Bear Down Wildcats

Texas A&M is open

UCLA obviously

Wazzu is not an easy job. If they didn’t like Kent, they may wanna hire younger, hungrier.

At some point you would think Randy Bennett would get a look from a power 5 team. Dude can coach

azcat49 wrote:At some point you would think Randy Bennett would get a look from a power 5 team. Dude can coach

He can do better than Wazzu. I'd think he'd be a candidate at UCLA.

azcat49 wrote:At some point you would think Randy Bennett would get a look from a power 5 team. Dude can coach

He turned down Cal last time around, but that Cal job wasn't very attractive. And Cal turned down Mussleman's request for an interview

UNLV opens up again. A little surprised on that one.

Texas A&M fired Billy Kennedy and Buzz Williams is the rumored replacement.

Buzz is on my short list as a replacement for CSM if we part ways.

Buzz wants back into Texas in a bad way

So Bug, your short list for the bruins (thinking you will go after)

Hard to say. Info isn't being leaked very much. I think if they totally botch things,they will land Cronin or the other Bennett and I believe they can coach to where UCLA should be fine.

azcat49 wrote:UNLV opens up again. A little surprised on that one.

Rick Pitino is heavy in that rumor. Tell me UNLV and Pitino aren't a match made in heaven.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

azcat49 wrote:UNLV opens up again. A little surprised on that one.

Rick Pitino is heavy in that rumor. Tell me UNLV and Pitino aren't a match made in heaven.

Oh my gosh yes

That would wake up west coast basketball.

Reading that Danny Manning is out at Wake Forrest.

azgreg wrote:Reading that Danny Manning is out at Wake Forrest.

Just in time to take over Kansas with Self off to the NBA.

MrBug708 wrote:Hard to say. Info isn't being leaked very much. I think if they totally botch things,they will land Cronin or the other Bennett and I believe they can coach to where UCLA should be fine.

I don't think those are bad hires.

I still think the Ben Howland situation, followed by the Alford situation, might discourage some established coaches who don't need to take the risk. I also think the mediocre fan support is a deterrent. If UCLA was pulling 12-13K a night regardless, then it would be more attractive. But coaches see that just contending in the Pac 12 isn't good enough. Then again, many coaches will see how Alford basically screwed up a sure thing and figure they can certainly do better than him.

Ben Howland situation? Alford situation? What does that mean?

If a coach is worried about fan support, he's going to fail by year 3. No coach worth anything will base a job on "fan support" because a decent coach knows win a lot = fans.

What risk? A gutted Oregon team won the PAC 12 tournament. A UW team won the whole thing playing a pretty bleh zone defense and no real semblance of offense.

I don't think you said one thing accurate other than your last line about how lazy Alford was to screw up something so easy.

Phil Martelli out at St Joes. With Dunphy’s retirement after Temple concludes their season there will be a big shake up within the big 5

MrBug708 wrote:Ben Howland situation? Alford situation? What does that mean?

If a coach is worried about fan support, he's going to fail by year 3. No coach worth anything will base a job on "fan support" because a decent coach knows win a lot = fans.

What risk? A gutted Oregon team won the PAC 12 tournament. A UW team won the whole thing playing a pretty bleh zone defense and no real semblance of offense.

I don't think you said one thing accurate other than your last line about how lazy Alford was to screw up something so easy.

I'm saying I believe the perception on Howland's treatment (firing a guy who reached 3 FFs and had just won the conference tourney and Alford (firing a guy mid-season when he lost a key player to injury) doesn't look good. I think Ben Howland won a lot but fans got spoiled. And the moment he had a bad season, the bloom was off the rose.

I get the Howland argument about his recruiting relationships. If the argument was Howland burned bridges with AAU, the argument also has to be Alford had no spine and let LaVar Ball make his program look ridiculous.

Nobody thinks the perception of firing Alford is bad. While the other takes are lazy, this one is just bad. Sorry

I thought Alford deserved a lifetime contract so I’m super pissed at how he got fired.

Alabama Open

Vanderbilt just fired Bryce Drew after only 3 years and after their season tanked once their 5* PG went down for the year.

ChooChooCat wrote:Vanderbilt just fired Bryce Drew after only 3 years and after their season tanked once their 5* PG went down for the year.

I get it, but going 0-18 in conference play will sort of do that.

