Posted: April 4th, 2015, 3:22 pmPosted: April 4th, 2015, 6:09 pmjwa123 wrote:rlh04d wrote:UNIFanSince1983 wrote:But that is the thing money wouldn't be the reason Marshall would leave WSU for one of those jobs. Obviously, he would get a bit of money for it, but that is not the reason coaches take those jobs.
The important thing is Marshall and Jacobsen appear to be staying put for now. That alone is a big win for each school and the conference as a whole.
One very interesting thing I learned about this: I'm fairly certain Marshall would be at Alabama right now if it was up to him. I think this decision is on his family. I have a feeling both of his kids campaigned hard to stay in Wichita. So in that sense, I'm not sure it would be about the prestige of those jobs, either. Marshall obviously values the opinions of his family very highly.
But they'll be out of school before too much longer, and I don't see them being around to talk Marshall out of taking one of those jobs if they come open in the next few years.
Still, there are maybe four jobs we could ever worry about losing Marshall to now. Kentucky, Florida, UNC, Duke. Who would ever expect that to be the limitations of what a coach would leave a Valley team for?
Speaks very positively to Gregg Marshall's character when he does what's more important for his family than what is best for his career.
Posted: April 4th, 2015, 10:57 pmRollbird5 wrote:It'll be interesting to see how wsu is once fred, ron, and evan are gone. Those 3 are some of the biggest competitors/winners I have ever watched, will be tough to replace them. I don't know as much about wsu's history, so I'm sure you guys have wondered the same thing about other players/teams in the past and it ended up working out well obviously.
Posted: April 6th, 2015, 8:59 pmPosted: April 6th, 2015, 10:35 pmjwa123 wrote:rlh04d wrote:UNIFanSince1983 wrote:Speaks very positively to Gregg Marshall's character when he does what's more important for his family than what is best for his career.
Posted: April 7th, 2015, 4:44 ampafan wrote:Alabama ended up hiring Avery Johnson, most recently head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. He's never coached at the college level.
Posted: April 7th, 2015, 7:35 amrlh04d wrote:pafan wrote:Alabama ended up hiring Avery Johnson, most recently head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. He's never coached at the college level.
He's not a great coach, but he has name value, which definitely helps with recruiting.
But yeah, consistently declining coaching success, no college experience ... name value is about the best thing he has going for him.
Posted: April 7th, 2015, 8:00 amunipanther99 wrote:rlh04d wrote:pafan wrote:Alabama ended up hiring Avery Johnson, most recently head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. He's never coached at the college level.
He's not a great coach, but he has name value, which definitely helps with recruiting.
But yeah, consistently declining coaching success, no college experience ... name value is about the best thing he has going for him.
I could see him trying to take the Fred Hoiberg approach. Poach the problem players from other teams, play up your connections to the NBA. It might actually work if he surrounds himself with really solid college assistants and one heck of a compliance coordinator.
Posted: April 7th, 2015, 10:38 amrlh04d wrote:pafan wrote:Alabama ended up hiring Avery Johnson, most recently head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. He's never coached at the college level.
He's not a great coach, but he has name value, which definitely helps with recruiting.
But yeah, consistently declining coaching success, no college experience ... name value is about the best thing he has going for him.
Posted: April 7th, 2015, 3:21 pmUNIFanSince1983 wrote:rlh04d wrote:pafan wrote:Alabama ended up hiring Avery Johnson, most recently head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. He's never coached at the college level.
He's not a great coach, but he has name value, which definitely helps with recruiting.
But yeah, consistently declining coaching success, no college experience ... name value is about the best thing he has going for him.
The worst part about it is they are paying him 3mil a year.
I heard Gottlieb talking on Dan Patrick this morning about this. They were more than likely bidding against themselves so 3 mil a year is super high. Plus they could have gotten the Murray State coach who was an Alabama alum, and actually had been a college coach and had quite a bit of success. This hire makes zero sense except for the name value of it.