Coaching carousel thread

[spe317 1,014]

25 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Richard Pitino Jr. and Ben Johnson are living examples that you can be a good coach, but if you're at a program that gives little support it won't go well.

That’s such a false narrative. Minnesota had over half their 22 basketball fans dress up as farm animals for games in the barn. What more could you possibly need?

[tyappleg 7,313]

Medved officially to Minnesota.

[WayneFleekHoosier 50,715]

18 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Medved officially to Minnesota.

worst kept secret.  I thought Johnson was solid considering NIL efforts.  Top 3 toughest job to get results in the B1G.

[soindianahoosierfan 70]

McCollum to Iowa. 

[Hurryin' Hoosiers 2,034]

4 hours ago, HooHooHoo22 said:

Big 10 adding another young coach ! Iowa lands Ben McCollum 

we didn't want him anyway lol

[IU Prof 2,180]

Is it just me, or is Sean Miller an underwhelming hire by Texas?

[Hoosier82 626]

1 hour ago, soindianahoosierfan said:

McCollum to Iowa. 

It’s interesting watching the mental gymnastics with Iowa fans on X who have now revised all of their opinions on DeVries vs McCollum.   DeVries wasn’t the coach they wanted very badly just a week ago. McCollum is a great coach but he comes with a fair amount of risk as well.  

[Hoosier82 626]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

Is it just me, or is Sean Miller an underwhelming hire by Texas?

I feel like he was one of those coaches that benefited heavily from being able to cheat.  Now that everyone can pay players, he is just average.  

[RaceToTheTop 30,064]

• Updated.  Removed Jerrod Calhoun to West Virginia as original report has not been collaborated.
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• Team/coach out/coach in
• Colorado State:  Nico Medved OUT
• Drake:  Ben McCollum OUT
• Florida State:  Leonard Hamilton OUT, Luke Loucks IN
• Indiana:  Mike Woodson OUT, Darian DeVries IN
• Iowa: Fran McCaffrey OUT Ben McCollum IN
• Miami:  Jim Larranga OUT, Jai Lucas IN
• Minnesota:  Ben Johnson OUT  Nico Medved IN
• NC State:  Kevin Keatts OUT, Will Wade IN
• Texas: Rodney Terry OUT  Sean Miller IN
• Utah:  Craig Smith OUT, Alex Jensen IN
• VCU:  Ryan Odom OUT
• Villanova:  Kyle Neptune OUT
• Virginia:  Ron Sanchez OUT Ryan Odom IN
• West Virginia:  Darian DeVries OUT 
• Xavier:  Sean Miller OUT

[Hoosierfan2017 24,468]

8 minutes ago, Hoosier82 said:

I feel like he was one of those coaches that benefited heavily from being able to cheat.  Now that everyone can pay players, he is just average.  

He won 68% of his games and 67% of his Big East games during his second stint at Xavier. I don’t think he’s a top tier coach, but I think it was a good hire for Texas. 

[jimsorgi 1,099]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

He won 68% of his games and 67% of his Big East games during his second stint at Xavier. I don’t think he’s a top tier coach, but I think it was a good hire for Texas. 

I think he's still a good coach but had not figured out NIL at Xavier (and NIL is probably very bad for programs like Xavier). 

But for sure would not consider him a home run hire or sure thing. He's only had one year in his last 6 that anyone would consider successful. 

[AZ Hoosier 10,551]

9 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

I think he's still a good coach but had not figured out NIL at Xavier (and NIL is probably very bad for programs like Xavier). 

But for sure would not consider him a home run hire or sure thing. He's only had one year in his last 6 that anyone would consider successful. 

He had the NIL all figured out at Arizona ... dude was light years ahead of the NCAA.

[jimsorgi 1,099]

1 minute ago, AZ Hoosier said:

He had the NIL all figured out at Arizona ... dude was light years ahead of the NCAA.

Haha oh I know. But he also had a hell of a run at Xavier before that and definitely wasn't paying players then 

[WayneFleekHoosier 50,715]

7 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

Haha oh I know. But he also had a hell of a run at Xavier before that and definitely wasn't paying players then 

He was/is a hard working coach that stresses fundamentals and pushes players.  On top of the extra resources.  I think the shine is worn off but Texas could do much worse.  With their resources he’ll be able to build the team he wants and will do better than his predecessor.  

[RaceToTheTop 30,064]

Coaching Changes X rumors:

--  West Virginia interviewing someone live today and it's not Jerrod Calhoun.

-- There is some smoke tying Richard Pitino Jr to Villanova

[WayneFleekHoosier 50,715]

Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

Coaching Changes X rumors:

--  West Virginia interviewing someone live today and it's not Jerrod Calhoun.

-- There is some smoke tying Richard Pitino Jr to Villanova

Was hoping Villanova would poach Willard.  

[LamarCheeks 21,784]

4 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Coaching Changes X rumors:

--  West Virginia interviewing someone live today and it's not Jerrod Calhoun.

 

It's gotta be Gottleib! 

[RaceToTheTop 30,064]

One note on Ben McCollum that I read....his philosophy in building a winning culture early is to get wins rolling.  To that point, his teams have not played a true road game in the last nine seasons (Drake played in a non-con tournament this year and went 3-0 on a neutral floor).  So his last eight years at Northwest Missouri State his teams only played home games in non-con.

Will be interesting to see what he will do with Iowa's schedule going forward.

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1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

One note on Ben McCollum that I read....his philosophy in building a winning culture early is to get wins rolling.  To that point, his teams have not played a true road game in the last nine seasons (Drake played in a non-con tournament this year and went 3-0 on a neutral floor).  So his last eight years at Northwest Missouri State his teams only played home games in non-con.

Will be interesting to see what he will do with Iowa's schedule going forward.

I’m sure he’ll do really well there but it’s gonna be interesting to see how his 1st couple of years go. Running the Moe system is great because it’s basically unscoutable, but your guys really have to be in synch or you can throw the ball all over the gym. Will be curious to watch how quickly he can find the right guys and get them coached up to play that way

[JustWinBaby 1,778]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

One note on Ben McCollum that I read....his philosophy in building a winning culture early is to get wins rolling.  To that point, his teams have not played a true road game in the last nine seasons (Drake played in a non-con tournament this year and went 3-0 on a neutral floor).  So his last eight years at Northwest Missouri State his teams only played home games in non-con.

Will be interesting to see what he will do with Iowa's schedule going forward.

Interesting. We all paid close attention to wins and losses, but ignored who those wins and losses came against.

Iowa will want to play a reasonably tough non-conference schedule, if for no other reason to build a tournament résumé. I doubt they'll schedule only cupcakes. Maybe in his first season.