re: 2019 Coaching Search Thread

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Yeah but it's rare that a guy will toss his job for it now. Although I guess you're right. If anyone would do it, it's Mike.

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Tubby Smith did the same thing, several times, easily found a new job each time.

Hatfield left Arkansas for the same reasons, landed at Clemson, then Rice.

Several colleges are happy to get and have a guy who is straight forward about who he is and what his teams are and will do and win. They may not win enough for some of their destinations but there will always be a demand for this type of coach.

Its the guys who bait and switch schools who end back up in the ranks as an assistant in short order, they may get a couple chances on the big stage, but after that even the small schools would rather have an unproven coach over them. (Heath, Pelphrey, Grant, probably add Capel to the list soon).

The "wish" list certainly has it fair share of drawbacks.

Sampson - Age. His age doesn't really match what HY stated in his statement, but if you consider a decade is an eternity in the coach world it probably isn't a big deal.

Marshall - Had made a career of recruiting talented guys who couldn't qualify for power 5 programs. No reason for him to not do this where he has been at, but would be a concern for a P5 school.

Beard - Inexperience, not the same TTU program before Tubby as after, but the same could be said of Arkansas now compared to post Pel.

Billy Donovan - Can frick off after his actions towards Arkansas in the past.