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An offer is in

Matrim55 said:
Good god, a reasonable discussion? I was beginning to think that wasn't allowed on the boneyard.
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Sometimes the complete fools bring out reasonable discussion as Oatsfanatic has here.

To go further, there's red flags on all other reported candidates - Matta's health, Frank Martin has only made the NCAA tournament once at South Carolina, etc. We're not in a position where we're picking from a pool of complete riches so we have to evaluate which option has the most upside and which red flags can and can't be overlooked. It's a calculated risk.
 
In my opinion this is about getting and being able to coach talent. URI didnot seem loaded, so losing to that bunch of 1 and dones of Duke by so much is meaningless. They do not even have 1 next level player so making the tourney is an accomplishment.
 
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Stainmaster said:
Who else is there out of the candidates we're in on who's more of a home run?

Please don't say Oats - for all we know AD Dave hasn't reached out to him and isn't planning on it.[/QUOTE

I don't know, but there are plenty of
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brasssbonanzaa said:
Yeah, we should go after the other available home run hires like the the St. Bonaventure coach or the third-year coach of Buffalo.
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So basically we are settling?
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
Who is your candidate that would be a slam dunk hire and not "settling" - the 0.1% chance we have at getting Donovan?
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I don
tzznandrew said:
Who says that? Who would you pick? Would you have stayed with KO, who got beat like this by Arkansas, and Memphis, and Cincy, etc. etc. etc.?
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NO, I would not have stayed with Ollie. I say we wait and see what other coaches become available when the season actually ends. Hurley is a fine coach, but I don't see him as being a game changer for the program.
 
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intlzncster said:
You want to hire somebody who's just been fired??

Protip: game changers don't get fired.
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Where did I say I wanted to hire someone who has been fired? You don't think there is a coach out there looking for more money??
 
Jaker said:
Where did I say I wanted to hire someone who has been fired? You don't think there is a coach out there looking for more money??
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The list of good coaches making small enough coin to want the upgrade is not long. There's more than 40 coaches making more than $2.2m after all.

I'm sure a couple have been contacted. And not everybody is after every last dollar.
 
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Uconnfanatic said:
There are other things to look at besides the resume and experience. Interviews can reveal a lot.
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Actually the interview is of very limited value. It is important in eliminating bad candidates but fairly useless in choosing between qualified candidates. Coaching is not a popularity contest - you don't hire the smartest, nicest, most well spoken coach - you hire the winning-est coach, and that can only be determined on a basketball court, not in an AD's office. For choosing a coach, track record and fit should be the determining factors.
 
Onions said:
Actually the interview is of very limited value. It is important in eliminating bad candidates but fairly useless in choosing between qualified candidates. Coaching is not a popularity contest - you don't hire the smartest, nicest, most well spoken coach - you hire the winning-est coach, and that can only be determined on a basketball court, not in an AD's office. For choosing a coach, track record and fit should be the determining factors.
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Unless you're Jim Irsay. Then you do.

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Onions said:
Actually the interview is of very limited value. It is important in eliminating bad candidates but fairly useless in choosing between qualified candidates. Coaching is not a popularity contest - you don't hire the smartest, nicest, most well spoken coach - you hire the winning-est coach, and that can only be determined on a basketball court, not in an AD's office. For choosing a coach, track record and fit should be the determining factors.
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Of course resume and track record are important but you can learn a lot in an interview about a coach's philosophy, personality, passion, motivation, discipline, leadership capabilities, etc. It's not one or the other. The safe and obvious pick is not necessarily the best pick.
 
Uconnfanatic said:
Of course resume and track record are important but you can learn a lot in an interview about a coach's philosophy, personality, passion, motivation, discipline, leadership capabilities, etc. It's not one or the other. The safe and obvious pick is not necessarily the best pick.
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No, in an interview you can only learn what a person says about those things. To know if he actually has those qualities, you have to watch his actions, and the only place to do that is on a court. Letting the interview process sway you in picking a coach is a lot like letting combine numbers determine who you draft in football. The combine is good for helping you eliminate totally unsuitable players, but football is not a track meet and your 40 yard numbers don't equate to performance. An interview can't show you a coach's passion, it only demonstrates who can articulate it better, and that's not the same thing.
 
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