College Basketball 2010-11

[hawkeyecub]

I wouldn't mind grabbing a top assistant from an elite program. Joe Dooley at Kansas or Chris Collins would be fine with me.

[illiniguy]

I wouldn't mind grabbing a top assistant from an elite program. Joe Dooley at Kansas or Chris Collins would be fine with me.

The same Dooley who crapped himself at Eastern Carolina? Go right ahead, find a worse guy to run your program.

Just hire Billy G. and a driver for him.

[cubsfan]

I guess I don't understand why a conference that has had scum like Kelvin Sampson and Lou Henson is now too good for a guy who has never done anything wrong.

[hawkeyecub]

I wouldn't mind grabbing a top assistant from an elite program. Joe Dooley at Kansas or Chris Collins would be fine with me.

The same Dooley who crapped himself at Eastern Carolina? Go right ahead, find a worse guy to run your program.

Just hire Billy G. and a driver for him.

 

Shows how much I know. Wasn't even aware of that, just heard that he's supposed to be one of the top assistants in place to move up to a head job and is said to be a good recruiter though that can be debated when at KU under Self.

 

The good news is, unless something unexpected happens Iowa should be the 2nd best opening behind Oregon and their money.

[illiniguy]

I guess I don't understand why a conference that has had scum like Kelvin Sampson and Lou Henson is now to good for a guy who has never done anything wrong.

You're a sock at this point. Yeah Lou was scum. :roll:

[illiniguy]

I wouldn't mind grabbing a top assistant from an elite program. Joe Dooley at Kansas or Chris Collins would be fine with me.

The same Dooley who crapped himself at Eastern Carolina? Go right ahead, find a worse guy to run your program.

Just hire Billy G. and a driver for him.

 

Shows how much I know. Wasn't even aware of that, just heard that he's supposed to be one of the top assistants in place to move up to a head job and is said to be a good recruiter though that can be debated when at KU under Self.

 

The good news is, unless something unexpected happens Iowa should be the 2nd best opening behind Oregon and their money.

Seriously the hire you could make that scares the hell out of me is Billy G. That's the one guy from the Self tree I would actually want. Although in a great college town like Iowa City he could do some damage.

 

K's guys don't scare me at all. None of them have done anything all that good since they left the Duke nest.

[hawkeyecub]

Just hire Billy G. and a driver for him.

 

That's what I'm saying. It would never fly at Iowa though. The DUI's are one thing but all of the crazy ish he did at Kentucky probably cements it.

[illiniguy]

Just hire Billy G. and a driver for him.

 

That's what I'm saying. It would never fly at Iowa though. The DUI's are one thing but all of the crazy ish he did at Kentucky probably cements it.

Yeah, he's a guy I wish we could have, but apparently he might have to go to jail if he comes back to our state. Too bad, great basketball mind.

[SouthSideRyan]

I wouldn't mind grabbing a top assistant from an elite program. Joe Dooley at Kansas or Chris Collins would be fine with me.

The same Dooley who crapped himself at Eastern Carolina? Go right ahead, find a worse guy to run your program.

 

I bet I can find a worse guy.

 

Chris Collins

[hawkeyecub]

Seriously the hire you could make that scares the hell out of me is Billy G. That's the one guy from the Self tree I would actually want. Although in a great college town like Iowa City he could do some damage.

 

K's guys don't scare me at all. None of them have done anything all that good since they left the Duke nest.

 

Brey has had a solid if not spectacular long run at ND. Amaker had early success at Seton Hall and didn't walk into a great situation at Michigan. Dawkins hasn't been at Stanford long enough to tell. I'm pretty sure Collins isn't as slimy as Quinn was.

 

I don't know that he would be great but I'm sure he's done a lot of the leg work at Duke with K's international work. He's from Chicago and I think he could be a good recruiter here. Has a clean image while also being a fairly big name.

[illiniguy]

I wouldn't mind grabbing a top assistant from an elite program. Joe Dooley at Kansas or Chris Collins would be fine with me.

The same Dooley who crapped himself at Eastern Carolina? Go right ahead, find a worse guy to run your program.

 

I bet I can find a worse guy.

 

Chris Collins

I see what you did there. Touche.

[SouthSideRyan]

Delany wouldn't allow it I'm sure.

 

I heard it when the IU job was open and that fat greasy pig was interested(or at least interested in using it for a raise) I'm sure he'll change his mind when dealing with a powerhouse program like Iowa.

 

Heard it from only the best sources I'm sure.

 

 

If there's one thing I do on here, it's throw around baseless speculation just for kicks.

[illiniguy]

Seriously the hire you could make that scares the hell out of me is Billy G. That's the one guy from the Self tree I would actually want. Although in a great college town like Iowa City he could do some damage.

