2022 Coaching Carousel

[Mizzou Man]

are Mizzou fans delusional in thinking the Mizzou job is better than Maryland, Seton Hall and Oregon?

We have a lot of delusional fans. Yeah.

Willard is supposedly interested in Maryland and that smells like an effort on the part of his agent. He's recently been linked to us as well. It'd be a very strange geographic fit for a career East Coast guy. Perhaps with the SEC money it could be something but from afar he is in a much better job for Kevin Willard at this point.

With Altman, he still has most of his family in Nebraska and is said to be less than enamored with the Pacific Northwest and Pac 12 hoops. He was the coach up the road, half an hour away at a local JUCO for several years and might be looking for one last payday before he retires (he's 63). There is said to be mutual interest. But he has a good job with Nike money and has a $4 million buyout.

Holtmann is purely conjecture at this point. We wanted him badly back in 2017 but he took the Ohio State job instead. If they lose this weekend, it will be 5 seasons in Columbus without a Sweet 16 yet. Could be some pressure mounting, but he has a better job and is well paid.

 

[sleeperpick]

We have a lot of delusional fans. Yeah.

Willard is supposedly interested in Maryland and that smells like an effort on the part of his agent. He's recently been linked to us as well. It'd be a very strange geographic fit for a career East Coast guy. Perhaps with the SEC money it could be something but from afar he is in a much better job for Kevin Willard at this point.

With Altman, he still has most of his family in Nebraska and is said to be less than enamored with the Pacific Northwest and Pac 12 hoops. He was the coach up the road, half an hour away at a local JUCO for several years and might be looking for one last payday before he retires (he's 63). There is said to be mutual interest. But he has a good job with Nike money and has a $4 million buyout.

Holtmann is purely conjecture at this point. We wanted him badly back in 2017 but he took the Ohio State job instead. If they lose this weekend, it will be 5 seasons in Columbus without a Sweet 16 yet. Could be some pressure mounting, but he has a better job and is well paid.

you are awesome btw and a great contributor to the boards! Since you said money is tight I am not sure how the Altman play happens and I don't see Willard leaving Seton Hall for Maryland even but definitely not Mizzou. Holtmann would be a very interesting one. I like Murray St's coach for the Mizzou job. Mississippi St having an opening makes me really nervous for some reason as well

 

[Mizzou Man]

McMahon has done a great job at Murray … Mizzou would be lucky to get him because he’s getting a P5 job sooner than later

He's the one I can't quite wrap by mind around so I have no doubt that he'll ultimately be the choice.

He's 30-2 and recruited and developed Ja Morant. But everyone wins at Murray State. They've only had like 2 seasons in the last 35 years where they had a losing conference record and both were under McMahon oddly enough. Mark Gottfried, Billy Kennedy, and Steve Prohm were all fired from their subsequent high major jobs. Mick Cronin has been wildly successful though.

I am probably being unfair to him and he will get a high major job very soon. I'd rather that be in some place like Starkville or Baton Rouge. I would hire Kim English over him, but I feel like our AD has a much different ranking system.

 

[gmujim92]

you are awesome btw and a great contributor to the boards! Since you said money is tight I am not sure how the Altman play happens and I don't see Willard leaving Seton Hall for Maryland even but definitely not Mizzou. Holtmann would be a very interesting one. I like Murray St's coach for the Mizzou job. Mississippi St having an opening makes me really nervous for some reason as well

With every new opening I get more nervous. At some point it becomes a math problem — dominoes keep falling and eventually Kim gets an offer he decides he can’t pass up. Hopefully I am dead wrong.

 

[Masonfan3]

With every new opening I get more nervous. At some point it becomes a math problem — dominoes keep falling and eventually Kim gets an offer he decides he can’t pass up. Hopefully I am dead wrong.

Same here but if CKE leaves for a Mississippi State I will be pissed and lose all respect for the man. I believed him when he said he wanted to get Mason back to what it was during the Larranaga days. If he leaves after 1 season (to take a job other than Mizzou) where he finished with a losing record and losing in the 1st round of the A10 that would be nothing short of a big kick to the balls and a big F U to Mason.

 

[gmujim92]

Same here but if CKE leaves for a Mississippi State I will be pissed and lose all respect for the man. I believed him when he said he wanted to get Mason back to what it was during the Larranaga days. If he leaves after 1 season (to take a job other than Mizzou) where he finished with a losing record and losing in the 1st round of the A10 that would be nothing short of a big kick to the balls and a big F U to Mason.

Yeah it would definitely devastate our program and I’m sure leave a lot of hard feelings within the university community. Hoping that means something to Kim but who knows?

 

[GMUgemini]

Same here but if CKE leaves for a Mississippi State I will be pissed and lose all respect for the man. I believed him when he said he wanted to get Mason back to what it was during the Larranaga days. If he leaves after 1 season (to take a job other than Mizzou) where he finished with a losing record and losing in the 1st round of the A10 that would be nothing short of a big kick to the balls and a big F U to Mason.

