2022 Coaching Carousel

[ace]

At least you’re not making Georgetown-level bad decisions. We knew there was an extension after the BE tournament last year but not that is was this bad.





“According to a source with direct knowledge of the contract, Georgetown gave Ewing a three-year extension, in addition to the two years Ewing had left on his original deal… Ewing, who has a Big East record of 26-63 (.292) in the regular season, has four years total left on his deal after this season. Ewing is set to make a full base salary of $3.95 million in each of the three years that were tacked onto his pre-existing deal… If Georgetown were to fire Ewing in either of the next two seasons, 2022-23 or 2023-24, it would owe Ewing three years guaranteed salary.”

[theblueram]

At least you’re not making Georgetown-level bad decisions. We knew there was an extension after the BE tournament last year but not that is was this bad.





“According to a source with direct knowledge of the contract, Georgetown gave Ewing a three-year extension, in addition to the two years Ewing had left on his original deal… Ewing, who has a Big East record of 26-63 (.292) in the regular season, has four years total left on his deal after this season. Ewing is set to make a full base salary of $3.95 million in each of the three years that were tacked onto his pre-existing deal… If Georgetown were to fire Ewing in either of the next two seasons, 2022-23 or 2023-24, it would owe Ewing three years guaranteed salary.”

That is some straight up comedy.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Welp...all you can say is "good for you Mr. Ewing, good for you". (Who's your agent?)

[bigappleram]

David Falk is his agent and he’s one of the best (or worst) pending what side of the coin you are on.

[McRam]

Did it really say a base salary of 3.95M per year??? OMG

[McRam]

Once Cox is fired next week it will be interesting to see where the assistants from his staff land. Hurley had several assistants move up during his tenure - Bobby, Preston, Luke Murray, ARD. None of Cox’s assistants have moved up during his tenure and I’d be surprised if any do after his firing.

Would you consider it moving up if they become a high school coach?

[SmartyBarrett]

No clue if this guy knows anything, but sharing anyway.

[Rhody74]

He was the Globe’s Kmac. If he’s right, f*ck.

[Big Rhody Guy]

Kimani going to UMass SUCKS. Should have gotten in on the search early too I guess.

[RIFan]

If he is right…then so much for no advantage to dumping coach before the end of the season…

[STC]

[RF1]

He was the Globe’s Kmac. If he’s right, f*ck.

He has been a blogger since he left the Globe. He throws out a lot of conjecture but is more often than not wrong.

[Big Rhody Guy]

Is there anyway in the world we can pay up 1.2 million? I can’t see it.

[SmartyBarrett]

Yeah, seems like this has legs.

[RF1]

Is there anyway in the world we can pay up 1.2 million? I can’t see it.

I don't see URI offering that type of money to a person that has no head coaching experience. This missing factor was the reason Cox got a relatively low ball contract (near or at the bottom of the A-10).

[STC]

[steveystuds06]

One of our rivals just got a great coach. I hope this pisses off Thorr and our donors.

How will we respond?

[bigappleram]

One of our rivals just got a great coach. I hope this pisses off Thorr and our donors.

How will we respond?

One of our rivals just got a great assistant coach. It’s unknown if he will make a great head coach. Haven’t we learned that firsthand?

[SmartyBarrett]

Oh.

[steveystuds06]

Wtf hahah

[Rhodymob05]

Twitter, the ultimate double edge sword.

[RF1]

Oh.

No media member is better connected to UMass athletics than Vautour. He was the longtime UMass beat writer for the Hampshire Daily Gazette and is now at the Springfield Republican/Masslive.com.

[reef]

At least you’re not making Georgetown-level bad decisions. We knew there was an extension after the BE tournament last year but not that is was this bad.





“According to a source with direct knowledge of the contract, Georgetown gave Ewing a three-year extension, in addition to the two years Ewing had left on his original deal… Ewing, who has a Big East record of 26-63 (.292) in the regular season, has four years total left on his deal after this season. Ewing is set to make a full base salary of $3.95 million in each of the three years that were tacked onto his pre-existing deal… If Georgetown were to fire Ewing in either of the next two seasons, 2022-23 or 2023-24, it would owe Ewing three years guaranteed salary.”

Probably the worst thing was them winning the BE tournament last year made them extend him now they stuck with him

[SmartyBarrett]

Just waiting for someone to tweet: "UMass is close to hiring Matt McCall as their next head coach, per source. He is currently undefeated as the interim head coach at UMass."

[ramster]

Thread on Young and UMASS on Theboneyard. Interesting since Zags has been tied in with Hurley in the past. Interesting twitter giveth and twitter taketh away - at least for now

https://the-boneyard.com/threads/umass- ... ng.179502/

[reef]

Ugh I hate all this false bull crap why report if not accurate??

