re: Monday: Marquette has offered the job to Cuonzo, VOLS will not match big $

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i get that, but still... coaches have egos, and nobody is going to work for someone who turned them down twice before... especially if they're in a significantly stronger position than they were previously.

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That's true but at the same time those egos often clash with individuals rather than the schools themselves. I don't think he'd have tried the second time if he held it against the university. Sometimes you want something specific and being turned down doesn't matter to you and Marshall is a guy from the South and obviously likes and/or liked the idea of an SEC school and specifically liked the idea of coaching at UT enough to go for it twice.

UT has some of the best facilities in the entire country and is arguably the 3rd best basketball program in the SEC right now and the 2nd most valuable SEC bball progam (top 15 in the country) and the 2nd best in SEC attendance. That makes it a pretty great job for any coach out to make a mark on the basketball world and who wants to see over 20k fans in the stands - that's an ego boost (coaching against UK as 1 of their 2 rivals, is another boost to the ego as is as coaching against Donovan's UF). Also, TBA can and should be as big of a home court advantage as Rupp is and the right coach can make it into that.

Really it all depends on what he wants and how serious we are about getting him but I don't think it's out of the question or even something he would turn down out of hand just because he interviewed before. Sometimes 3rd time really is the charm. OTOH, he may be perfectly happy at Wichita St.