Mike Brey to USF (… or not).

[huskymedic]

 

[gsmooth]

Good to know. Seriously, thanks for posting this, HuskyMedic. This story is like bland oatmeal compared to what is developing with Ed Cooley and Rick Pitino at this moment.

 

[MexicoHusky]

I have no ill-feelings toward Brey, but c'mon dude, Man up and coach a DII or DIII school. For the love of the game. I'm sure you don't need the $$.

 

[gsmooth]

I have no ill-feelings toward Brey, but c'mon dude, Man up and coach a DII or DIII school. For the love of the game. I'm sure you don't need the $$.

Yeah this the definition of a burned out retread. His hiring is like a footnote on the lower right corner of the very last page of the newspaper.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Brey looks like someone who'll be spending a lot of time fishing for tarpin and not a lot of time scouting the other team.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Why the hate? Never disliked Brey and glad he found a good fit for his twilight years.

 

[Waquoit]

How old was Larranega when he went to Miami?

 

[Tenspro2002]

What the ___?

When he said he was retiring from ND, I assumed he was just done with it, like Jay Wright. Why go to an irrelevant school in an irrelevant conference?

 

[gsmooth]

Why the hate? Never disliked Brey and glad he found a good fit for his twilight years.

I can't speak for others, but as for me, not ounce of hate whatsoever. Brey seems like a affable and likeable guy FWIW IMO. It's just one of those stories I just shrug my shoulders with a blank face expression and say "okay". I guess I am comparing this to the major storylines with Pitino and Cooley.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Leaving ND now seems like the classic subtle firing. Unlike Boeheim, Brey can apparently read the room.

 

[karstenkibbe]

What the ___?

When he said he was retiring from ND, I assumed he was just done with it, like Jay Wright. Why go to an irrelevant school in an irrelevant conference?

Because he wasn’t retiring. He was asked nicely to leave South Bend. As for your question… no one else wanted him.

 

[August_West]

What the ___?

When he said he was retiring from ND, I assumed he was just done with it, like Jay Wright. Why go to an irrelevant school in an irrelevant conference?

He never wanted to stop coaching. ND was going to fire him and let him say he was going to retire instead. A rare example of something like this being handled with class on both sides.

 

[gsmooth]

What the ___?

When he said he was retiring from ND, I assumed he was just done with it, like Jay Wright. Why go to an irrelevant school in an irrelevant conference?

I thought the same thing, but Fishy here on the Boneyard corrected me and stated it was Notre Dame's polite way of saying they were done with him and firing him. I will take his word for it because I am not that curious to know what happened with him at Notre Dame. I didn't even read beyond the headlines of when that story with Brey broke in February or whenever it was.

Just the fact that someone here on the Boneyard posted this story got me somewhat interested in what was going on with Mike Brey.

 

[tcf15]

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Tampa has better winters . Fishing , and golf
than South Bend.

 

[UCLJ0211]

What the ___?

When he said he was retiring from ND, I assumed he was just done with it, like Jay Wright. Why go to an irrelevant school in an irrelevant conference?

Because it’s South Florida. Better weather and no state income tax.

 

[aburks41]

Not a bad place to mail it in and cash some retirement checks for a few years. USF has zero expectations

 

[ucp990411]

So gets another opportunity to show how little he knows about playing defense

 

[nadav]

How old was Larranega when he went to Miami?

61

 

[Waquoit]

61

Yeah, I thought he was up there. Twelve years later he's still winning the league.

 

[Hoophound]

Yeah, I thought he was up there. Twelve years later he's still winning the league.

Larranaga seemed 80 when he was 61. It’s just his voice and mannerisms. Great coach though.

 

[blackuc]

I am pretty sure his son coaches at IMG in Bradenton also. Nice to be close to family.

 

[Fishy]

How old was Larranega when he went to Miami?

92, but strangely, was on a career upswing.

Brey to USF is perfect.

They can fade away quietly together.

 

[businesslawyer]

I thought the same thing, but Fishy here on the Boneyard corrected me and stated it was Notre Dame's polite way of saying they were done with him and firing him. I will take his word for it because I am not that curious to know what happened with him at Notre Dame. I didn't even read beyond the headlines of when that story with Brey broke in February or whenever it was.

Just the fact that someone here on the Boneyard posted this story got me somewhat interested in what was going on with Mike Brey.

There's no mystery here and no interesting story. He hadn't won enough recently for the school so they told him he was done..

 

[kobe]

the aac is where careers go to die. In football an up and coming coach can see a path to a power school if they get to a NY6 bowl.

In basketball the only way you leave is by getting fired. im pretty sure mick is legit the last aac coach to leave for another job and that was 5 years ago.