re: Replace This With The Basketball Off-Season Thread

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The thought of hiring Joe Kines over Nick Saban just crossed my mind. I hate you SoG.

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My gosh the offensive brainpower in this photo



Can you imagine the variations of off tackle runs these two drew up together? Truly a glorious time to be at the University.

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I'm convinced. Dave Rader for basketball coach.

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I dunno if we can afford to buy him out of his lucrative contract with Hoover Vacuums (he's actually a state senator in Oklahoma now but the vacuum salesman stories are way better content).

This is from the article of the pc Greg Byrne had and I love his nickname, "The Ninja".

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“There’s going to be plenty of rumors out there during this process,” Byrne said. “I know people enjoy talking about these things. But unless you hear it from me, don’t believe it. What happens is agents will try to create leverage. Sometimes coaches will try to create leverage. What we want to do is be thorough but expedient during this process. Next time I talk publicly today will be to announce the new coach. And if anything gets out -- if somebody is a leading candidate or according to sources they have interviewed or are going to interview or whatever it may be -- I kinda assume that person doesn’t want the job.”

Between the lines: This is why they call Byrne “The Ninja.” As a one-man search committee, the tall Byrne is known for operating in the shadows when looking for a coach. He earned the nickname at Mississippi State when he hired Mullen without information leaks. And when he hired Rodriguez at Arizona, the news was well guarded until Byrne made the announcement on his Twitter account.

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I thought David was a super duper furniture salesman for Haverty's?

Beard- Would love it but nobody is paying a $12 million buyout

Brannen- Despite his past connections, I think the guy may be a rising star. He’s a big risk/reward guy. Not my first choice but if we got to this point, I’d give him a chance. Probably needs a little higher level school before you can judge him fairly.

Cronin scares me. Grant v2.0. Comes from a high mid-major that wins consistently. All you have to do is recruit the area and not screw up the program. Remember, Cincy produced Andy Kennedy too.

Davis- No way, no how, HELL NO!

Forbes- Still my favorite mid- major candidate. What can you say, he checks all the boxes except proven at the P5 level.

Hoiberg- I’m not convinced he’s the home run hire everybody thinks he is. Good coach, no doubt and certainly better than what we had but the guy has never been outside the Midwest. He’s only had one college job that he did well at but his track record is pretty short for all the hoopla surrounding him. I’d take him for sure but I’d be wary of long term deals or big buyouts. Make him prove his worth.

Kennedy- a poor man’s Prohm IMHO, maybe a little worse. Very limited upside. Great hire if you want to be a mediocre SEC program.

Matta- Home run if he takes it. Please take it.

Oates- Hot commodity that we would have to battle others to sign. Never coached in the south. A promising mid-major with all the risks that entails.

Pitino- Nice dream. Not gonna happen.

Prohm- The ultimate safe choice/fallback guy. I won’t bitch if we end up here but I won’t be wowed either. He gets us back to the peak Gottfired years but is that his ceiling?

Sampson- would be a very good choice but too many things working against this hire I think. His age, his past, the fact that Houston has deep pockets for a G5 and is willing to spend it. Just feels like a long shot.

Anybody else lands in the no way category like Donovan or the WTF category like Bohannon did. Would love to hear some news.

Throw some skrippas in that penthouse and make it Pitino.

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Sampson- would be a very good choice but too many things working against this hire I think. His age, his past, the fact that Houston has deep pockets for a G5 and is willing to spend it. Just feels like a long shot.

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Going to be interesting to see if we (Arkansas) get in the mix. Rumors are that he wants to take a step up or at least is open to it. We hired our AD from Houston and Sampson had a part in getting him to Houston. If Mike goes, signs point to him being the main target.

I can’t really explain it, but I don’t think I want Nate Oats.


ETA: forgive me, for I have sinned.

3manfront (Landrum?) just said Chris Beard's buyout is actually only around 4 mil if he leaves on his own.

*edit, I think it was Suttles that said it. I don't keep up with who is talking on these shows.

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Good lawd if Arkansas hired Sampson, Texas A&M hired Buzz and we hired Matta..........the SEC coaching roster is dumb. Well except LSU, obviously.

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Will Wade is pretty dumb. The dumbest perhaps.