Coaching carousel thread 2015 offseason

[PonyKai]

So Tulane being Tulane is cause for finally blowing up the new-old Big East, but DePaul being DePaul is just shrugged off.

Marquette athletic director Larry Williams nearly said as much Tuesday in an interview with ESPN 540 in Milwaukee:

“I was not pleased that we issued an invitation to Tulane without any diligence to what effect that would have on our basketball product, the draw on our RPI and other such things. I was disappointed that I wasn’t able to participate as a member of the conference in the deliberation that went into adding that. There might be well articulated and very deep reasons why you would do it otherwise. But dog-gone-it, I’m not concerned about that. I’m concerned about making sure that Marquette is in a position that it can take advantage of the great investment it’s made in being successful in basketball."

[CA Mustang]

:shock:

“@GoodmanESPN: Another name that is in the mix as a target at Arizona State, per sources: TCU's Trent Johnson.”

What what what????

That's a joke. I was in Phoenix this past weekend and TJ isn't the type of coach the AD wants.

[dcpony]

DePaul is hiring Tulsa assistant Dave Leitao

@ESPNAndyKatz: According to a source with direct knowledge, Dave Leitao deal with DePaul is likely going to be for five years.

lol. Such a give up hire. Might as well have looked at Joey Meyer and Pat Kennedy. They're still coaching.

Hilarious. DePaul hired a search firm to help with the hire.

http://wgntv.com/2015/03/29/blast-from- ... ch-depaul/

[CalallenStang]

St. John's will hire Chris Mullin

[Rebel10]

Marshall would have a much better chance to win a national championship in basketball at Texas than Alabama.

[skyscraper]

Seth Davis @SethDavisHoops

I've learned that Texas' search firm reached out to representatives of Jay Wright to gauge his interest. Was told thanks but no thanks.

[LA_Mustang]

Sounds like someone is trying to get Jay Wright a raise.

[hoopmanx]

Marshall would have a much better chance to win a national championship in basketball at Texas than Alabama.

Why?

[LA_Mustang]

St. John's will hire Chris Mullin

I have no idea if Mullin can coach but that is a fascinating hire. He's a Brooklyn and St John's legend. I bet he'll inject a lot of enthusiasm into that program.

[SMU 86]

St. John's will hire Chris Mullin

I have no idea if Mullin can coach but that is a fascinating hire. He's a Brooklyn and St John's legend. I bet he'll inject a lot of enthusiasm into that program.

I would think he could recruit pretty well in that area just because of who he is.

[skyscraper]

Chip Brown @ChipBrownHD
#Texas #Longhorns close to finalizing a 5-year deal with #VCU's Shaka Smart, sources tell HornsDigest.com.

[skyscraper]

http://texas.scout.com/story/1533588-so ... mart?s=110

Two sources close to the situation told HornsDigest.com Wednesday that Texas is hoping to finalize terms with VCU head coach Shaka Smart as the next basketball coach of the Longhorns.

The sources said a five-year deal worth roughly $14 million was on the table for Smart, who has been the primary focus of Texas' search.

Smart, 37, earned $1.5 million last season at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he's taken the Rams to five straight NCAA Tournaments in six seasons as a head coach.

UT has employed the search firm Korn/Ferry International to assist in finding a replacement for Rick Barnes, who was fired last weekend after 17 seasons at Texas.

[stangsup4]

Great hire for the Horns. Will recruit the hell out of Texas and those superior athletes in that press will be very active.

[hoopmanx]

Now we get to see what Shaka really has. I watched a lot of athletic Gary Williams teams scramble on D, press, slash and bomb, only to get dismantled vs elite backcourts. I'm not sure its not the run and shoot in the Big 12, if you know what I mean. It could be Tark and the amoeba too, just going to have to see.

[mathman]

I loved to watch Tark's team play. The man could coach.


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