[RhowdyRam02]

Oh.

Welcome to silly season! Are you not entertained?!

[steviep123]

Fully admitting I know nothing about Young - would he be getting serious looks if Hurley hadn’t been ejected from that game? Was that the catalyst?

[SGreenwell]

Fully admitting I know nothing about Young - would he be getting serious looks if Hurley hadn’t been ejected from that game? Was that the catalyst?

I could have sworn that Ace or Iggy mentioned him before that, so I think his name was getting out there. It's also impossible to tell how "serious" anyone is being considered for any of these jobs, especially now, when plenty of initial interviews are probably going to be done by Zoom. The initial tweet announcing that UMass was "zeroing in" on him did strike me as odd, considering that McCall is still employed, and Young presumably doesn't want to leave his job at UConn until they're eliminated from the NCAA tournament. A poster on the UConn board speculated, via a UMass beat reporter, that the rumor is originating from Young's agent, which is a pretty common tactic.

[BlackDogRants]

If Kimani Young does actually go to UMass (or anywhere) I would assume that DH immediately grabs Cox as AHC at UConn - maybe?

… and yes, I know Cox hasn’t been fired yet. Thank you.

[Blue Man]

UMass is a dumpster fire. Would be odd if Kimani wound up there.

The Georgetown thing is why you fire Cox no matter what happens next week.

You don’t hire or fire someone based on 5 games in one week. An A10 title this year does nothing for us long term.

[Rhody15]

If Kimani Young does actually go to UMass (or anywhere) I would assume that DH immediately grabs Cox as AHC at UConn - maybe?

… and yes, I know Cox hasn’t been fired yet. Thank you.

Yea, that would make the most sense if/when Cox is fired.

[ace]

Fully admitting I know nothing about Young - would he be getting serious looks if Hurley hadn’t been ejected from that game? Was that the catalyst?

No, not the catalyst at all, imo. Kimani has been the Associate Head Coach at UConn the past two years. He’s been great and also had success working with Richard Pitino at Minnesota and FIU. He has AAU experience in NYC and has endless recruiting connections. I think he’d be great, but it’s also fair to note that you never know how a guy with no experience will do. I remember a number of people here believing that Cox was the real reason for Hurley’s success and I imagine some UConn fans will say that about Kimani (what a coincidence that Hurley keeps hiring guys that make him not suck!). Kimani also has a really compelling personal story. I’d bet on him in a minute. If there’s a spot on UConn’s staff and Cox is available, that’s not the move for UConn I’d prefer.

[SmartyBarrett]

[SmartyBarrett]

[Rhodyhooopz]

sign me up for Crean

[Iggy1979]

Kimani Young is/was my top pick. I find it interesting that when the rumor came out about UMass, all of a sudden there was more interest in him from URI fans.

[Jersey77]

Crean is definitely worth a phone call to see his interest.
I would definitely test the waters with him.

We all love Archie, me included.
But Crean went to 3 Sweet 16's with Indiana, Archie didn't.

Also, I don't think we will have many coaches on our radar who have been to the Final Four.

[PeterRamTime]

Place Crean on the white board please.

[RF1]

Young has an interesting story as he was in a federal prison just some 20 years ago for possession of 96 pounds of marijuana.

Kimani Young, Overcoming Adversity, Tragedy, Offers Life Lessons For UConn Men
https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-me ... story.html

[Rhody15]

Young has an interesting story as he was in a federal prison just some 20 years ago for possession of 96 pounds of marijuana.

Kimani Young, Overcoming Adversity, Tragedy, Offers Life Lessons For UConn Men
https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-me ... story.html

And here it comes!

He’s not holier than thou! He should be fired immediately! Give him a show cause for 20 years!


Hahahaha this is too predictable. Pointing out every single coaches flaw in life.

[RhowdyRam02]

Young has an interesting story as he was in a federal prison just some 20 years ago for possession of 96 pounds of marijuana.

Kimani Young, Overcoming Adversity, Tragedy, Offers Life Lessons For UConn Men
https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-me ... story.html

And here it comes!

He’s not holier than thou! He should be fired immediately! Give him a show cause for 20 years!


Hahahaha this is too predictable. Pointing out every single coaches flaw in life.

You don't think it's relevant to point out potential issues with candidates? That should be part of the discussion with every candidate

[PeterRamTime]

Young has an interesting story as he was in a federal prison just some 20 years ago for possession of 96 pounds of marijuana.

