2012 College Coaching Carousel

[WVRed]

Two openings so far, as Darrin Horn was just fired by South Carolina, and Bruce Weber was fired by Illinois earlier this week.

The prospective head coaches for each team are facing each other in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The rumor is Gregg Marshall (Wichita State) to South Carolina while Shaka Smart (VCU) to Illinois.

[Boston Red]

Two?

Brown, Canisius, Eastern Illinois, Idaho State, Illinois, Miami(OH), Mt. St. Mary's, Northern Arizona, Rhode Island, SMU, South Carolina, Southern Illinois, and Winthrop all have openings.

[Boston Red]

BTW, there's no way Gregg Marshall is leaving Shocker State for South Carolina.

[dabvu2498]

Isn't Nebraska open as well???

[medford]

Didn't nebraska open up?

Would Mic Cronin's former AD hire him at Illinois, would Mic leave his hometown school for Illinois

[Reds4Life]

Originally Posted by medford

Didn't nebraska open up?

Would Mic Cronin's former AD hire him at Illinois, would Mic leave his hometown school for Illinois

I don't see Cronin leaving UC unless he is fired.

[Sea Ray]

Originally Posted by Reds4Life

I don't see Cronin leaving UC unless he is fired.

That's the nice thing about Cronin. Since he's got ties here, you don't have to worry very much about him leveraging another school to get out of UC. He admitted it's his dream job. I'd be very surprised if he left anytime soon

[VottoFan54]

Originally Posted by WVRed

Two openings so far, as Darrin Horn was just fired by South Carolina, and Bruce Weber was fired by Illinois earlier this week.

The prospective head coaches for each team are facing each other in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The rumor is Gregg Marshall (Wichita State) to South Carolina while Shaka Smart (VCU) to Illinois.

IMO, Shaka Smart would be a heck of a hire for Illinois.

[bucksfan2]

Soon we will enter the time of year where a coach who has it made at his mid major decides to leave for a rebuilding program at a major, yet unflattering major, only to get fired years later.

It works for some people but seems like it doesn't work in other places. Look at Gonzaga for example. With the exception of John Stocton no one had ever heard about the school until their Elite 8 run a number of years ago. Dan Munson left for greener pastures at Minnesota, only to see Mark Few turn the program into a top 25 college basektball destination.

Shaka Smart, Brad Stevens, Gregg Marshall, Chris Mack, etc. all have it made at their school. The schools are dedicated to basektball, have nice facilities, and they are the talk of the town. Shaka only needs to look at Jason Chappel to see what happens when you spurn a good job for a Missouri. Often times it just doesn't work out.

[cumberlandreds]

Originally Posted by dabvu2498

Isn't Nebraska open as well???

Yep. Doc Sadler got the ax Saturday. Nebraska and South Carolina are nearly unwinnable places. Does anyone in Nebraska care at all about basketball? I read this morning South Carolina hadn't won an NCAA tournament game since 1973. Whoever takes these two jobs needs to think long and hard about it. They could be career killers.

[bucksfan2]

Originally Posted by cumberlandreds

Yep. Doc Sadler got the ax Saturday. Nebraska and South Carolina are nearly unwinnable places. Does anyone in Nebraska care at all about basketball? I read this morning South Carolina hadn't won an NCAA tournament game since 1973. Whoever takes these two jobs needs to think long and hard about it. They could be career killers.

Dan Dakich during broadcasts said Nebraska had one of the best practice facilities he has ever been in. It wasn't too long ago that places like Baylor and KSU were thought of as unwinnable places while St. Johns and Depaul were thought of as great places to coach.

[dabvu2498]

Originally Posted by bucksfan2

Dan Dakich during broadcasts said Nebraska had one of the best practice facilities he has ever been in. It wasn't too long ago that places like Baylor and KSU were thought of as unwinnable places while St. Johns and Depaul were thought of as great places to coach.

South Carolina has a beautiful facility as well.

[RichRed]

Shaka Smart has family in Chicago and his wife got her Master's from Northwestern. You'd have to think he'll at least consider an offer from Illinois. Smart is also a filthy Cubs fan, which only proves that nobody's perfect.

[Sea Ray]

Originally Posted by bucksfan2

Soon we will enter the time of year where a coach who has it made at his mid major decides to leave for a rebuilding program at a major, yet unflattering major, only to get fired years later.

That's true but they also get such a boatload of money in bonuses, buyouts etc that they're set for life financially. It's not a bad consolation prize.

If you were offered what you knew would be a very stressful and challenging job for a four yr commitment but you knew no matter what happened you'd be set financially for life, would you bite? I think most of us would

[dabvu2498]

Originally Posted by Sea Ray

That's true but they also get such a boatload of money in bonuses, buyouts etc that they're set for life financially. It's not a bad consolation prize.

If you were offered what you knew would be a very stressful and challenging job for a four yr commitment but you knew no matter what happened you'd be set financially for life, would you bite? I think most of us would

True, plus there's something in the way a lot of these coaches are wired that makes them always look for the next challenge. It's why so many have made the leap to the pros. It's why a guy like Horn thinks "what I do worked at WKU; it will work at USC also."