Who You Got Now?
by Akula Wolf on Apr 5, 2011 11:19 AM EDT
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This could be the saddest post yet written on this blog, which is really saying something considering how the last five years have gone for the basketball program. But here we are. For the sake of this exercise, let's assume that what we all read between the lines in yesterday's letter from Debbie is accurate: we were banking on either Shaka Smart or Gregg Marshall taking the job and whiffed on both. Our backup plan, such as it was, has completely disintegrated and we are in scramble mode. This puts us perilously close to the Tim Miles/Mike Lonergan tier of coaching candidates.
To recap what the various possible saviors have done to this point...
Said no:
May have declined; ain't coming, whatever the case may be:
Gregg Marshall (Wichita State)
Taken:
Na ga da:
Which leaves us with...
Assorted Dukies (Stanford, Unemployed, Harvard)
Let's pretend that one of these fellows would in fact be willing to accept a huge raise to take our horrible no good very good job and relocate to one of the best places to live in the country. Which, I'll grant you, is a stretch. This is a difficult climate in which to work, and by that I mean the ice in the RBC Center makes it a tad chilly in there most of the time. But two million dollars buys a lot of sweaters. Who you taking?
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Has Brad Stevens said no?
And I wouldn’t be surprised if Horn steps up and takes the job.
Don't give up, don't ever give up ~ Jim Valvano
Skinner
I hear Al Skinner is looking for work … and you guys love former Eagles’ head coaches.
:)
BC Interruption, SBN's Boston College Eagles blog
I voted for Miles
He is at least entertaining.
I am at the point
where I am trying to talk myself in to wojo or chris collins
I'm going to stick with Amaker
It would look about as bad as Mizzou hiring Haith if we hired Capel since he was fired and Haith was getting there (and it looks like Capel is going to be Haith’s assistant). No way Dawkins would leave Stanford for State at this point. And Amaker would be better than a current Duke assistant, in my opinion for what it’s worth.
by a_little_too_optimistic on Apr 5, 2011 11:44 AM EDT reply actions
Archie Miller
Former point guard comes back to Raleigh…. worked out pretty good last time, right?
by StateFans2Glory on Apr 5, 2011 11:46 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Tubby, obviously, off that list
but if he were really an option, and Yow waited around for a week + to talk to Shaka Smart, then I’d question her sanity. More than I am already questioning it.
I'm worried about Yow, too.
But is it possible that the State job really is as sad and worthless as the national media keep saying it is? Maybe we really are the new University of San Francisco, only located in a city without as much colorful nightlife.
Bring on the Raleigh Pride Parade. Let’s make it official.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU F#%K A STRANGER IN THE ASS!
Now we just need to figure out what stranger NC State raped to get us to this point. An apology to them might fix this.
I we were considering Archie,
Then why not one of the assistants to one of the best coaches ever, as opposed to a guy that assisted some really good coaches? I mean, is Thad Matta + Sean Miller > K?
Doyel wants to make it up to State
or at least he said so last night to Adam Gold and Joe Ovies on the radio, because he said he definitively knows Gary Williams is bad-mouthing Yow all over town. He said he knows writing a thousand words about how bad a person Gary Williams is won’t make it up to State fans, but he wants to do something. You know Williams is a jerk if he’s made Doyel willing to say something like that.
But really, who does that? Williams better watch out for the bad karma that will invariably come his way.
by a_little_too_optimistic on Apr 5, 2011 12:02 PM EDT reply actions
Darrin horn?
Ugh. That’s disgusting.
If you want to go to the SEC try to go after Andy Kennedy. His seat is getting hot and could be out next year. Maybe he would jump.
by golfballs03 on Apr 5, 2011 12:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Tudor's list
This is a good list. Wojcik and Alford jump out at me on it.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/tudor-6-coaches-beneath-radar-sweep
solid
Most of those guys fit the “need a young coach” bill. Cluess I must disqualify because if he sucks then we have to see a bunch of signs about “Tim Clueless.”
thoughts on this guy?
http://www.nunesmagician.com/2011/4/5/2092158/nc-state-head-coach-syracuse-mike-hopkins-sidney-lowe
He’s a Syracuse lifer, but sounds intriguing. We’d probably lose him the minute Boeheim retired, though.
One gentle suggestion
Can we remove Gregg Marshall from the “said no” list?
Two rumors have come out that make absolutely no sense during this search: (1) That Billy Donovan was interested and (2) that Gregg Marshall turned down a 1.9 million/year salary at an ACC school to stay in Wichita for 800k. I will eat my hat if he was actually offered and turned it down, and it would be best not to perpetuate that rumor.
and if we did not offer him
WTF is DY thinking?
i will adjust
In light of the letter, I’ve been guessing that we tried and failed to agree to terms even though it was reported that we made no offer. Could’ve talked, realized we were too far apart, and not offered anything.
I seriously know nothing about this guy
Was this guy considered a better option than Marshall or Cronin? Were we in discussions with him all along? Was this a panic choice after Deb drunk-emailed us all last night?
by TVP on Apr 5, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
In a word: NO
He is currently a tv analyst who resigned midseason from Alabama, so . . .
The thing is
the guy was a pretty good coach with success at Murray St. and Alabama, but alarm bells are going off with his last season and a half at Bama. Plus, I grew up in an Auburn family, so fuck this guy.
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