Hoops: College coaching carousel 2025

[THookem]

https://www.si.com/college/virginia/revisiting-the-coaching-carousel-who-is-uva-competing-with-this-offseason

[BabyBevo]

2 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Probably best to move on lol 

[Jordan91]

10 hours ago, BabyBevo said:

Anybody watch the McNeese game tonight?;)

I watched part of it. 

Edited Tuesday at 02:47 PM by Jordan91

[Jordan91]

1 hour ago, THookem said:

Lance Zierlein talked on 97.5 FM this morning about Coach Self being a possibility.   

Everybody is just throwing out names now. None of them really know. Somebody heard from Somebody who heard from Somebody with inside knowledge. 

[bierce]

3 hours ago, THookem said:

Lance Zierlein talked on 97.5 FM this morning about Coach Self being a possibility.   

And let's now start talking about getting Wright, Calhoun, and Krzyzewski out of retirement to act as a triumvirate of coaches, why don't we?

[Gerry Hamilton]

Was told last night to watch Virginia Tech potentially opening too. 

This is going to be a pretty active coaching carousel

[TexasFanatic]

20 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Was told last night to watch Virginia Tech potentially opening too. 

This is going to be a pretty active coaching carousel

Honestly might force CDC to open the money machine that Texas is

So I see it as a good thing. 
 

Unless a Duke or Kansas opens up them we are in a good spot 

[bierce]

22 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Was told last night to watch Virginia Tech potentially opening too. 

This is going to be a pretty active coaching carousel

I read some opinion pieces by a Blacksburg area writer on that topic.  He initially said Mike Young is a goner.  Then he quickly wrote a follow-up suggesting Va Tech is currently stuck with him because it doesn't have the money right now to fund his buyout and get a quality coach. 

[McCoyColt]

9 minutes ago, TexasFanatic said:

Honestly might force CDC to open the money machine that Texas is

So I see it as a good thing. 
 

Unless a Duke or Kansas opens up them we are in a good spot 

Bobby’s comment on the show yesterday morning makes me feel better about the money situation. Guess we will see if it becomes a reality 

[TexasFanatic]

26 minutes ago, McCoyColt said:

Bobby’s comment on the show yesterday morning makes me feel better about the money situation. Guess we will see if it becomes a reality 

What did he say? I don’t have a lot of time to watch YouTube these days. 

[McCoyColt]

1 minute ago, TexasFanatic said:

What did he say? I don’t have a lot of time to watch YouTube these days. 

Basically said that if CDC finds his guy then money won’t be an issue (they were talking about the 7-8 million per year range). Plus he stated that with Sark making 10+ million a year it allows us to pay within that 7-9 million per year range for a basketball coach since it won’t be more than Sarks annual salary. Time will tell though 

[TexasFanatic]

27 minutes ago, McCoyColt said:

Basically said that if CDC finds his guy then money won’t be an issue (they were talking about the 7-8 million per year range). Plus he stated that with Sark making 10+ million a year it allows us to pay within that 7-9 million per year range for a basketball coach since it won’t be more than Sarks annual salary. Time will tell though 

Sounds good to me 

I have a weird feeling the guy will be Mark Few. Similar situation to Scott Drew and it may be time for him to move on to another place. 

***Assuming money is right 

 

Edited Tuesday at 07:30 PM by TexasFanatic

[BabyBevo]

25 minutes ago, TexasFanatic said:

Sounds good to me 

I have a weird feeling the guy will be Mark Few. Similar situation to Scott Drew and it may be time for him to move on to another place. 

***Assuming money is right 

 

If we hire Mark Few I will pull a Jordan and chop off a hand

[Hashtag]

2 minutes ago, BabyBevo said:

If we hire Mark Few I will pull a Jordan and chop off a hand

Why? Mark Few is better than every other coach in the history of our program. I think he's maxed out Gonzaga and may want to get his shot a ring. Texas isn't a complete rebuild and it doesn't take 3-4 years to turn around a basketball team in this era. He is old(62) but we could get him for 6-8 years that would be good to jump start what we want our program to be.

Edited Tuesday at 07:59 PM by Hashtag

[BabyBevo]

Just now, Hashtag said:

Why? Mark Few is better than every other coach in the history of our program. I think he's maxed out Gonzaga and may want to get his shot a ring. Texas isn't a complete rebuild and it doesn't take 3-4 years to turn around a basketball team in this era. 

