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[Chris B]

Apparently his daughters live near Lubbock as well.

 

What a trainwreck of an offseason for UNLV.

[SBTarheel]

Well, he took the Texas Tech job.

 

Dick move or just doing what's best for him and his family?

 

Or both?

[Chris B]

He was an assistant coach at TTU for 8 years with Bobby Knight and his daughters (I think 3 under the age of 16) live within 2 hours.

 

I think it's a smart move for him.

 

Sucks for UNLV, who has had really bad luck/planning with the coach search this season.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Speaking of Texas Tech, new UNLV coach Chris Beard (literally hired last week) might be interested in going to Lubbock, where he was once an assistant. 

 

Weird. 

 

He was an assistant coach at TTU for 8 years with Bobby Knight and his daughters (I think 3 under the age of 16) live within 2 hours.

 

I think it's a smart move for him.

 

Sucks for UNLV, who has had really bad luck/planning with the coach search this season.

 

That's insane. (Not that it is or isn't a smart move for him... the circumstance.)

 

Taking a job... being announced on the 28th.... doing the press conference... and immediately rolling out?

Wow.

[Chris B]

Speaking of Texas Tech, new UNLV coach Chris Beard (literally hired last week) might be interested in going to Lubbock, where he was once an assistant.    Weird. 

 

He w

as an assistant coach at TTU for 8 years with Bobby Knight and his daughters (I think 3 under the age of 16) live within 2 hours.   I think it's a smart move for him.   Sucks for UNLV, who has had really bad luck/planning with the coach search this season.

  That's insane. (Not that it is or isn't a smart move for him... the circumstance.)   Taking a job... being announced on the 28th.... doing the press conference... and immediately rolling out? Wow.

Has happened before...Dana Altman/Arkansas, Billy Gillespie/Arkansas

[Mike B]

People give their word to a university, get up in a press conference and pronounce excitement over getting the job, then leave a week later.

So much  for Iron clad contracts.  

[Mike B]

 Has happened before...Dana Altman/Arkansas, Billy Gillespie/Arkansas

Didn't Bobby Cremmins do something similar.

[SBTarheel]

Has happened before...Dana Altman/Arkansas, Billy Gillespie/Arkansas

 

Didn't Bobby Cremmins do something similar.

Yes, at South Carolina, his alma mater

[RShack]

Didn't Bobby Cremmins do something similar.

 

He quit GT to go back to South Carolina where he had played... said it was the only job he'd leave GT for, because it was like going home... but then a week or so later, he changed his mind and undid it...

[SportsGuy]

No problem with the coaches doing it....but players shouldn't be penalized if they do it.

[mweb08]

It's a dick move. May also be what's best for him.

[SBTarheel]

It's a dick move. May also be what's best for him.

Yea, this is pretty much how I feel. 

[Chris B]

Just adding a few of what I consider good/decent jobs:

 

Cal: Wyking Jones (Cuonzo Martin)

Dayton: Anthony Grant (Archie Miller)

Georgetown: ______ (John Thompson III)

Illinois: Brad Underwood (John Groce)

Indiana: Archie Miller (Tom Crean)

LSU: Will Wade (Johnny Jones)

Missouri: Cuonzo Martin (Kim Anderson)

Oklahoma State: Mike Boynton Jr. (Brad Underwood)

NC State: Kevin Keatts (Mark Gottfried)

UMASS: Matt McCall (Derek Kellog, Pat Kelsey)

USF: Brian Gregory (Orlando Antigua)

VCU: Mike Rhoades (Will Wade)

Washington: Mike Hopkins (Lorenzo Romar)

[SportsGuy]

Which one does Kevin Keats get?

[SBTarheel]

Alford has to at least get offered Indiana, no?

 

I mean, he was literally born for that job. 

[SportsGuy]

Alford has to at least get offered Indiana, no?

I mean, he was literally born for that job.

Haven't they been down that road in the past?

[SBTarheel]

Haven't they been down that road in the past?

I'm not sure, but Alford has the experience now..No more, Missouri State, New Mexico, whatever...He's ready. 

 

 

I think 

[You Play to Win the Game]

Didn't see that about LSU. Was waiting for that. It's a shame, he got some talent down there.

[Chris B]

IU's fans will want Brad Stevens or Billy Donovan but there would be no reason why either would leave the NBA.

 

Their "short" list will likely be Alford, Marshall, Miller, Mack, Holtmann.

[SportsGuy]

Archie Miller would be good