2015 College basketball coaching carousel thread

Canzano: Shaka Smart has no idea what he's getting into at Texas | OregonLive.com

 

Yeah, that.

 

Damn.

 

3.1 million dollars per year to coach college basketball is a bunch of money.
3.1 million dollars per year to coach college basketball in Wichita, Kansas is a fucking shitbox full of money.

 

That's the immediate gripe the UA fans put up about him. "If he had a different last name we wouldn't even look at him."

 

I find it interesting that Bama would take a swing at Marshall and then immediately retreat and start looking at lower-tier guys.

That's not to say Richard Pitino or the Murray State guy wouldn't be good hires. It's almost like they took a run at Marshall to appease someone who wanted a big name and then went back and said, "He said, no, here's a list of people who will definitely say yes."

 

And that's how you get a Stan Heath/Andy Enfield hire. Haase would probably be the best "easy" choice for Alabama to make.

Texas actually should take a long look at Richard Pitino -- that would be the perfect match of two entities that should have every conceivable advantage but, really, fall short of expectations.

 

At one point, I saw Avery Johnson mentioned for the Texas job. I guess that went away pretty quickly.

 

Why any serious basketball coach would consider going to a football-first school like Alabama is beyond me.

The only reason is the money. And even then, it will be four or five years before they get run off for the next young thing who won't tell them no.

 

I hate this line of thinking. Can't win at a football school. Can't get noticed at a football school. That's such bullshit. Michigan is a football school. Miami is a football school. Ohio State, Wisconsin. Many others. Good coaches can coach. Anywhere.

Rick Barnes lasted 17 years at a football school. Went to the tournament every damn year but one and made it to a Final Four and a couple other Elite Eights.

Why someone would rule out a "football-first school" is beyond me.

 

Billy Donovan has done pretty well at Florida.

 

Very few places can be, truly, a football school and a men's basketball school. Some of the Big Tens (Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan State) do a decent job of juggling it, Florida was top-tier in both a decade ago. Texas could be one of them if they make the right hires.