SJ 2009-09 Coaching Carousel thread

Appalachian will have to look elsewhere for its new coach.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/college_hoops/story/654382.html



No tears from me.

 

Good for the App State folks. Didn't see Buzz Peterson as the right fit this time, anyway. He wanted to make that jump again when he took the job in Conway. When he went to the Bobcats, it indicated that being paid and having a cushy job was much more important than getting down to brass tacks and building and maintaining a program.

Good for Buzz if he wishes. Better for Appalachian State that it look elsewhere.

 

Re: Gus Gilchrist
I think he attended Maryland for a semester. Was ineligible to play for the Terps. Left and became a free agent and wound up at USF when they hired his AAU coach/personal trainer/charlatan as an "assistant strength coach and video coordinator" or some such thing.
Didn't help the Bulls much. They're still one of those Big East programs you can't name if you're forced to list all 16 of them.

 

Florida International aspires to abject failure.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4065658

 

Cheerleaders and female staffers at the school must be thrilled.........

 

He didn't, so far as I know. I think it'll be a DI job in two years or so, and tourney-eligible in four? But, you're right, definitely a step down. I honestly thought Grand Canyon was a JC school all these years.

 

What?

Grand Canyon going DI?

What conference are they looking to join?

 

FIU has heard The Thud.

 

Yeah, crazy, right? No idea on the conference, but: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4054891&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

http://arizona.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=933665

 

Grand Canyon needs to take a long hard look at Longwood University basketball.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/college/article/LONG16_20081215-204005/151951/

 

Is Calhoun going to retire or what?

 

Yikes, no kidding.