I don't think a coach's salary is the limiting factor in hiring a good coach. Our program is shite, we do not have a good recruiting base and our fanbase is passive at best. Our students show out but rarely.

I don't know everything about CBB but I do know that all those coaches you suggested are in better positions than AU at more prestigious BBall schools.

Butler's coach has been highly sought after by everyone (way better than AU) and he hasn't left/ the school is passionate and die hard about their basketball right now and he loves it.

St Johns and Marquette are in the Big East. That is the SEC of basketball and they are holding their own. Why would they leave to come to AU?

Creighton is a basketball school and their coach ain't leaving.

Look, we are going to have to take a chance on some up and comer who has had moderate success. Tony Barbee was a way hotter commodity than we should have been able to hire and the guy has failed. What coach wasn't to go to a place that is a career killer, doesn't care about BBall unless football is losing that doesn't have good recruiting?

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Posted by GenesChin

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Posted on 3/4/13 at 1:06 am to GenesChin

Start looking at midlevel A10, Colonial and MVC type coaches.

Or look to coaches like Rick Stansbury or so on. We are getting a washout or a guy looking for a jump but isn't a hot commodity yet

Consideing Rick Stansbury's ability to at least get MSU to postseason play at a shithole like MSU, I would love that hire. MSU had almost zero history in postseason play before he stepped on campus. Making the tournament a few years would at least build us into a respectable program if we wanted to get rid of him later

This post was edited on 3/4/13 at 1:09 am

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