Coaching Carousel 2013

[rodfromcranston]

"We're aiming for the stars with this hire!" - Minnesota AD
Start high and work your way down the totem pole.
CFL next?

[ATPTourFan]

Skinner to Minny?

[reef]

Not sure how Alford will do at UCLA but its a better job than UNM

Who is on New Mexicos short list ???

[rambone 78]

Now Saunders turns down the Minnesota job.

Looks like nobody wants it.

[STC]

Andy Enfield accepts job at USC.

Tubby Smith accepts job at Texas Tech. Meanwhile, Minnesota reached out to Mick Cronin who declined. Add him to the list of Stevens, Smart, Saunders, Hoiberg who all declined. What a disaster.

I like both hires for both schools, although I'm not entirely sold on Enfield despite the run FGCU made this year. Pac12 is a whole new ball game.

[rodfromcranston]

Wow! One winning season and Enfield gets a high profile job.
Very risky business by USC, which is becoming a joke of a program.

[rambone 78]

That's their whole athletic program, not just BB. Look at their football program.

How the mighty have fallen. I shed no tears for them.

[Ramblinrose]

Enfield will got from $157,000 to $1 million salary. But he is already personally wealthy. Seems like a risk by USC. He and his wife will fit in well in LA, though.

[ace]

Jimmy Patsos stays in conference (for now?), leaves Loyola for Siena.

[Rhody74]

Jimmy Patsos stays in conference (for now?), leaves Loyola for Siena.

Another reason to add Siena to the A10. That guy is entertaining ....

[rodfromcranston]

Pitino to Minnesota-done deal.
Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria 2m
Richard Pitino to Minny is 'all but done,' source close to the situation tells @SNYtv

Richard Pitino that is. LATE APRIL FOOLS!

[Ramulous]

Sponge Holton was set to play for him in Florida.....wonder if he will follow him to Minny?

[Iggy1979]

Jimmy Patsos stays in conference (for now?), leaves Loyola for Siena.

Another reason to add Siena to the A10. That guy is entertaining ....

And Siena is spending $15 million to improve their facilities, including a new practice gym.

[reef]

Don't like the Pitino hire at Minny all too much, I like Enfield to USC a lot more

[Rhody Guy]

I seriously doubt Holton would go to Minny, a combination of Florida being home after the disaster here at URI and Minny being able to attract higher level talent.

[twisted3829]

I guess I'll put it here but Bryant has extended O'Shea through 2020.

That means the RI D1 coaches has a good week for extensions
Ed Cooley extended to 2021 on Wednesday
Dan Hurley extended to 2020 on Friday
Tim O'Shea extended to 2020 on Saturday

[ATPTourFan]

Pretty cool. Hopefully they all elevate their programs rapidly. What a great situation we'd have in this state for fans of college hoop.

[reef]

We will dance before Bryant and PC !!!

[seanmc94]

No you wont

[rambone 78]

We might. There's a chance URI and PC both will next season.

On the surface it looks like PC is closer to it than we are, for sure. But we'll see.

[Captainron@]

Gotta figure Bryant has a shot too

[iBall]

No you wont

If sean says so... it's got to be the truth

[seanmc94]

No you wont

If sean says so... it's got to be the truth

Check my history...I'm right more than I'm wrong.

[bigappleram]

You're so smart...said no one ever.

[Billyboy78]

No you wont

If sean says so... it's got to be the truth

Check my history...I'm right more than I'm wrong.

Claiming to be correct 51% of the time is nothing one should brag about.

[adam914]

Check my history...I'm right more than I'm wrong.

What would we do without you Sean!!

[Rhody74]

No you wont

If sean says so... it's got to be the truth

Check my history...I'm right more than I'm wrong.

So?

[TruePoint]

No you wont

If sean says so... it's got to be the truth

Check my history...I'm right more than I'm wrong.

Well, when you make such bold predictions that is really something you can hang your hat on. If you want to be right on this one, though, you better not squander your 1-yr head start next season. I'm not as convinced as you are that you guys are a lock, but why would I be, right?

[seanmc94]

We were in the mix until the last game of the season this year.

Return everyone but Council. Healthy Dunn playing in his position. Add CD, Harris, Austin and Bullock. Cotton should be healthy.

PC should dance next year. Anything else will be considered a dissapointment.

URI should focus on the NIT. NCAAs would be a quantam leap.

[TruePoint]

Of the four Rhode Island programs, no doubt that you guys are in the best position for next year. My point was that, because you are in year three with your coach and we're in year two, you are a year ahead of us. If you don't make it next year, then you likely won't beat us back to the tournament.

As far as next year's Providence team, if I were a Friar fan I'd expect to make it, too. From my perspective, I don't consider them a lock. A contender, probably.

[Rhody74]

URI should focus on the NIT. NCAAs would be a quantam leap.

What an absurd statement. URI should focus on winning as many games as possible. If URI wins 20 games before the end of the season, making it likely they'll get an NIT invite, should they just throw in the towel the rest of the season? How stupid ....

[reef]

We will see, it may be close as to who dances 1st

[seanmc94]

URI should focus on the NIT. NCAAs would be a quantam leap.

What an absurd statement. URI should focus on winning as many games as possible. If URI wins 20 games before the end of the season, making it likely they'll get an NIT invite, should they just throw in the towel the rest of the season? How stupid ....

74,

Don't be an a-hole. You know what I'm saying.

[Rhody74]

URI should focus on the NIT. NCAAs would be a quantam leap.

What an absurd statement. URI should focus on winning as many games as possible. If URI wins 20 games before the end of the season, making it likely they'll get an NIT invite, should they just throw in the towel the rest of the season? How stupid ....

74,

Don't be an a-hole. You know what I'm saying.

To be honest, I'm not sure. If you can't write what you mean, then I'll just ignore you from now on.

[ramster]

No you wont

If sean says so... it's got to be the truth

Check my history...I'm right more than I'm wrong.

But you were wrong on one big prediction - that Ricky Ledo would play for PC. Many posters on this Board predicted correctly that Ricky Ledo would never play a minute for PC - and I was not one of them, only know that others predicted that.

You on the other hand even had "FRIARTOWN IS LEDOTOWN" as your tagline for a long time relishing in his signing by PC. That was a big miss and PC will not be near the team without Ledo next year.

[rambone 78]

Still no word on Jordan's hire at Rutgers. Hopefully they get that done soon.

[iBall]

Nothing much new being reported in this article by Jon Rothstein...
But note the 2nd "bullet point" on the A10

Rothstein: Latest On Rutgers, Jordan; More Notes Around College Basketball