I think he's just a young, "sexy" hire so everyone is talking about him. But he should be behind several coaches even in the A10 in pecking order right now: Roades, Grant, Schmidt, maybe even Ford (Ford can recruit too!).

I'd probably put Neptune on even footing with him as well (out-coached him twice this season, has his own pedigree, also still only 37).

 

[gmujim92]

I think he's just a young, "sexy" hire so everyone is talking about him. But he should be behind several coaches even in the A10 in pecking order right now: Roades, Grant, Schmidt, maybe even Ford (Ford can recruit too!).

I'd probably put Neptune on even footing with him as well (out-coached him twice this season, has his own pedigree, also still only 37).

Should be behind those guys … but is he?

 

[GMUgemini]

Should be behind those guys … but is he?

No idea...I'm not well connected with P5 ADs around the country. We will find out.

 

[gmujim92]

No idea...I'm not well connected with P5 ADs around the country. We will find out.

Was intended as a rhetorical question lol

 

[bravesfan]

Yeah it would definitely devastate our program and I’m sure leave a lot of hard feelings within the university community. Hoping that means something to Kim but who knows?

Yup. I think a lot of us are banking on him having integrity. He got Oduro out of the portal with promises. Hopefully he keeps them.

 

[Old Man]

Yup. I think a lot of us are banking on him having integrity. He got Oduro out of the portal with promises. Hopefully he keeps them.

Not to mention Cooper is coming back. I can't believe Coop didn't ask about CKE's future (at least for the upcoming year) coaching plans before announcing his return. In addition, CKE continues to tweet, retweet Mason promotional info (other sports) which he might be less inclined to do if he were seriously considering heading to other pastures. (I would say greener pastures but nothing has better green than Mason. I mean, we have so many variations of green in use, one of them must be the best.)

 

[bravesfan]

Not to mention Cooper is coming back. I can't believe Coop didn't ask about CKE's future (at least for the upcoming year) coaching plans before announcing his return. In addition, CKE continues to tweet, retweet Mason promotional info (other sports) which he might be less inclined to do if he were seriously considering heading to other pastures. (I would say greener pastures but nothing has better green than Mason. I mean, we have so many variations of green in use, one of them must be the best.)

Indeed. I think my response to Cooper coming back was: "Hopefully this is a sign".

 

[Walter]

I hope the Mizzou AD saw the Richmond game. Mooney would be perfect for them.

 

[Five Two]

The Kentucky message board has started a thread about possible coaching candidates:

Coaching candidates

If cal resigns or is fired, who are legitimate options to replace him? Bennet from Virginia comes to mind. I doubt jay wright would be interested but worth sniffing around. Again long shot but could sniff around brad stevens. what are other good options?

kentucky.forums.rivals.com

 

[gmutom]

I hope the Mizzou AD saw the Richmond game. Mooney would be perfect for them.

It would be an epic dereliction of duty if Missouri didn’t hire Mooney or the St. Peter’s coach.

 

[Pablo]

Jon Rothstein

@JonRothstein
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11m

Sources: Oregon's Chris Crutchfield is finalizing a deal to become the next head coach of Omaha. Press Conference on Monday.

 

[Pablo]

Matt Norlander

@MattNorlander
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52m

Much busier things at the moment, but Miller's deal at Rhode Island will be for five years. Am told he took the past couple of days to really weigh this decision before ultimately opting in. Rhode Island AD Thorr Bjorn came hard and sold him on how much he's willing to commit.

https://twitter.com/MattNorlander/status/1504638081705693185

 

[jessej]

The Kentucky message board has started a thread about possible coaching candidates:

Coaching candidates

If cal resigns or is fired, who are legitimate options to replace him? Bennet from Virginia comes to mind. I doubt jay wright would be interested but worth sniffing around. Again long shot but could sniff around brad stevens. what are other good options?

kentucky.forums.rivals.com

QUOTE OF THE DAY
from Michael Loubert
"Calipari lost his advantage when he wasn’t the only one paying his players"
#15 St. Peters over #2 Kentucky

 

[gmujim92]

I understand the relative importance of facilities. I work for an SEC School that is about to build a waterpark for the football team.

I just view Mason's ceiling as higher than Richmond's. I grew up in Richmond, been to plenty of Spider games, I love the renovated Robins Center, and the new practice facility sounds awesome. Maybe it's me being a homer, but I view Richmond as a program that we should beat 70% of the time.

Just saw an interesting stat: Richmond has now won at least one game in 6 of its 10 NCAA appearances. Each of those trips included a victory over a No. 5 seed or better.

Think maybe you were sleeping a little bit on the Spiders as a program.