Coaching Carousel & Hot Seat 2017

[Bill Marsh]

FWIW, I think there's a lot more to successful coaches' decisions about staying or moving on than the money involved. Although there's a long history of guys grabbing a big salary to jump ship, there's also a long history of excellent coaches suddenly becoming not-so-excellent at their new program. Maybe I'm being a bit naive here, but I believe that if you make over $1MM per year, are able to recruit at a national level, have solid job security and a very appreciative administration and fan base, and are really happy about the community you're raising your kids in, then the opportunity to make over $2MM or even over $3MM is not necessarily attractive.

So, just for example, I would not expect Mack to leave Xavier for even a $3MM salary at a pressure cooker program. He already has his dream job, and another $1MM per year won't improve his life style, job security, recruiting ability, institutional loyalty, etc. etc. Same is true, though admittedly to a lesser extent, for other Big East coaches who were not grads of the program they lead, but who have job security, a national recruiting pull, a supportive administration, an appreciative and loyal fan base, and who clearly like the town they're living in. Only Woj among our current coaches seems to me to be pretty easily "poachable" right now, but I know nothing about how happy he is at Marquette. Willard might be poachable, but if he's looking for a top $$ pressure-cooker job, then sticking with his senior class next year should make him even more attractive.

Excellent points.

Some other coaches in a similar situation as Mack.

Chris Mullin - St John's alum.

John Thompson III - literally grew up in the Georgetown program.

Jay Wright - Philly guy whose wife is a former Villanova cheer leader.

Ed Cooley - Providence guy who literally grew up down the street from PC. It's his dream job.

Chris Holtmann - grew up in the next state, went to college in Indiana. Left a head coaching job to be a Butler assistant "because it's Butler."

Greg McDermott - grew up in the next state, has spent his entire coaching career in the Missouri valley region.

[Edrick]

Lets not be silly about Tony Bennett or Virginia. That is NOT going to come down to money. UVA is SIGNIFICANTLY more wealthy than U of I and would have proportionately more wealthy donation sources. UVA can give Tony Bennett whatever they want, and no one could do anything about it. If they chose not to, its not a financial decision -- but a basketball one.

[Fieldhouse Flyer]

Indiana Basketball Coach Hot Board, Version 1.0 - The Hoosier.com (Rivals.com) free article - March 16, 2017

This lengthy, informative article is well worth a read for those of you interested.

[ConnersvilleBulldog]

On Dan Dakich's radio show today, he guaranteed it's going to be Alford to IU the second UCLA goes down.

[Irishdawg]

On Dan Dakich's radio show today, he guaranteed it's going to be Alford to IU the second UCLA goes down.

Oh really? Wow, if he's saying that, my guess it's probably going to happen. Kudos to you for calling it early if it does.

[herodotus]

If you take the AD's comments into consideration, the Indiana job becomes even less attractive than his situation at UVA. The expectations at IU are through the roof and I'm not sure that's the healthiest work environment. Crean took them to a couple Sweet 16s, but they haven't been any further than that since 1993. That's a long time without any high-end success, yet all signs point to the administration thinking the job is still a blue-blood. There's plenty of history there, but it's not like they've been all that relevant to my generation (I'll be 30 this year, for reference).





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Indiana was in the Championship Game in 2002.

[DudeAnon]

On Dan Dakich's radio show today, he guaranteed it's going to be Alford to IU the second UCLA goes down.

Oh really? Wow, if he's saying that, my guess it's probably going to happen. Kudos to you for calling it early if it does.

Dakich is very close friends with Alford, hes a little biased.

[cujaysfan]

alford will have trouble recruiting indiana

he's not well liked by HS coaches there (neither is his dad).

[ConnersvilleBulldog]

alford will have trouble recruiting indiana

he's not well liked by HS coaches there (neither is his dad).

I don't necessarily agree with this, I think he'll recruit Indiana pretty well. Plus he can't do worse at in-state recruiting than Crean.

But while I really wanted Crean to have a lifetime contract at IU, I would actually be fine with Alford being there. He doesn't scare me like Bennett, Donovan, Archie, or Marshall would at that school south of Butler.

[HoosierPal]

alford will have trouble recruiting indiana

he's not well liked by HS coaches there (neither is his dad).

Ok so 5 Star Kris Wilkes out of Indy NC doesn't count?