Isn't the UA looking for a new assistant? Drew is a pretty darn good recruiter.

Just wondering if we need to be looking for stability in assistants. Wonder if the turnover has been tough. Though can't argue with Bryce drew

What's it going to take for a power conference to lure Few away from Gonzaga?

azgreg wrote:What's it going to take for a power conference to lure Few away from Gonzaga?

When Trump builds a wall that eliminates Canadian and European recruits and recruits that aren't white maybe Few will have to move in order to tap into other markets.

dovecanyoncat wrote:

azgreg wrote:What's it going to take for a power conference to lure Few away from Gonzaga?

When Trump builds a wall that eliminates Canadian and European recruits and recruits that aren't white maybe Few will have to move in order to tap into other markets.

Keep that shit down stairs will you please.

Cal has fired Wyking Jones. I'm sure Cal fans will want Jason Kidd to be the next coach.

Irish27 wrote:Cal has fired Wyking Jones. I'm sure Cal fans will want Jason Kidd to be the next coach.

Well, he couldn't be worse than Wyking Jones.

Time for Cal to go all in on Howland

Man if you are Cal how do you not look at Randy Bennett it the coach at Cal Irvine(assuming they couldn’t get a guy like Howland)?

Bennett turned them doen for an interview last time

MrBug708 wrote:Bennett turned them doen for an interview last time

Maybe the time is right this time? I know they still have a huge debt issue do maybe that will continue to be their albatross?

BYU & Nebraska are looking for new coaches

Arkansas open

Looks like Kyle Smith from USF to Wazzu

Wow, Hoiberg to Nebraska

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84Cat wrote:Wow, Hoiberg to Nebraska

That is a great hire by the corn. I thought maybe Kansas might give him a look if Self went to the league

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84Cat wrote:Wow, Hoiberg to Nebraska

That is a great hire by the corn. I thought maybe Kansas might give him a look if Self went to the league

If Self goes to the league they're hiring Beard.

That would be an even better hire LOL. Of course Hoiberg to Nebraska is really good for that program. Who is UCLA going after Choo? Painter?

azcat49 wrote:That would be an even better hire LOL. Of course Hounerv yo Nebraska is really good for that program. Who is UCLA going after Choo? Painter?

At the moment Tony Bennett is their top target. I have no idea if they could pull him though.

UCLA feels like a lateral move, maybe even a slight step down. The ACC is just so much better than the Pac these days.

Beachcat97 wrote:UCLA feels like a lateral move, maybe even a slight step down. The ACC is just so much better than the Pac these days.

True. And I don't feel like Bennett's system is built for UCLA. It's a brand of ball that might not sell to high profile recruits. Not saying Bennett's style isn't successful -- but will the top players from SoCal want to play that brand? It's an interesting scenario.

zonagrad wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:UCLA feels like a lateral move, maybe even a slight step down. The ACC is just so much better than the Pac these days.

True. And I don't feel like Bennett's system is built for UCLA. It's a brand of ball that might not sell to high profile recruits. Not saying Bennett's style isn't successful -- but will the top players from SoCal want to play that brand? It's an interesting scenario.

Doesn't it feel a little like Howland 2.0? I'm not convinced Bennett is their top choice. I could see them going after Painter, Beard or Barnes.

Beachcat97 wrote:

zonagrad wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:UCLA feels like a lateral move, maybe even a slight step down. The ACC is just so much better than the Pac these days.

True. And I don't feel like Bennett's system is built for UCLA. It's a brand of ball that might not sell to high profile recruits. Not saying Bennett's style isn't successful -- but will the top players from SoCal want to play that brand? It's an interesting scenario.

Doesn't it feel a little like Howland 2.0? I'm not convinced Bennett is their top choice. I could see them going after Painter, Beard or Barnes.

Yeah, kinda. I think Bennett is a great coach. But are the top SoCal recruits interested in that style? And will UCLA fans embrace that style in Los Angeles? I mean, the optics look wonky. But Bennett would certainly fair better than Alford.

If I'm UCLA, I'm calling Sampson.

zonagrad wrote:If I'm UCLA, I'm calling Sampson.

You can't be serious. Kelvin Sampson is the mother of all re-treads. Not that he hasn't had occasional success, but I just can't see UCLA settling for a guy so pedestrian. Would be an uninspiring hire. Think they're gonna aim higher.