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Basketball Coaching Search Needs to Start Now
Posted on 1/14/26 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 1/14/26 at 10:21 pm
Let's stop with the Will Wade talk and let Verge put his own stamp on the hire. After hiring Lane, he's earned the right to go out and find a power conference coach and give him the resources he needs to make this program successful. Let's not go the mid-major route again. Awake the sleeping giant and put money behind the only money-making sport other than football.
This post was edited on 1/14/26 at 10:22 pm
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Posted on 1/15/26 at 8:25 am to Grimetime
Tier 1- Not happening
Billy D
Scott Drew
Tier 2- lets make it happen
Fred Hoiberg
Mark Byington
Kevin young
Tier 3
Jesus christ anyone else!
Billy D
Scott Drew
Tier 2- lets make it happen
Fred Hoiberg
Mark Byington
Kevin young
Tier 3
Jesus christ anyone else!
Posted on 1/15/26 at 8:31 am to Pnels08
How about Grant McCasland? Totally destroyed us and made it to the Elite Eight.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 8:34 am to Grimetime
Hell yea should have been who we hired when we got CMM.
I do think McCasland did just sign a hefty extension but I don't care about money. They got to fix this program!
I do think McCasland did just sign a hefty extension but I don't care about money. They got to fix this program!
Posted on 1/15/26 at 9:23 am to Grimetime
Save the money for baseball/football, WBB is losing money. Move Mulkey to MBB and see what happens. It would be an attraction.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 10:07 am to Pnels08
quote:
Tier 1- Not happening
Billy D
I'm still in denial about this being a possibility.
quote:
Tier 1- Not happening
Billy D
Scott Drew
Tier 2- lets make it happen
Fred Hoiberg
Mark Byington
Kevin young
Surely you are missing someone in this list.
Thanks to S for posting this gif.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 10:28 am to Grimetime
I am sure it is happening behind the scenes.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 10:46 am to mdomingue
Tier 1.A - Pear shaped men only
Will Wade
Will Wade
Posted on 1/15/26 at 11:07 am to Grimetime
quote:
he's earned the right to go out and find a power conference coach and give him the resources he needs to make this program successful. Let's not go the mid-major route again.
Let's get this out of the way now before this discussion really heats up in March.
THIS ISN'T FOOTBALL.
Poaching big time power conf. coaches doesn't happen often in basketball. Kentucky, a program with more resources and more investment than any program in Americal last year tried to do it and couldn't...at least with respect to the guys they really wanted. Scott Drew and Danny Hurley turned the offer down. So did Billy Donovan.
Look at the current top 25. There are only two programs within that poached a power conf. HC from a school that wanted to retain him. Illinois (took Underwood from Oklahoma St) and Kansas (took Self from Illinois). The other coaches came via the mid-major route, being an assistant coach, or were a power conf. HC their former school was happy to see move on. Here is your top 10:
1. Arizona (HC was an assistant at Gonzaga before taking the job)
2. Iowa St. (HC came from UNLV)
3. UConn (HC came from Rhode Island)
4. Michigan (HC came from FAU)
5. Purdue (HC was an assistant on staff promoted to HC)
6. Duke (HC was an assistant on staff promoted to HC)
7. Houston (HC was an NBA assistant...because he black balled due to a show cause penalty)
8. Nebraska (Fired NBA coach)
9. Gonzaga (HC was an assistant on staff promoted to HC)
10. Vanderbilt (HC came from JMU)
quote:
Let's stop with the Will Wade talk
Why? Presumably the goal in hiring a HC would be to find a coach who can win, right? So why would you ignore a coach who did so at a higher % AT LSU than any other LSU coach in 100 years?
Posted on 1/15/26 at 12:11 pm to Alt26
Will Wade is not a good in game coach. He’s a recruiter. That’s a fact.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 12:25 pm to Grimetime
Georgia did well with the Mike White hire. I wonder if there would be a similar candidate we could pick up depending on end of season firings. A retread who mayve not gotten a fair shot
Posted on 1/15/26 at 12:42 pm to Corporal Beavis
quote:
Georgia did well with the Mike White hire. I wonder if there would be a similar candidate we could pick up depending on end of season firings. A retread who mayve not gotten a fair shot
There's not much upside in those hires. Mike White is like a mid floor, low ceiling guy.
Personally, I think taking a swing with someone like the Saint Louis coach is a better play. That said, probably going to be a hot commodity this offseason.
This post was edited on 1/15/26 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 1/15/26 at 1:04 pm to Pnels08
If Lee Mallet wants WW, we’ll get him.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 2:34 pm to Grimetime
quote:
Will Wade is not a good in game coach. He’s a recruiter. That’s a fact.
How so?
Given that statement is a "fact" you should be able to explain it rather easily
This post was edited on 1/15/26 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 1/15/26 at 6:23 pm to Alt26
Show me a set play out of a timeout that actually worked for you Mr. Wade.
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