I spent the weekend watching NCAAT with some midwest folks who are pretty well connected at Marquette, tOSU and Indiana. They are of the opinion that no one in their right mind would hire Crean. According to them (and they have first hand experience with TC), he is a disaster on all levels. They believe his rep is known far and wide and he is likely to take his buyout money and do some TV gig.
Will be interesting to see Wade's contract details.
Big thread on Tigernet today was that Clemson went after Wade Sunday night. Alums wanted to hire him before LSU and were willing to help with Brownell's $3.5MM buyout.
They offered Wade $1.75MM per yr for 6 yrs. He said no. expected to get $2.5MM+.
Once he turned them down they kept Brownell.
Got to know the market. No way was Wade going under $2MM, that is not where the market is this year.
Now they have put Brownell in a place with 3 yrs left on his contract and the knowledge that they are not 100% happy with him. That is not going to help recruiting 2018.
I'll be listening to this in the morning, but these guys are pretty good.
Pastner is making good money from 2 schools right now. We got 2 more years of Hewitt left? I’d be waiting those 2 years for a raise rather than next year.
Is that a step up for Rice?Monmouth head coach King Rice on fire right now at Duquesne. Sounds like this one is really close to getting done – stay tuned…
Turner is the move there, IMHOWorst kept secret out there is the first four to interview at Cal. They are: Nevada head coach Eric Musselman, Montana head coach Travis DeCuire, UC Davis head coach Jim Les, and UC Irvine head coach Russell Turner. I’ve also heard that former UCLA and St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin is making a push here.
I really like Dauster. I didn't know about this podcast. I'll give it a listen for sure
Most interesting comment in the podcast to me was the chances of Buzz Williams taking the Oklahoma State job. He seems to be doing a good job at Va. Tech, so that may be helpful to us.
When Buzz left Marquette he brought Ahmed Hill with him. He currently has a 5* and a 4* signee on board at VT. I wonder if he would try to poach them as well. The Cowboys have a nice class already signed and another 4* commit waiting to sign (if everyone hangs on with OSU).
I wonder how many kids commit to coaches rather than schools. Does anyone have a guess?
Most interesting comment in the podcast to me was the chances of Buzz Williams taking the Oklahoma State job. He seems to be doing a good job at Va. Tech, so that may be helpful to us.
I think we all expect Buzz to be a short term deal at VT or whatever some of you guys call it. I think he's a great coach and great for the league but I just don't see him staying there very long.