 

K's guys don't scare me at all. None of them have done anything all that good since they left the Duke nest.

 

Brey has had a solid if not spectacular long run at ND. Amaker had early success at Seton Hall and didn't walk into a great situation at Michigan. Dawkins hasn't been at Stanford long enough to tell. I'm pretty sure Collins isn't as slimy as Quinn was.

 

I don't know that he would be great but I'm sure he's done a lot of the leg work at Duke with K's international work. He's from Chicago and I think he could be a good recruiter here. Has a clean image while also being a fairly big name.

Amaker is awful, even his super talented teams at Seton Hall never really did anything. Brey has done a decent job, but I imagine if you asked Andy he would tell you he isn't that great of a coach. Dawkins I think will be the best of the group, but he's going to Duke whenever K croaks. I think that Collins would be a really bad hire. You need someone with some kind of real head coaching experience. If not, you'd be better off trying to get Jerrance Howard from us. He has at least proven he can recruit Chicago.

[Flames24Rulz]

Greg Marshall would be an outstanding hire for Iowa. Guy can coach.

[hawkeyecub]

Greg Marshall would be an outstanding hire for Iowa. Guy can coach.

 

I think so too. Seems like a solid recruiter as well. I do think that ideally they would like someone who has been an assistant at a high-major in addition to being a head coach. I think Tony Barbee might be my favorite at this point though I've read that he may take the Auburn job.

[Vanilla Ice]

I wouldnt want to hire Collins

[HenryBlanco]

as a wichita st fan, id rather you guys stay away from coach marshall. I dont see him leaving wichita for iowa since he already has big time money, facilities, and fan support.

[Exile on Waveland]

He just really enjoyed scenic Evansville

 

I doubt you could find someone that likes Evansville less than I do; however, it's not exactly ugly:

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hMZm4_BV6dM/SRS54bDmgnI/AAAAAAAACKM/MzBikr4yFMo/s400/Riverfront_Greenway_cover_shot.jpg

 

http://www.markmccoyphotography.com/images/evansville/riverfront.rectangle.night.med.jpg

 

http://www.kddk.com/images/firm_banner.jpg

 

 

/end post no one cares about.

[Magnetic Curses]

are those like the only 2 buildings in town or something?

[ZMovieman]

It will be interesting to see who they can attract. The last 3 years have been awful but you could make the case that the job is better now. They can pay more ($2M and have heard they can go to $2.5, possibly higher for Pearl) have already begun construction on a $40M practice facility and renovation of CHA.

 

Scott Drew sounds shady with recruiting so they'll probably stay away but he's the kind of guy they need. Pearl is obviously #1 and I know he's willing to listen but I doubt they can make it happen. What about Buzz Williams at Marquette? That's obviously a better job but I've heard he's making like $600,000. Don't know if that's accurate but if so, Iowa could triple it.

Tony Barbee would be at the top of my mid-major list. Fran McCafferey and Greg Marshall are interesting. I've heard Brian Gregory at Dayton would be interested but they struggled at the end of the year and underachieved.

 

Buzz isn't going anywhere, at least for now. Marquette paid handsomely for Tom Crean ($2.3 mil a year), so money shouldn't be an issue. Marquette also will do all it can to avoid losing yet another coach in short time. Buzz is also vocal about his spirituality, which goes over smoother in a private institution. He says he wants to stay for as long as Marquette will have him (which might easily be coach speak), but I really only see him leaving for a place like Texas. That's where he's from, but Barnes is going nowhere any time soon.

[Magnetic Curses]

come see our beautiful office building

[Smack]

come see our beautiful office building

 

My best friend lived there for a year. I went down to visit him twice. I was underwhelmed.

[gflore34]

Boy, I sure missed the boat on the coach reference who's very good at coaching but, poor at recruiting, etc. Although, if one checks out Illini Scout and sometimes here, the situation did somewhat describe Weber at U of I.

 

Why would Turner stay? Despite what he said about loving OSU, he's, at the very least, the no. 2 pick (behind Wall), maybe no. 1 on plenty of teams draft boards.

 

By the way, why is that U of I, while quite probably being clean, is on the NCAA' watch dog list, yet programs that cheat their collective b*lls off are not? Say programs like Kentucky, OSU (football)...

[Exile on Waveland]

are those like the only 2 buildings in town or something?

 

Pretty much. There's not much in Evansville. I despise that place (I grew up there). However, it is rather attractive down by the Ohio River.

[Butterscup1679666578]

I went to Evansville once for an interview. I thought the town was a dump.

 

Iowa should hire Quin Snyder.