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Mike Brey to USF (… or not).

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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 $$.
 
NDakotaHusky said:
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 $$.
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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.
 
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How old was Larranega when he went to Miami?
 
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?
 
Tyler2Rings said:
Why the hate? Never disliked Brey and glad he found a good fit for his twilight years.
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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.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
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?
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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.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
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?
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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.
 
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Waquoit said:
Yeah, I thought he was up there. Twelve years later he's still winning the league.
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Larranaga seemed 80 when he was 61. It’s just his voice and mannerisms. Great coach though.
 
gsmooth said:
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.
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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..
 
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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.
 
I feel like USF's goal was to fire Brian Gregory and then hire someone who could bring the Brian Gregory vibe.

Mission accomplished.

USF absolutely loves to hire the recently fired....Heath, Gregory, Brey. Kinda explains why they have like one tourney bid in the last 30 years.
 
Surprised at the hire, as I thought Brey was done with head coaching and would likely stay with Notre Dame in another capacity, but zero ill feelings toward him and I wish him the best. Seems like a good fit: better climate, less pressure, and a challenge he evidently felt ready to tackle. Hopefully he can turn the program around at USF.
 
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For programs who aspire to finish a couple games over .500, win a play-in game and have a reasonable shot at winning a QF game in their conf tournament, and maybe get an NIT bid every year. Probably a step up for USF.
 
aburks41 said:
Not a bad place to mail it in and cash some retirement checks for a few years. USF has zero expectations
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kobe said:
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.
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Will the big12 have a round of 32 you cant make it past?
 
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