Sean Miller to be announced as Maryland's new Head Coach Monday

It looks like this may happen. If so, it would seem to confirm much of what I (and others) had heard during the time before and during our search: Miller did want out of Arizona, his family doesn’t like it there, he wanted an ACC job, and he expressed interest in our job through back channels. I was emailing this info to Steven during the search, he can vouch for me.

The question that remains is, why Maryland and not here?

Didn’t want to work for Yow? Herb/Gary badmouthing us? More $$$ than what we could offer (Under Armour)? He’s thinking more rationally and less emotionally now that the glow of the Elite 8 run has worn off? The Arizona AD is not coming through on promises he made? Wife’s nagging finally got to him? Archie nepotism issue is not a problem anymore? He just thinks Maryland is better?

I could see any or all of these being the reason.

But if it happens, then congrats to Maryland for pulling of a great hire. I for one won’t be bothered by it. Although he was not on our radar during the search, I view Gottfried as roughly equal to those that I considered to be the best available options, and I think he’ll do well here.

(1) The opportunity for us to hire a big name coach was 2006, not this year. Even a complete incompetent like Lee Fowler almost pulled in Calipari, and he probably could have hired Barnes and Beilein if he hadn’t screwed up negotiations. This year, five years removed from having a decent team, was not the right time it seems. Though I do think Yow made mistakes, I do not think that she could have done anything differently to lure the big names.

(2) The simple truth is that our brand in basketball is dead. I turn 30 this year and I am not old enough to remember our last national title. There’s only one way back to relevance – winning. We have a good staff now, let’s hope that they can execute.

(3) Terp fans, I would not rest easy until the press conference happens. And maybe not until a week or so after that.

Miller says no, Stevens says no, Dixon says no, Wright not a candidate reportedly, Brey may be working on an extension with ND….Terps getting Heisman’d everywhere.

Say what you will about Yow, but at least she never flew to Vegas to meet with a coach that everyone thought she had in the bag only to get very publicly rejected.

Delightful.

I, for one, can’t recommend it enough.

Not a horrible hire but not a sexy one.

That said, lol lol lol ..

I just saw this news on Monday. Imagine how they feel now. Its gotta suck, especially with the national media telling you how great of a job it is and how you had him ‘in the bag’. LOL

I’m sorry I’d rather not have legitimate news outlets getting my hopes up only to get stiff armed in the face. I guess its one thing to have the sports writers on your side, but it really means nothing. This shows that they know nothing. Top 10 program? They are looking more and more like NC State every day, dare I say worse? Especially since its a top program! LOL

This has made me so happy, just because of all the crap NCSU fans get. It isn’t so much of dumping on Maryland as it is the national media. We see why exactly 1 program (UNC) has been able to pull a top coach from another top program in the ACC, its a tough thing to do. Coaches aren’t going to leave a program that they built up only to do it all over again. There is nothing wrong with the NCSU job its just that we set the bar so high and thats our own fault. We made it so that if we didn’t get a named coach the search was a failure. When there is nothing in the sports world that says you have to have a name coach to win. You get your name by winning. You don’t win because of your name.

So while it would have been nice, it wasn’t necessary and the media made it into something it wasn’t, a condemnation of the NCSU basketball program. Is NCSU a top 20 program right now? Of course it isn’t. But it isn’t a ‘terrible’ job in the sense that with the right guy, it can become competitive relatively quickly, in about 3-4 years.

This also validates Yow to a degree. Not only it says that she may not have been the reason that coaches wouldn’t job but it also says that GW left the program in touch shape and she may have had valid reasons to try to light a fire on GW during her final years there. Either way NCSU now has the 3rd most experienced coach in the ACC. I expect our basketball team to at least be 3rd best in the ACC soon too, while peaking at 1 and 2 some years.

GO Pack

The timing is all wrong.

Tim Miles for UMD, baby!

LAWL!!

that came out after the Gottfried PC? Funny how these things work out.

But not too quiet to recommend. :-)