Coaching Carousel 6 - You can't make everyone happy. You are not bacon.

[YlJacket]

The Spirit Group Hawks weren’t tanking; they were trying to build a “long and lean” team based mostly off wingspan. They were a hot mess with a terrible front office.
They drafted Sheldon Williams with a lottery pick. Josh Childress played in Greece to get away from the team. They got massively better when Larry Drew took over coaching, and more so under Budenholzer.
Woodson did have to overcome one of the worst GMs in Hawks history, though

Just as an aside, please explain how Sheldon Williams fits with the long and lean model

 

[KeystoneJacket]

 

[kg01]

Just as an aside, please explain how Sheldon Williams fits with the long and lean model

I'm getting trigger'd by all these (h)awkward trips down memory lane.

Hmm, maybe I can report us all for being off-topic. Anybody brings up Joe Johnson being paid more than Lebron and I'm taking us all down.

 

[dtm1997]

I'm getting trigger'd by all these (h)awkward trips down memory lane.

Hmm, maybe I can report us all for being off-topic. Anybody brings up Joe Johnson being paid more than Lebron and I'm taking us all down.

LOL!!! He was called The Landlord!

I used to always get a kick out of Iso Joe playing Hero Ball. Didn't work out all that often, but I got a kick out of it.

 

[dtm1997]

 

[slugboy]

I’m sure 3 mil goes a long way in Stillwater

 

[YlJacket]

I’m sure 3 mil goes a long way in Stillwater

Looks like they are signing up for a $21 M buyout and we went off the rails for $7M

 

[GT_EE78]

Looks like they are signing up for a $21 M buyout and we went off the rails for $7M

some rails are more equal than others

 

[RamblinRed]

FWIW, just saw this elsewhere and thought it was just an interesting note
Mike Woodson is the oldest coaching hire at a P5 basketball school since at least 1985 (that's how far back the guy researched).

Obviously the comparison here people want to make is to MI, but that is a pretty weak comparison. When Howard took over MI it was already in a vrey good place with Coach Beilein. IN is not in that same place with Miller. G'town might be a better comparison or Memphis at the end of Pastner's tenure there.

 

[dtm1997]

Rev's taking a crack at San Jose State

 

[dtm1997]

 

[MountainBuzzMan]

Looks like they are signing up for a $21 M buyout and we went off the rails for $7M

I get triggered now every time I see the number 6 or the word rollover

 

[D-man44]

Rev's taking a crack at San Jose State

Good for him he deserves another shot. He would be hard to replace.

 

[MidtownJacket]

Rev's taking a crack at San Jose State

Good for him, and dang I hope we pony up $$$

 

[Techster]

Looks like they are signing up for a $21 M buyout and we went off the rails for $7M

OK State also has a billionaire donor who basically gives that school a blank check.

 

[tsrich]

Good for him he deserves another shot. He would be hard to replace.

I didn't know Julius Hodge was an assistant there.

Rev better get a nice salary bump to handle the NorCal cost of living.

 

[TooTall]

OK State also has a billionaire donor who basically gives that school a blank check.

Kinda hard for him to write a check since he's been dead for 18 months, so I guess they really are blank checks.

 

[Techster]

Kinda hard for him to write a check since he's been dead for 18 months, so I guess they really are blank checks.

You make a good point....

 

[okiemon]

I’m sure 3 mil goes a long way in Stillwater

You’re right. It would go a long way here in Tulsa, and I’m sure much farther in Stillwater.

 

[dtm1997]