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03-27-2011, 10:08 PM
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| Should we have spent more time searching?
Regardless of what you think about the hire made today, do you think we spent an adequate amount of time searching for a coach? Do you think we should have took more time or would that have been detrimental to the search? | 
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03-27-2011, 10:18 PM
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| | 99 PROBLEMS BUTCH AIN'T 1
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| No way man.....2nd coolest name in college basketball next to Shaka Smart lol!
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03-27-2011, 10:19 PM
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| | Duck in a Pen
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Originally Posted by omghulkhands  Regardless of what you think about the hire made today, do you think we spent an adequate amount of time searching for a coach? Do you think we should have took more time or would that have been detrimental to the search? | I think we should have made Stevens turn down the most lucrative contract in NCAA history. That being said, it is encouraging to see that Kuonzo was #1 on he list at Missouri and Ga. Tech. If he really is the man --and the big dogs beleive he is-- then we couldn't have waited. | |
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03-27-2011, 10:19 PM
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| | Soon.
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| I would have waited for Wichita's season to end and hire Marshall, personally.
All in with Zo, though. | |
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03-27-2011, 10:20 PM
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| | EE dbl S E Dbl N E T !!!
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| I read in one of the numerous articles a quote by Hammy that said Martin was the first one interviewed. Not the ONLY one, but the first one. So they had been on him for a while. He also said they kept coming back to him. In answer to your question, I think they were stuck between a rock and a hard space and did what they had to do. I can't imagine that they only started thinking about and vetting potential coaches until AFTER they fired Bruce. So, I think it was an okay timeline. Certainly better than it taking a month and all the good guys being gone.
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03-27-2011, 10:22 PM
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| I think we should have atleast waited til after the tourney, contacted everybody we were interested in, then made the hire in a non rushed manner.
I do like the hire the more I read about him, just think we should have taken a little more time. Can't rush these things imo
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03-27-2011, 10:23 PM
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| Nope. Done. Time to move on. | |
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03-27-2011, 10:25 PM
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| If we were going for the low-splash, cheap money hire...might as well do it now.
It's evident we weren't going to spend much money to pull a big name here, so who cares. | |
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03-27-2011, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WesternKyVol I think we should have made Stevens turn down the most lucrative contract in NCAA history. That being said, it is encouraging to see that Kuonzo was #1 on he list at Missouri and Ga. Tech. If he really is the man --and the big dogs beleive he is-- then we couldn't have waited. | Who is kuonzo? maybe we should have gone after him if he was number 1 on those list. Oh well.. I'm happy with Cuonzo anyway Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
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03-27-2011, 10:29 PM
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| What would been the point of searching for longer? If 1.3 mil was as high as Hamilton was willing to go, then we were going to get stuck with a sub-par coach no matter when we hired somebody, so we might as well bite the bullet sooner rather than later. So much him being more committed to basketball than previous AD's. All that clown cares about is money. He could care less whether we field a successful team or not. He's shown it with the football program, and showed it again today with a laughable basketball hire. This hire will quickly squander all the positive momentum we gained during the Pearl era. | |
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03-27-2011, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by omghulkhands Regardless of what you think about the hire made today, do you think we spent an adequate amount of time searching for a coach? Do you think we should have took more time or would that have been detrimental to the search? | We weren't getting pitt, butler or Nova's coach. We are kind of stuck with going in this direction. Are you surprised? | |
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03-27-2011, 10:36 PM
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| | What's My Age Again?
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| With the AA situation would not have mattered the interest was not there for the "name" guy.
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03-27-2011, 10:37 PM
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| No. We should have taken more time. He might have connections in the STL and Atlanta but he's way to unproven. He's walkin' into a hornets nest with all the junk going on around here.
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03-27-2011, 11:40 PM
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| To early to hire. To many good coaches out their . Would of rather had Rick Byrd if we were going to just give up and hire that quick | |
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03-27-2011, 11:47 PM
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| Who else did Hamilton interview for the position? | |
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