does not make him a stout hire. If there's something Terry Holland should be able to do, it is find a serious basketball coach. And yet this continues happening ...

 

Multiple reports say Mike Rice of Robert Morris will talk to Seton Hall about their job on Wednesday.

As for the definition of mid-majors, Gonzaga is the only one that isn't one anymore. The rest still have basketball budgets that are at least three times as small as those in the Big Six conferences.

 

Donovan turns down 3 mil a year from SJU

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/2010/03/23/2010-03-23_billy_picks_gatorade.html

 

A cold-weather commuter school.

Yeah, that's a draw.

And don't talk to me about NYC or the Gahden. It won't wash.

 

Yeah . . . hire a blithering incompetent on religious grounds. That makes sense.

 

Hewitt's just the kind of mistake St. John's
is likely to make.

 

You never know -- I watched his teams play and never thought they were horribly coached, I just thought he didn't recruit well enough to win in the SEC -- but ECU is a big step down and it won't shock me if Lebo has some success there not that he is at a lower level.

 

Well, he's also a local guy......

Interesting to see one of the comments mention Tim Cluess. He's a high school-turned-local D3 coach who wins wherever he goes. He's also a loon and would be a Faustian choice.

Looie says he's not involved in the decision, and the school Prez says the choice is all Monasch's.

People have to remember that this is not their father's St. John's anymore. The local Queens kids who went to SJU now live in the suburbs and send their children--and their money--to Siena, Fairfield, etc.
I'm thinking Hewitt and McCaffery are the 2 most likely candidates, but I think McCaffery is waiting to see what ND does on Brey.

 

Not too mention $3 million in NYC is like what, $1.8 in Gainesville? And he's already making $3.5 million in Gainesville -- though he is starting to look like a guy who should have taken the Magic's money and run......

 

Apparently UO is going for Donovan.
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/sports/24589462-41/million-donovan-coach-dixon-salary.csp

Personally I don't see it happening, but then again stranger things have happened.

 

Here is the funny thing - they have all that money to give and I'll be shocked if any big-name guy on their list takes the job. It just isn't a great job.