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College Bball Thread

By BlueDevil, in Indiana Men's Basketball

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Loaded Chicken Sandwich    9,313

Loaded Chicken Sandwich
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2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Of course he has succeeded before, snarky sandwich!

But every coach has a shelf life and every situation is different. I did not say he destined to fail; I said he's a great coach who is also a complete dirtbag and likely well past, or soon to be past his prime. And that makes hiring him at a P5 program a major roll of the dice.

 

I wouldn't call him past his prime, or he wouldn't be doing well at Iona. And sure he might be 70, but if you're Maryland, would you rather rent 4-5 years of Rick Pitino to put you in a stable spot while likely contending for a B1G title at least once during that period, or have Danny Manning coach more games? And right now, who is even out there you for sure could go hire? College basketball right now is just in a spot where there really isn't any young coaching talent. I mean I guess they could go get Sean Miller? 

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Stuhoo    90,219

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16 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I wouldn't call him past his prime, or he wouldn't be doing well at Iona. And sure he might be 70, but if you're Maryland, would you rather rent 4-5 years of Rick Pitino to put you in a stable spot while likely contending for a B1G title at least once during that period, or have Danny Manning coach more games? And right now, who is even out there you for sure could go hire? College basketball right now is just in a spot where there really isn't any young coaching talent. I mean I guess they could go get Sean Miller? 

 

  1. He's coaching very well this year, as if he's in his prime still. He will be 70 next year. He's at the exact age where many very energetic coaches want to slow down and get off the recruiting trail. It's also an age where health problems often arise for people that have lived in a  stressful fishbowl for many, many years.
  2. There is no guarantee that Rick Pitino would put them in a "stable spot." Ask Louisville if he left them in a stable situation.
  3. No one is anticipating that they will be keeping Danny Manning.  The choice for Maryland is most certainly not only between Pitino and having Manning back.
  4. There is young (and older) coaching talent out there, and it isn't always necessarily a big name like Sean Miller. Mark Adams at Texas Tech and Tommy Lloyd at Arizona come to mind as recent hires that weren't especially big names, but who immediately engineered top 15 teams. Much of that untapped talent would be very, very happy to make $4 million a year to coach at Louisville. 

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Loaded Chicken Sandwich    9,313

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16 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

  1. He's coaching very well this year, as if he's in his prime still. He will be 70 next year. He's at the exact age where many very energetic coaches want to slow down and get off the recruiting trail. It's also an age where health problems often arise for people that have lived in a  stressful fishbowl for many, many years.
  2. There is no guarantee that Rick Pitino would put them in a "stable spot." Ask Louisville if he left them in a stable situation.
  3. No one is anticipating that they will be keeping Danny Manning.  The choice for Maryland is most certainly not only between Pitino and having Manning back.
  4. There is young (and older) coaching talent out there, and it isn't always necessarily a big name like Sean Miller. Mark Adams at Texas Tech and Tommy Lloyd at Arizona come to mind as recent hires that weren't especially big names, but who immediately engineered top 15 teams. Much of that untapped talent would be very, very happy to make $4 million a year to coach at Louisville. 

Adams picked up and continued a good culture from Beard. That'll be interesting to see as it goes on in a few years. Lloyd though has been great. That's kind of a crazy one. 

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Uspshoosier    54,596

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37 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I wouldn't call him past his prime, or he wouldn't be doing well at Iona. And sure he might be 70, but if you're Maryland, would you rather rent 4-5 years of Rick Pitino to put you in a stable spot while likely contending for a B1G title at least once during that period, or have Danny Manning coach more games? And right now, who is even out there you for sure could go hire? College basketball right now is just in a spot where there really isn't any young coaching talent. I mean I guess they could go get Sean Miller? 

Andy Enfield and Kevin Willard are the 2 names getting the most chatter 

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