Kimani Young, Overcoming Adversity, Tragedy, Offers Life Lessons For UConn Men
https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-me ... story.html

And here it comes!

He’s not holier than thou! He should be fired immediately! Give him a show cause for 20 years!


Hahahaha this is too predictable. Pointing out every single coaches flaw in life.

I mean who doesn't have 96 pounds of weed just laying around the house?

[Rhody15]

Young has an interesting story as he was in a federal prison just some 20 years ago for possession of 96 pounds of marijuana.

Kimani Young, Overcoming Adversity, Tragedy, Offers Life Lessons For UConn Men
https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-me ... story.html

And here it comes!

He’s not holier than thou! He should be fired immediately! Give him a show cause for 20 years!


Hahahaha this is too predictable. Pointing out every single coaches flaw in life.

You don't think it's relevant to point out potential issues with candidates? That should be part of the discussion with every candidate

Hahahaha and I knew you’d be the FIRST person to respond.

You literally look for reasons NOT to hire every single candidate that people talk about.

It’s truly incredible, and pretty hilarious you sticking to your guns and not wanting any candidates whatsoever.


If you were a fan of Auburn or Houston, you 100% would’ve been against the Sampson and Pearl hires, and look where they are.

Houston a final four team last year, and a 4/5 seed this year. Auburn a final four team few seasons ago, getting a #1 seed this year.

[SmartyBarrett]

Young has an interesting story as he was in a federal prison just some 20 years ago for possession of 96 pounds of marijuana.

Kimani Young, Overcoming Adversity, Tragedy, Offers Life Lessons For UConn Men
https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-me ... story.html

Ace referred to Young's back story, which I didn't know until I read this. Talk about overcoming an incredible amount of obstacles, adversity and hardship.

[Blue Man]

Kimani Young is/was my top pick. I find it interesting that when the rumor came out about UMass, all of a sudden there was more interest in him from URI fans.

I don't think there was "more interest" because I've always considered him a "splash" hire with upside.

But I don't have him as a top option because I don't think this program is in a place to experiment with a first timer.

I do think he'll be great, and tbh I would be excited and totally buy in to the Kimani Young rebuild. I would just take someone more proven and at a higher level, meaning that we're investing more.

Now, if we were to hire Kimani AND provide the Hurley infrastructure promises? That would excite me greatly.

[RhowdyRam02]

And here it comes!

He’s not holier than thou! He should be fired immediately! Give him a show cause for 20 years!


Hahahaha this is too predictable. Pointing out every single coaches flaw in life.

You don't think it's relevant to point out potential issues with candidates? That should be part of the discussion with every candidate

Hahahaha and I knew you’d be the FIRST person to respond.

You literally look for reasons NOT to hire every single candidate that people talk about.

It’s truly incredible, and pretty hilarious you sticking to your guns and not wanting any candidates whatsoever.


If you were a fan of Auburn or Houston, you 100% would’ve been against the Sampson and Pearl hires, and look where they are.

Houston a final four team last year, and a 4/5 seed this year. Auburn a final four team few seasons ago, getting a #1 seed this year.

Please highlight where I said I didn't want him or said this was disqualifying

[Rhody72]

Before I hired Young, I would want to know what he did with the rest of the shipment.

[Rhody15]

You don't think it's relevant to point out potential issues with candidates? That should be part of the discussion with every candidate

Hahahaha and I knew you’d be the FIRST person to respond.

You literally look for reasons NOT to hire every single candidate that people talk about.

It’s truly incredible, and pretty hilarious you sticking to your guns and not wanting any candidates whatsoever.


If you were a fan of Auburn or Houston, you 100% would’ve been against the Sampson and Pearl hires, and look where they are.

Houston a final four team last year, and a 4/5 seed this year. Auburn a final four team few seasons ago, getting a #1 seed this year.

Please highlight where I said I didn't want him or said this was disqualifying

If anything can be brought up as a negative about a coach, you post or reply. Every single time.

[RhowdyRam02]

Hahahaha and I knew you’d be the FIRST person to respond.

You literally look for reasons NOT to hire every single candidate that people talk about.

It’s truly incredible, and pretty hilarious you sticking to your guns and not wanting any candidates whatsoever.


If you were a fan of Auburn or Houston, you 100% would’ve been against the Sampson and Pearl hires, and look where they are.

Houston a final four team last year, and a 4/5 seed this year. Auburn a final four team few seasons ago, getting a #1 seed this year.

Please highlight where I said I didn't want him or said this was disqualifying

If anything can be brought up as a negative about a coach, you post or reply. Every single time.

So just like always you've got nothing because your reading comprehension is less than zero and you're too focused on being an aggressive shitposter to actually make one decent point