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Message: [QUOTE="aburks41, post: 4777111, member: 4580"] The debate shouldn't be average high major coach vs NBA coach. That's not fair. Average high major coaches are not sniffing NBA job opening's radars. The debate should be: would you rather be in the tier of Bill Self, Dan Hurley, Tom Izzo, Calipari, Pitino, etc where you are treated like royalty in your home state, have unlimited job security, make just as much money as NBA coaches, and have complete autonomy over your organization. Plus, it's not like our program travels on the poverty train. We charter flights and stay in nice hotels too. In the NBA you're subject to the diva personalities of multi-millionaire professional athletes, have a front office making every personnel decision, and very little job security. What exactly is so attractive about the that? You can make an argument that the QOL is better with travel and hotels. But at the same time, the season is exponentially longer. 82 games, playoffs are 2 months long, a month of preseason, and summer league. Imagine being a head coach and having to deal with James Harden or Kyrie Irving, and your boneheaded GM trades away every asset to acquire them, and then tells you either we win a championship or you're fired. No thank you. [/QUOTE]