Hahaha I meant that in a good way! I’m saying I would bet a large sum of money that Few never leaves the Zags. 
If we did hire him I would be happier than a fat kid in a candy store. Few is easily a top 5 coach 

[Jordan91]

3 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Why? Mark Few is better than every other coach in the history of our program. I think he's maxed out Gonzaga and may want to get his shot a ring. Texas isn't a complete rebuild and it doesn't take 3-4 years to turn around a basketball team in this era. He is old(62) but we could get him for 6-8 years that would be good to jump start what we want our program to be.

If it’s 6-8 years then older candidates should be considered as well. 

[Jordan91]

2 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Was told last night to watch Virginia Tech potentially opening too. 

This is going to be a pretty active coaching carousel

I am actually interested in what happens if Drew goes to Indiana and McCasland heads to Baylor. It gets even more interesting if Bill Self steps down for health reasons. 

[Hashtag]

1 minute ago, Jordan91 said:

If it’s 6-8 years then older candidates should be considered as well. 

Sure so long as their collegiate resume is as good as Fews. Should be go after Pops? 

[Jordan91]

Just now, Hashtag said:

Sure so long as their collegiate resume is as good as Fews. Should be go after Pops? 

Few is a no brainer three years ago. Now I would prefer a younger coach. I am going to support whoever it is but he is not at the top of my wish list. 

[Hashtag]

1 minute ago, Jordan91 said:

Few is a no brainer three years ago. Now I would prefer a younger coach. I am going to support whoever it is but he is not at the top of my wish list. 

I agree and I've all been for younger coach push. I want our next coach to be here for 5-15 years at least and his next job be NBA HC. That means we got us a dang good one.

Edited Tuesday at 08:09 PM by Hashtag

[bierce]

18 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Why? Mark Few is better than every other coach in the history of our program. I think he's maxed out Gonzaga and may want to get his shot a ring. Texas isn't a complete rebuild and it doesn't take 3-4 years to turn around a basketball team in this era. He is old(62) but we could get him for 6-8 years that would be good to jump start where we want our program to be.

Some guys care more about their life away from the basketball court than they do about their legacy as a coach. 

Few is one of those guys.

He's completely happy where he is, three and a half year old offseason dui incident notwithstanding. 

[Hashtag]

1 minute ago, bierce said:

Some guys care more about their life away from the basketball court than they do about their legacy as a coach. 

Few is one of those guys.

He's completely happy where he is, three and a half year old offseason dui incident notwithstanding. 

Spoiler

 

[bierce]

Other than being guys who created powerhouses at a smaller conference program, Garrido and Few are nothing alike.  Garrido loved wine, women, song, and limelight.  Few loves fly fishing and staying out of the public eye. 

"Augie is a baseball lifer, but he was the life of the party, too. He was dashing and debonair, and loved women, food and booze - not necessarily in that order. He always embraced the spotlight but there was little of it at Fullerton even after all that success. After the 1996 season, when Texas came calling in the wake of the sudden ouster of its legendary coach Cliff Gustafson, Augie jumped at the chance."

https://fullertonbaseball.blogspot.com/

Edited Tuesday at 08:47 PM by bierce

[TexasFanatic]

33 minutes ago, bierce said:

Other than being guys who created powerhouses at a smaller conference program, Garrido and Few are nothing alike.  Garrido loved wine, women, song, and limelight.  Few loves fly fishing and staying out of the public eye. 

"Augie is a baseball lifer, but he was the life of the party, too. He was dashing and debonair, and loved women, food and booze - not necessarily in that order. He always embraced the spotlight but there was little of it at Fullerton even after all that success. After the 1996 season, when Texas came calling in the wake of the sudden ouster of its legendary coach Cliff Gustafson, Augie jumped at the chance."

https://fullertonbaseball.blogspot.com/

Just sell Few on life in the Hill Country 

[bierce]

8 minutes ago, TexasFanatic said:

Just sell Few on life in the Hill Country 

And the beauty of both moving away from grown children and taking your 16 year old away from his high school.

Give it up, guys.

Few

is

happy

where

he

is.