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Postby indianmustang » Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:04 pm

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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby HorsePower » Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:46 pm

Love the idea of going after Eric Musselman
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Postby EastStang » Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:52 pm

At least whomever we hire, will have a chance to be an ACC coach. That means something. The ACC coaches are household names. We should get some excellent candidates this time around.
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby Charleston Pony » Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:04 pm

In this era of college athletics with collectives and NIL opportunities for players, I think it will be critical to not only find a coach who has skins on the wall but is also in a position to bring some talent from his current team. Transition isn't easy so it would help to bring in some players who know the new coach's scheme and can assume leadership roles. We are going to need significant roster churn to compete right away in the ACC but it will also be interesting to see if the new coach can retain our most talented guys who fit his scheme.
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Postby Charleston Pony » Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:15 pm

EastStang wrote:At least whomever we hire, will have a chance to be an ACC coach. That means something. The ACC coaches are household names. We should get some excellent candidates this time around.


I think you are right that this coaching search will be conducted on an entirely different level than what we've seen in the past. We dumb lucked into Larry Brown and he took our program to heights we haven't seen in decades. While Larry Browns don't grow on trees, we can at least hope to land someone top flight players will know about and really want to play for
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby GHammond » Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:22 pm

Richard Pitino, Chris Collins, Shaka Smart….anybody under 50 years of age with some cred.
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby Charleston Pony » Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:54 pm

Wonder how Dusty May's contract reads? Davis, Martin & Goldin all have eligibility remaining. I thought those guys would bail after FAU's Final Four run last year. It will be fun speculating on how dramatically different the SMU roster might look like next year
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby JasonB » Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:44 pm

It won't be May or the USF coach. We need to bring in someone who is used to recruiting at the highest level. It is going to be someone with a track record of high level recruiting, whether as a coach (Muss, Wade, etc) or an assistant (KT, Lucas, Sampson).
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby GHammond » Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:44 am

Apparently, Musselman’s a tyrant, a real joy to work and play for….I’ll pass.
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby Ikus » Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:29 pm

GHammond wrote:Richard Pitino, Chris Collins, Shaka Smart….anybody under 50 years of age with some cred.

Pitino is the only one of those I could imagine would even answer the phone if SMU calls.

Abdur-Rahim (USF) might be worth a phone call. If nothing else, we could get his sister to help recruit him.
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby redpony » Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:59 am

Juwan Howard is out a Mi. Decent record- two big dance invites. not sure how tough B1G recruiting vs ACC.
I would be all in for Pitino but IMO chances of him moving are small.
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby Hop Sing » Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:17 am

Hard pass on Juwan Howard.
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby Dukie » Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:48 am

What about Mark Byington? I’ll have a more informed opinion after Duke vs the Dukes tomorrow.
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby Hop Sing » Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:23 am

Michigan didn’t take long to grab Dusty May.
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Re: Possible Head coaches Names

Postby Charleston Pony » Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:37 am

Hop Sing wrote:Michigan didn’t take long to grab Dusty May.


Will be interesting to see if he brings some of FAU's top players with him
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