They “Retired” Coach Woodson Thread

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

By the way—Jerrod Calhoun is younger, gives you all the unusual overperfomance winning (holy crap-he turned around Youngstown State), plays a modern offense style, and is also from the Midwest. And he played D1 ball and has had tons of mentoring and coaching in D1, including at the P5 level.

Why people get fired up about McCollum and not Calhoun is beyond me.

If we’re talking about Mountain West coaches, what about Little Pitino who just rolled Calhoun in his own gym last night? New Mexico on fire this year and made the tournament last year.

[steubenhoosier]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

By the way—Jerrod Calhoun is younger, gives you all the unusual overperfomance winning (holy crap-he turned around Youngstown State), plays a modern offense style, and is also from the Midwest. And he played D1 ball and has had tons of mentoring and coaching in D1, including at the P5 level.

Why people get fired up about McCollum and not Calhoun is beyond me.

Agree 1 trillion %.

For @Artie86

[steubenhoosier]

4 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

So what do we have to give up to get Stevens?

Case of Merlot and a box of Cubans

[MikeRoberts]

26 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

True; but the biggest challenge for McCollum would not be on court coaching, or recruiting; it would be managing and being the face of a massive, high profile operation. He has zero experience with that. And a year at Drake with many of his carried-in players is very different.

 

I think he would have a hard time convincing 4 and 5 star players to play in his system as it stands. 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 minute ago, MikeRoberts said:

I think he would have a hard time convincing 4 and 5 star players to play in his system as it stands. 

Yep.....364th (dead last) in tempo.

[Pagoda]

20 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I would say I’ve heard his name and a few like him [Drew].

Hanner Perea is not a fan.

[AZ Hoosier]

27 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I would say I’ve heard his name and a few like him.

Speaking of "few"...

I saw his name mention related to UNC and that possible opening... is Few really in play? For a while now, he's been pretty much happy at Gonzaga... and he's in his early 60s... curious...

[Stuhoo]

9 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

If we’re talking about Mountain West coaches, what about Little Pitino who just rolled Calhoun in his own gym last night? New Mexico on fire this year and made the tournament last year.

One game doesn’t make or break a coach, but that’s a hell of a good point!

Rick Pitino Jr. has done doing extremely well at New Mexico in a solid conference, he’s been mentored by the best, and he took his lumps and learned at Minnesota in the B1G (and had three 20 win seasons there). 

I have no reason to believe he’s being considered, but I’d get behind him in a heartbeat, and more so than McCollum.

[Artie86]

7 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Agree 1 trillion %.

For @Artie86

 

[IUrocker]

I was texting a friend about some stuff at work earlier today and he responded “that’s BS”. 
 

When I turned my TV and hit the guide button, the first channel I saw was CBS

Im getting signs from everywhere….lol 

[Chris007]

4 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Speaking of "few"...

I saw his name mention related to UNC and that possible opening... if Few really in play? For a while now, he's been pretty much happy at Gonzaga... and he's in his early 60s... curious...

That’s a good question.

[Chris007]

14 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

So what do we have to give up to get Stevens?

10 million 

[AZ Hoosier]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

By the way—Jerrod Calhoun is younger, gives you all the unusual overperfomance winning (holy crap-he turned around Youngstown State), plays a modern offense style, and is also from the Midwest. And he played D1 ball and has had tons of mentoring and coaching in D1, including at the P5 level.

Why people get fired up about McCollum and not Calhoun is beyond me.

I do like Calhoun, but there are better options higher on the list... 

[Kentuckysucks]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

One game doesn’t make or break a coach, but that’s a hell of a good point!

Rick Pitino Jr. has done doing extremely well at New Mexico in a solid conference, he’s been mentored by the best, and he took his lumps and learned at Minnesota in the B1G (and had three 20 win seasons there). 

I have no reason to believe he’s being considered, but I’d get behind him in a heartbeat, and more so than McCollum.

He’s another Alford.  Good in a smaller conference but not so much when he’s playing with the big boys.

[IUFAN1976]

1 minute ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I do like Calhoun, but there are better options higher on the list... 

Who is your top 3-5 candidates?

[Demo]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

One game doesn’t make or break a coach, but that’s a hell of a good point!

Rick Pitino Jr. has done doing extremely well at New Mexico in a solid conference, he’s been mentored by the best, and he took his lumps and learned at Minnesota in the B1G (and had three 20 win seasons there). 

I have no reason to believe he’s being considered, but I’d get behind him in a heartbeat, and more so than McCollum.

I think there’s certainly an argument for a guy like Pitino. But, man, it’s 1 thing to not care if you win the press conference, but it takes conviction to know you’re absolutely gonna lose it. 

[AH1971]

Just now, Kentuckysucks said:

He’s another Alford.  Good in a smaller conference but not so much when he’s playing with the big boys.

He’s still only 42. Plateaued at Minnesota (which isn’t an easy job to begin with) but had some success there and recruited some nice individual pieces. He certainly not at the top of my list but probably worth a look if it gets there. He’s rumored for the Miami job which makes a ton of sense so probably a moot point anyway. 

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

He’s another Alford.  Good in a smaller conference but not so much when he’s playing with the big boys.

He started at Minny at age 30. In eight seasons there he had three 20 win seasons, two NCAAs and an NIT championship, and won B1G coach of the year. Did I mention he did that at friggin Minnesota, and did all of it before his 40’th bday? That’s pretty damn good ‘big boys playing’ for a young coach at the worst job in a 14 team conference.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

The noise has definitely been getting louder recently

[IUFAN1976]

3 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

He’s another Alford.  Good in a smaller conference but not so much when he’s playing with the big boys.

But at Minnesota?  Not a juggernaut for college basketball supremacy!  Now I think Rick Pitino is a little shady and the Apple usually doesn’t fall far from the tree but how do you know he can’t succeed at a power 5 school with a good basketball reputation?