Alabama prepared to make big run at Gregg Marshall

[SHOXMVC]

The offer from Bama is 4.2M for 6 years. Gregg has till Friday to decide. Word is Lynn and kids don't want to go. Gregg is looking at it as one more move before he retires, so it better be the right financial package. He doesn't want to coach forever. The cons for going to Bama are no real fan commitment to basketball; s*** team next year; 2-3 year rebuilding plan; SEC is the SEC, cheating is almost an excepted practice...Bama fans probably alright with it if it yields results. WSU can probably get to 2.1 or 2.2M base, with incentives bringing it to 2.5+. The only reason he leaves is for the money.

[acepurple84]

The offer from Bama is 4.2M for 6 years. Gregg has till Friday to decide. Word is Lynn and kids don't want to go. Gregg is looking at it as one more move before he retires, so it better be the right financial package. He doesn't want to coach forever. The cons for going to Bama are no real fan commitment to basketball; s*** team next year; 2-3 year rebuilding plan; SEC is the SEC, cheating is almost an excepted practice...Bama fans probably alright with it if it yields results. WSU can probably get to 2.1 or 2.2M base, with incentives bringing it to 2.5+. The only reason he leaves is for the money.

Well you know what they say then. "If momma not happy, Nobody's happy". Hope he stays

[glm38]

I hope he stays as well. 4.2 million. That's incredible. I'll bet this is an agonizing decision for him.

[ilstubirds250]

More Redbird fans seem concerned with this topic than WSU fans.

That right there speaks volumes.

This guy...

[unipanther99]

If that report is accurate I believe it would put him in the top 5 of college basketball coaching salaries, behind only Coach K, Pitino, Cal, and Self.

[unipanther99]

What Panther fans don't want to see is a route that leads Alabama to take Richard Pitino away from Minnesota.

[BCPanther]

Nothing against you 99, but I don't understand UNI fans obsession with Jake taking the Minnesota job.

He has no connection to it other than being a bit closer to his summer home/cabin. Minnesota has never been interested in a high character/academics first kind of guy and the only one they've had (Dan Monson) they couldn't run out of town fast enough. Lastly, Jake has talked over and over about being here for the next 12 years and UNI being 'his place'.

I just don't see it.

[unipanther99]

Obsessed is a very strong word. But I would have to think it's one of the few jobs he might at least begin to consider.

[rlh04d]

Only issue is when current/incoming players open their recruitment because Marshall is no longer their coach. Wherever he goes, he could potentially take some guys with him too. Whoever the new coach is will have to re-recruit everyone. I remember when Jank had to do that with Osiris.

I also don't think the next coach will get $1mil + to start. No wiggle room to incentivize for maintaining a successful program

Is it just me or have Redbird fans been going on the offensive as of late over the possibility that the coach that has owned them might go away?

Not me as I would rather Marshall stays than leaves.

I know you despise anything and everything that pertains to ISUr and you base this upon the fan base that posts on forums. I would agree we have our share that pull at the thought of credibility. However, if you would take a moment and look impartially at WSU posters you would not see any difference. We both have our share of hateful people and dingbats. You judge an entire fan base because of things written on a fan forum by people who hide behind a screen name.

Posters on forums do not represent an entire fan base. As an example, should I judge the entire WSU fan base by ChampionZ and his brethren or by the WSU fans I met and interacted with in St Louis? I will choose the latter. They were all courteous and willing to interact on a friendly manner. These folks are the majority of the WSU fans and likewise the majority of the fans at ISUr are good people.

I was actually just mocking Birdman's post That was almost word for word what he said in another thread.

I don't like the IlSt fans that post on the Redbirds forum, but that's mostly because there are a few clear douchebags who mock injured players and hope for further injuries, and very little, if any, moderation, which makes the forum itself complicit in douchebaggery. I have no problem with the IlSt fanbase as a whole. I would never want to just be judged based on a number of the WSU fans.

[rlh04d]

So repeating something I said on another thread and rearranging the words as a personal attack on me isn't going on the offensive?

Repeating something to mock you isn't a personal attack. If I was personally attacking you, I assure you, you would know it.

I'm just laughing at your ridiculous passive-aggressive shots.