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re: *** UPDATED (1:30PM 4/5) Avery Johnson to become UA Basketball Coach
Posted on 3/30/15 at 5:49 pm to Tuscaloosa
Posted on 3/30/15 at 5:49 pm to Tuscaloosa
This cannot be true, because according to numerous Auburn and LSU posters and more than a few from Tennessee, we are a desperate dumpster-fire program that is only dreaming about hiring a quality coach. We will be lucky if Central's coach will take us on part-time as a project.
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Posted on 3/30/15 at 5:49 pm to LandofDixie
When he beat y'all in 2008 I honestly believed we would run the state for the next 10 years. Couldn't have been more wrong
Posted on 3/30/15 at 5:52 pm to LovetheLord
why don't u wait till he signed the papers and in Tuscaloosa before going full gump
Posted on 3/30/15 at 5:55 pm to thibodauxtigah
They have these summer reading comprehension courses. They are only about $200 might be a wise investment for you.
Posted on 3/30/15 at 5:56 pm to LandofDixie
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This. I still contend Saban was one of the better things to happen to Auburn football. Good competition breeds better teams for both sides
Saban going to Bama was a great thing for AU. It certainly raised the expectations and recruiting level. Hopefully Pearl to AU has the same effect
Posted on 3/30/15 at 5:57 pm to thibodauxtigah
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Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:01 pm to MrAUTigers
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quote: Or he could stay at WSU, miss on a couple of recruits, have a down year or two where he falls back to NIT status and the blue bloods won't touch him either. Which is easier: Maintaining elite success at a mid-major like WSU with a $21 million athletic budget or turning around an historically above average power 5 school with an athletic budget of $150 million and you get a significant chunk of those resources and virtually anything you want/need as long as you get the job done? Easier? I would say staying status quo at Wichita State. bama would need to recruit against UK and UF to be elite in this conference. It would be much much easier to stay elite in the MVC. bama has a HUGE sports budget. How exactly did that help Grant? (he was a hot commodity when bama hired him, if you remember correctly)
I do remember. But even Grant recruited pretty well early on until most kids figured out he sucked. And still the cupboard isn't bare. Grant had Trevor Lacey and all he did after transferring was to help guide NC State to the Sweet 16. We're not going to compete with UK or UF for many kids. Not for a while anyway. We know we have to win battles against Ole Miss and UGA and Auburn for the level of talent we can pull right now. And that gets an immediate bump up a little with Marshall's name. Then success on the court upgrades the talent level we can get. I say Marshall has us in the Dance in year 2, after that, we'll just have to see where it takes us.
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:11 pm to phil4bama
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Marshall has us in the Dance in year 2
Maybe I've gone full gump.. But Anthony Grant had us on the bubble this year other than losing every close game we played in. I don't think it is unrealistic to think that Marshall can come in and win those close games and get us into the dance as a bubble team in year 1. Yeah we're losing Levi but I think we have some good freshman coming in (I think they all come if we hire Marshall) and we have some decent players that can compete with the right coaching.
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:14 pm to yellowhammer2098
Let's hire him first before we speculate how far he will take us next March.
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:14 pm to phil4bama
It will be a great hire for bama, but bad move for Marshall...
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:16 pm to AU4real35
Yeah, that $2+ million raise is really going to suck for him.
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:17 pm to pvilleguru
Obviously the money will be right, but career wise it's a terrible move..
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:20 pm to AU4real35
You should call him or his agent and offer your experience on the matter. He needs to hear this.
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:21 pm to Patton
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You should call him or his agent and offer your experience on the matter. He needs to hear this.
They just need to look at all the previous coaches...
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:22 pm to Patton
Wow, this setting up for a glorious GumpMelt
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:23 pm to pvilleguru
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Yeah, that $2+ million raise is really going to suck for him.
If it's just about money, you guys should go after Mark Few. He is making $500K a year less than Marshall.
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:24 pm to AU4real35
What does that say about Pearl's decision to take the job at Auburn?
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:25 pm to MrAUTigers
Mark is a good coach.
Posted on 3/30/15 at 6:26 pm to nc14
Damn right he is!
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