2010 College hoop coaching carousel thread

When I saw the Pecora news, I was thinking it was a curious lateral move, but then I remembered Fordham's in the Atlantic 10 now.

I think if you're talking conferences, CAA to the A10 is a step up, isn't it?

 

Hofstra has a MUCH better chance at a tourney berth (ANY tourney) than Fordham. Not even close.

I wonder how many people actually realize Fordham is in the A10?

 

Fordham is a black hole right now. They're in the A-10, but they might as well be an independent. No structure, old gym, combined 5 wins the past two years, and most of this year's recruits will either defect because Jared Grasso is getting the boot or wouldn't make it in the first place.

 

You can scratch Jacobson's name off any list. AD Troy Dannen announced during a send-off for the team in Cedar Falls several minutes ago that Jake and UNI agreed to a 10-year extension, that will pay him roughly $500k/year.

 

I thought McCaffrey was making $800k at Siena ?

 

A little less than 700K I hear.

 

OK, I guess my first instinct was correct, then.

 

Interesting goings-on at Oregon.

The guy leading the search committee (Pat Kilkenny), and essentially doing the hiring because there is no AD, isn't even a university employee.

Kilkenny also pays part of Mark Few's salary at Gonzaga through a specific donation to the university.

He's a big booster who bought out the previous AD (Moos) and was the interim AD before Bellotti got pushed upstairs (even though he does not have a college degree), and is a self-made millionaire who is also a puppet for Nike and you-know-who.

Whomever is hired will know that he answers to Beaverton, first and foremost.

 

And that is probably why, among a bunch of other reasons, they have no chance of landing a big name.

Who in their right mind -- I mean, someone that has a good job already -- would take a job in which they have to answer to some rich booster.


I applaud the guy at UNI -- after this season he could probably run for mayor of whatever town that school is in and no matter what happens, his grace period is at least three or four years now -- he just signed a deal to get himself $5 million over ten years -- I'm guessing he will be able to pay his bills in whatever town that is.

Too many of those kinds of guys -- and schools - don't recognize a good thing and then make a mistake of leaving/letting him leave and live to regret it

 

A lot moves are motivated by a family situation, obviously Jacobson and his family are comfortable in Cedar Falls.

 

Barbee to Auburn, officially announced tonight. Solid (and surprising) hire.


AUBURN - Tony Barbee, who has served as head coach at UTEP the past four seasons and was the 2010 Conference USA Coach of the Year, has been named the head basketball coach at Auburn University, Director of
Athletics Jay Jacobs announced Wednesday.

In Barbee's four years, he led the UTEP program to three consecutive winning records, including a 26-7 mark during the 2009-10 season. The Miners won the Conference USA regular season title and made the NCAA
Tournament this season.

Prior to his stint at UTEP, Barbee spent six highly successful seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis, where he was considered one of the nation's top recruiters.