ehhhhh....
Luke hasn’t head coached before - what is the goal, a blue blood? For what he’d be a credible candidate for, there is more to like than not.
Well, I guess my point is you have a brother who can do it, a father who can do it, you were an AA. What’s missing?
Same reason why LaMelo and Lonzo are signing huge NBA contracts and LiAngelo is starting a mediocre rap career. Not everyone in the same family has the same talents
He not in it bc he needs the money so this could work.
Why are you always so rational?
Any team in theA10 is a great gig. It’s the little brother to the big east
It was their first final four in 40 years. Seems like that should have bought him more time than 1 year.
Kinda hope not, because Dan Hurley seems to be a good space emotionally, now that he’s out of his father's and brother's shadows. I wouldn’t want to risk messing with that.
No, barring a major mellowing process in the next couple years (which seems unlikely), I think most people would agree that he’s 100% not suited for the NBA. I think the larger question is always going to be whether he “knows” himself well enough to understand that, as brilliant as he is as a coach, he’s just not temperamentally suited for the constant coaching and media challenges of an 82+ game season, year after year.
You’d rather he get VCU or George Mason than NC State? Seriously? NC State may not have the brand of Carolina or Duke but they are certainly a major program. 30 NCAA appearances, 4 Final Fours, 2 National Championships. A program that is more successful in its history than every Big East team except UConn and Villanova. Plays in a P4 conference. Why do you hate Luke Murray?
If his goal is to coach one of the top programs in the future, consistently winning at NC St. is going to be hard in the ACC. The last NC St. men's basketball coach to not be fired was Norm Sloan who left in 1980 due to a salary dispute with the AD. There have been 5 head coaches since Jim Valvano was forced out in 1990 and none of them had a career winning record in the ACC and Valvano was 71-69.
How many programs outside the blue bloods haven’t had 5 or more coaches in the last 35 years? With Luke, NC State has the potential to become the third best program in the ACC behind UNC/Duke. A job outside the P4 is not appealing anymore with NIL and revenue sharing about to start. Getting NC state as your first HC gig is a home run for anybody.
The last 5 coaches over the past 35 years have had losing records in the ACC and they were all fired. At best, 3rd best program in their own state and the job is not better than Louisville or Syracuse. What has changed to make the job easier?
Maybe Luke is/will be a better coach than them?? And so what, they’ve always been the third best program in the state but that didn’t stop them from winning 2 chips
The vcu coaches are all successful since shaka. Nc state is a tough place to win. If he fails at nc state might not get another shot as head coach
It’s not about which programs had a lot of coaches, it’s about which programs has a lot of coaches who got fired. Coaches leave mid majors because they got a promotion. If you take the NC State job you have to crush it from day 1 or you are going to get canned. You have to be able to immediately get in there and sign up a good team from the portal. Usually you also need some players you were already recruiting to your current program to follow you to the job to be successful.
No aspiring coach with balls is choosing to go to a mid major over NC St
A coach that wants to win would also go to VCU.
That was before revenue sharing. Midmajors are toast. I’m worried the BE is toast.
I think he can turn it back into a great job. It’s not BC they have multiple chips in the trophy caseZ
The pressure to invest revenue sharing in football will be intense at the P4 and especially the P2 schools. VCU has come out and said they will pay their teams $5 million in revenue sharing with most going to men's basketball as they don't have football. That should be competitive with the P4.
