2010 College hoop coaching carousel thread

[DanOregon]

Rumor/report out of Eugene that Ernie Kent is out at Oregon, leaving as the program's all-time winningest coach.
Why do I not envy the guy who replaces him?

 

[Moderator1]

I saw where Mack McCarthy is "moving into administration" at East Carolina. What's up with that? I thought he was doing OK there, at least in a relative sense.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

I saw where Mack McCarthy is "moving into administration" at East Carolina. What's up with that? I thought he was doing OK there, at least in a relative sense.

Not really. There has been some heat on him in Greenville. No telling how impatient Terry Holland is getting there.

Dumped Bill Herrion, then Ricky Stokes, now Mack McCarthy. ECU has been a revolving door for a long time.

 

[Moderator1]

Terry has to be smart enough to realize what a task that is there - two years for Stokes and then three for McCarthy?

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Terry has to be smart enough to realize what a task that is there - two years for Stokes and then three for McCarthy?

You would think so. Does he really think a Ralph Sampson is coming to Greenville?

Not only is it a permanent uphill climb because of reputation, but ECU also hasn't spent a fraction of the money on basketball as it has on football (see also: Massive improvements to Ficklen, not so much in Minges and paying Skip Holtz a truckload of money, not so much for basketball staff). Never mind that the Pirates have wanted to show they're on par with the ACC schools in the state.

Beating N.C. State is a move in the right direction. But it doesn't mean the ship is sailing on the right path.

 

[Della9250]

I hope Norm Roberts' time to jump off this carousel has come.

 

[zagoshe]

I hope Norm Roberts' time to jump off this carousel has come.

Why? He's doing a great job considering he is right in the middle of the one of the most talent-rich basketball areas on the planet, has perhaps the greatest arena of all-time to sell as a part-time home court, is in the greatest basketball conference and thus gets to compete against top teams every year --

I mean, under those conditions, what do you expect him to do, have a winning record or something?

 

[Cosmo]

Terry has to be smart enough to realize what a task that is there - two years for Stokes and then three for McCarthy?

I **** you not, I'm hearing Ritchie McKay as a candidate for this one. The same McKay who was going to stay at Liberty forever because God called him there. And the same McKay who of course left two years later (that's the usual shelf life of a McKay tenure) for the once in a lifetime opportunity to work with a good friend in Tony Bennett.

 

[Moderator1]

Lots of people say that about Liberty - until they realize God's ****ing with them!
Two years would be about right at ECU. That's what Stokes got. McCarty got three. Been a graveyard for about a million years yet you need to go in there and turn it around right away.
Yeah, righht.

 

[Bob Cook]

An unusual move on the assistant side: Tom Crean fires big-man assistant Roshown McLeod, effective immediately. What's up with that?

 

[zagoshe]

An unusual move on the assistant side: Tom Crean fires big-man assistant Roshown McLeod, effective immediately. What's up with that?

Indiana's big men sucked?

Well, that, and Crean's kind of a douche?

 

[Moderator1]

Goodman just tweeted that Joe Dooley has been offered ECU. Interesting. He was head coach there in the 90s.

 

[Lester Bangs]

An unusual move on the assistant side: Tom Crean fires big-man assistant Roshown McLeod, effective immediately. What's up with that?

Gotta be something very wrong for this sort of public hanging. That's a "I'm gonna screw your career" kind of move.

 

[Della9250]

I hope Norm Roberts' time to jump off this carousel has come.

Why? He's doing a great job considering he is right in the middle of the one of the most talent-rich basketball areas on the planet, has perhaps the greatest arena of all-time to sell as a part-time home court, is in the greatest basketball conference and thus gets to compete against top teams every year --

I mean, under those conditions, what do you expect him to do, have a winning record or something?

Well there's that, or the fact that in year six he hasn't even made the NIT, let alone the NCAAs, his next loss will be the 100th of his career, he constructed a roster that has NINE juniors on it and can barely be above .500 and he has one of the worst Big East records in the conference's history.

 

[SalukiNC]

Hopefully DePaul is dumb enough to take Chris Lowery off Southern Illinois' hands (and checkbook)......one can dream.

They've tossed around Brad Stevens' name for the DePaul job, but he'd be out of his mind to leave Butler for that steaming pile of Big East crap.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Eugene paper is reporting today that Kent is out at Oregon. The delusionists think they'll get Few, since he's from the area. So is Billy Grier, but he's STB at USD the last two years and is no longer hot like he was in 2008, when he turned down the Oregon State job.

Turgeon coached there before, but he's got a good thing going at A&M. Cameron Dollar's done a nice job building the Seattle U program but he's not a big enough name to sell 12,500 seats at their new area.

They are also talking about PJ Carlesimo, a hiring that I suspect would quietly thrill nine Pac-10 coaches.

Nike basketball probably makes this call, with some input from the university. The ex-AD, a big booster and Knight lapdog who bought out Moos and hired himself, is supposedly great friends with PJ.

Here's a good story about it (and no, I'm not Bob Clark):
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/sports/24542623-41/million-coach-salary-ducks-basketball.csp

 

[DanOregon]

PJ Carlesimo - the guy has a bad habit of following successful and well-liked coaches (Nate McMillian, Rick Adelman) that he can never live up to. Kent might be easier in the short term but if anyone thinks PJ is remembered fondly by Blazer fans, they are mistaken.
Of course, Oregon might go back to St. Mary's and nab Randy Bennett.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

PJ Carlesimo - the guy has a bad habit of following successful and well-liked coaches (Nate McMillian, Rick Adelman) that he can never live up to. Kent might be easier in the short term but if anyone thinks PJ is remembered fondly by Blazer fans, they are mistaken.
Of course, Oregon might go back to St. Mary's and nab Randy Bennett.

The feeling up in Oregon is that Carlesimo is a lock because he's who Nike wants to get the job.

 

[Bob Cook]

Hopefully DePaul is dumb enough to take Chris Lowery off Southern Illinois' hands (and checkbook)......one can dream.

They've tossed around Brad Stevens' name for the DePaul job, but he'd be out of his mind to leave Butler for that steaming pile of Big East crap.

DePaul is one of the worst jobs going, and it might still be if it scaled back and went to the Horizon, which would be a much better fit. DePaul should do that, and quit playing games in Rosemont. It would be better -- economically and for student enthusiasm -- to stay on campus at little Alumni Hall and play to a small but rockin' crowd instead of to flies in a remote arena that always has the feel of a place built for about $10.

 

[spnited]

St. John's leading UConn by 12 early in the 2nd half in the Save Norm's Job game.
And there are rumors that Calhoun might be ready to pack it in.