College Basketball Coaching Carousel Thread

[DanOregon]

So John Brady lands at Arkansas State to get things rolling. I'm trying to figure who Oregon State is going to land. I'm hoping for anyone from Dan Monson from Long Beach to Rick Majerus tired of feeling stifled at St. Louis. And yes, I realize Mike Montgomery is a pipe dream, but I'd settle for a Steve Lavin.
Anybody hear anything?

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Jim Larranaga is a name being talked about in Providence.

 

[crimsonace]

Indiana is the big fish out there this offseason ... Dan Dakich is not going to be the permanent coach.

 

[BYH]

Jim Larranaga is a name being talked about in Providence.

Dear God, make this so.

Career jamoke with one lucky run would get eaten alive in the Big East.

Then again, there'd be no one left for me to hate if he leaves.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

I think he likes it in Fairfax though. He probably gets free meals at Kevin Grevey's overpriced sports bar, has become a cult favorite in the DC area, and gets to tell you to suck it every single year in ways that Eliot Spitzer only dreamed about.

 

[BYH]

He's also, according to people who don't hate the guy with an unhealthy passion, turning into an egomanaical dickwad. So maybe his pride (ha!) gets the best of him and he goes and gets his ass pummeled at Providence for four years and gets fired with a couple million in the bank.

 

[Bob Cook]

Indiana is the big fish out there this offseason ... Dan Dakich is not going to be the permanent coach.

The Chicago papers are talking about Scott Skiles as a possibility, one reason being he lives in Bloomington. So that also makes legitimate candidates out of John Mellencamp, Rex Grossman and the Dalai Lama's brother.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Steve Alford, please pick up the white courtesy phone...

 

[spinning27]

I keep hearing Bruce Pearl is dying to get the Indiana job, for whatever it's worth.

 

[accguy]

BYH will be happy to know that I rocked the Hofstra shirt at the gym last night from my "secret santa". Who do you think that was from?

 

[Moderator1]

He's also, according to people who don't hate the guy with an unhealthy passion, turning into an egomanaical dickwad. So maybe his pride (ha!) gets the best of him and he goes and gets his ass pummeled at Providence for four years and gets fired with a couple million in the bank.

I love you, man, but nothing is further from the truth. Remains a great guy. Got in touch with me when I made the job change. Had no reason to do so, I hadn't covered his team in about five years.

 

[Sleeper]

I'd be surprised if Larranaga went anywhere at this point.

It'll be interesting to see what happens with VCU's Anthony Grant. Is he headed for LSU?

 

[Hammer Pants]

I'd be surprised if Larranaga went anywhere at this point.

It'll be interesting to see what happens with VCU's Anthony Grant. Is he headed for LSU?

I keep hearing that's who they want.

 

[spnited]

Larranaga is a Providence alum and a Big East job could be very attractive.

 

[Sleeper]

Larranaga is a Providence alum and a Big East job could be very attractive.

True. The lure of the alma mater and Big East money would make the job hard to resist.

But is Providence really interested? Larranaga is 58 years old. He hasn't coached in a major conference since he was an assistant at UVA more than 20 years ago. So at this point he doesn't really seem to fit the description of a guy you bring in to turn around a major conference program.

 

[zebracoy]

I don't think Larranaga is leaving. My understanding is that Providence wants to go with someone younger - and might be looking to promote within. What that means for the future, nobody can say, but the Friars did have a pretty good team down the stretch at the end of this season and will get their point guard and leading scorer, Sharaud Curry, back next year after he missed all but six minutes this season.

 

[Beaker]

I saw Providence a bit this season-they're really not that bad of a team, and I too think they'd want to go with someone younger than Larranaga.

 

[dixiehack]

I'd be surprised if Larranaga went anywhere at this point.

It'll be interesting to see what happens with VCU's Anthony Grant. Is he headed for LSU?

I keep hearing that's who they want.

Supposedly South Carolina is in that mix also.

And somehow I doubt Grant put's tonight's game on the resume highlight reel.

 

[micropolitan guy]

How about Ken State's Jim Christian at Providence? A URI grad so he's familiar with the state.

If I were the Friars I'd hire Neru King. He'd be the best name in coaching. Or bring back Kevin Stacom or Lenny Wilkins.

And Tony Bennett makes so much sense for Indiana it's ridiculous. Which would free up Wazzu for Ken Bone.

And would anyone in their right mind take the Idaho job?

 

[Sam Mills 51]

He's also, according to people who don't hate the guy with an unhealthy passion, turning into an egomanaical dickwad. So maybe his pride (ha!) gets the best of him and he goes and gets his ass pummeled at Providence for four years and gets fired with a couple million in the bank.

I love you, man, but nothing is further from the truth. Remains a great guy. Got in touch with me when I made the job change. Had no reason to do so, I hadn't covered his team in about five years.

I had heard volumes about how super a guy Larranaga was. Between Moddy's post above and the way he handled a halftime Q&A with an ESPN talking head last year in Cameron I came away even more impressed.

I can only imagine working the George Mason beat with him would be stealing money.

BYH, like Moddy I got nothing but tips of the cap for you, but hammer on Tim O'Connor, not Jim Larranaga. It's not the latter's job to apologize for getting an NCAA berth under questionable circumstances. And kudos to him for making the most of the chance two years ago. Probably the best college basketball story since Penn and (then) UNC-Charlotte in the late '70s.