Stevie Boy Wonder Fired at UCLA

[Alford Bailey]

5 hours ago, Napleshoosier said:

Maybe ucLA should dig Wooden up and put him on the sidelines. It’s the only thing those arrogant bastards will be happy with!


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Yea they fired Howland after 3 final fours.

[schoosier]

8 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Consider this:

Alford at UCLA

5 seasons:
4 NCAAs
3 Sweet Sixteens

1 missed tourney and a rough start to this season.

Compare this with Crean at Indiana.


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True. Just shows the patience and stupidity of our AD first with the extension and not doing it sooner.

[schoosier]

12 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Idk. But 20 bucks after our next loss he says we should fire Archie for Alford. 

I will take the bet. 

[Brass Cannon]

1 minute ago, schoosier said:

I will take the bet. 

Why did you quote yourself being completely wrong about something. Seems harsh on yourself

[Uspshoosier]

https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-ucla-alford-plaschke-20181231-story.html


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[schoosier]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

Why did you quote yourself being completely wrong about something. Seems harsh on yourself

Lol Happy New Year

[Brass Cannon]

19 minutes ago, schoosier said:

Lol Happy New Year

Out of curiosity what happened to waiting till the team exited the tourney. Since you are so informed

[schoosier]

17 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Out of curiosity what happened to waiting till the team exited the tourney. Since you are so informed

   On 12/30/2018 at 6:41 PM,  Brass Cannonsaid: 

Pretty sure good coaches aren’t going to wait around when they can get started that much sooner elsewhere. 

Plus pretty sure they can’t actually hire a search firm or talk to any applicants till Alford is gone. 

Eddie Fogler. Google what he does then get educated on the process. Alford will be out long before April 30 as I’m sure he wants out as bad as UCLA does. He prob settles in the 2 mil range my guess. UCLA will announce their new coach as soon as his team exits the tournament.

 

Reread, obv I was referring to their new coach. Unless they pull a flier, Steve’s replacement will be in this tournament. 

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, schoosier said:

   On 12/30/2018 at 6:41 PM,  Brass Cannonsaid: 

Pretty sure good coaches aren’t going to wait around when they can get started that much sooner elsewhere. 

Plus pretty sure they can’t actually hire a search firm or talk to any applicants till Alford is gone. 

Eddie Fogler. Google what he does then get educated on the process. Alford will be out long before April 30 as I’m sure he wants out as bad as UCLA does. He prob settles in the 2 mil range my guess. UCLA will announce their new coach as soon as his team exits the tournament.

 

Reread, obv I was referring to their new coach. Unless they pull a flier, Steve’s replacement will be in this tournament. 

If you are so informed you should probably say what you mean. Otherwise people will think you are misinformed when you are wrong 

[schoosier]

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

I idolized Alford clear back to when he was at New Castle. Was first in line to get his autograph at Connersville as a kid. Didnt like him offering Recker but kinda rooted for him at NM. He is above average( over 500 wins) but not great. He will go somewhere without the spotlight and continue to be fairly successful.

I played against him in high school and did not like him. He avg 39 before the 3 point shot; I held him to 44 his senior year. He was $ at IU so I will remember and thank him for what he did for our school. I think he had a decent record against Knight at Iowa but never got over the hurdle. I always want him to do well and thought he should have been hired before Davis or Sampson. His big chance came at UCLA and has had a record worthy of extensions at most schools. He will get another chance in a power 5 conference and I wish him the best. Banner 5 wouldn’t be there without his huge contributions to that team and Indiana University.

[yogisballin]

I thought I remember him saying he was looking for someone who had coached in college and had Indiana ties -- then added if it were an alum, that would be optimal. That's why I thought he was pointing right at Alford. It's quite possible I don't remember it correctly, though. 
 

The way I remembered it


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[Brass Cannon]

He definitely said things that when you narrowed it down pointed towards Alford. 

[Hoosier Guy]

Alford would’ve been absolutely terrible. Thank God for Archie

[AZ Hoosier]

He'll probably be best served by going to a mid-major, but if I was the AD at a school like Penn State, Illinois, Nebraska, or Minnesota, I'd probably give Alford an interview.

But Alford doesn’t interview. His resume speaks for itself [emoji15]

[DChoosier]

20 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Consider this:

Alford at UCLA

5 seasons:
4 NCAAs
3 Sweet Sixteens

1 missed tourney and a rough start to this season.

Compare this with Crean at Indiana.


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Consider this. I don’t think Crean and Alford were that much different.

Creans last six years...

4 NCAA’s

3 Sweet 16’s

2 conference championships (SA =0 conference championships).

Missed NCAA twice (Alford on his way to missing his 2nd in 6 years)

I am using Crean’s last 6 years because Alford, with his first UCLA team, inherited 5 McDonalds All Americans and three first round NBA players. Crean had Kyle Tabor (I.e. their initial situations were not remotely close).

I’m glad we do not have either coach.

[jonz44]

24 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

 

But Alford doesn’t interview. His resume speaks for itself

 

Unemployment has a way of changing one's perspective lol. 

[Crimson and Cream]

I don't care about Alford the player, I have no respect for Alford the man. Having said that, I've very much enjoyed his failure and ultimate firing at UCLA. The calls for us to hire him over Archie were hilarious. Much like Crean, he'll likely land at a smaller school where he can satisfy their fan base with nothing more than making it to the big dance. 

[OliviaPope40]

I mean we all know how he handled the Pierre Pierce situation and he didn't do himself any favors in how he handled that. Here is where Glass mentioned the check plus comment that he made at the time of when the job was open.

https://www.crimsonquarry.com/2017/3/18/14966490/steve-alfords-pierre-pierce-iowa-sexual-assault

[RaceToTheTop]

Ask fans at Iowa their opinion of Alford.  Ask UCLA fans.

Think about this:  Indiana fans were obviously very brutal to Mike Davis.....and when he came back a couple of years ago as a visiting coach, he was given a very warm reception.  Steve Alford will never receive that reception at Iowa or UCLA.

If you don't advance the program OR demonstrate positive traits as an individual, people remember that.  Alford is welcome back at Missouri State and New Mexico because he exceeded their expectations in terms of wins....he didn't do that at Iowa and UCLA.  If you do that AND you are demonstrate low character, the fan base has no use for you (rightly so).  

[Whoozhers]

He did win the Big 10 tournament in ‘01 & ‘06. So there’s that.
Sure would be good to crack that 20 year curse this year. We’ve only made it to the final once in 20 years and who beat us??.....Alford’s Hawkeyes! Despicable.
Let’s win it this year and take that juice in to the dance!
GO HOOSIERS!!!!


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