George S. Patton wrote:Dooby wrote:Still, very few firings in this coaching carousel. I think the economy is clearly a factor.
John Calipari 8 years/$31.65 million at Kentucky.
Mike Anderson got a raise to 1.5 million at Missouri. He was making $850K.
Tony Bennett is getting $1.7 million per and a $500,000 signing bonus.
Memphis reportedly came in higher than Kentucky with its counter.
I'm not totally disagreeing but this is a different market this offseason. The only move I could see is Oregon keeping Ernie Kent,
Why do I have an argument like this with somebody every year? Usually, it is football, however. The coaching carousel is remarkabley consistent statistically. This shouldn't be a surprise considering coaches are generally (not always) offered contracts of similar lengths. In football, the coaching carousel operates on an every other year cycle: In one year, there will be fewer than 20 changes, the next year, 25 or more, the next year high teens again, then next 25-30. In basketball, the numbers are higher because there are more teams. They are also more consistent: There are an average of 50 new head coaches in Division One every year (last year was a statistical anomoly with only 35 new head coaches). Anyway, we are sitting just over 20 seats on the coaching carousel thus far. No way we get to 35 this year.
