Should UConn hire Ryan Odom?

[JeepCSC]

How's he doing there...

I think he got a 1000% increase in his salary on the back of one good weekend, so it could have been worse. He could have gone to ECU while following the ladder to success or whatever it is you all think is the pecking order for coaches.

I’m wondering now if you think I’m advocating UConn should hire Odom. I’m not. But Odom can dare to dream bigger than ECU at this stage. Strike while the iron is hot. There will be more than a few lower-tier power conference schools willing to gamble on Odom.

 

[huskyblooz]

What’s AD Dave waiting for?

 

[tzznandrew]

I think he got a 1000% increase in his salary on the back of one good weekend, so it could have been worse. He could have gone to ECU while following the ladder to success or whatever it is you all think is the pecking order for coaches.

I’m wondering now if you think I’m advocating UConn should hire Odom. I’m not. But Odom can dare to dream bigger than ECU at this stage. Strike while the iron is hot.

So, great for him, but not so great for the school who hired him.

Are we a fan of Ryan Odom or of UConn?

 

[tzznandrew]

What’s AD Dave waiting for?

LOL

This board is the worst.

 

[storrsroars]

There is a "ladder" that college coaches usually have to climb. Odom's next step up the ladder will be a mid-major like URI, the same way Danny Hurley went from Wagner to URI. Unless you think URI and UCONN are at the same level, UCONN seems a bit of a jump, for now.

Andy Enfield had only two years at FGCU (only one with a winning record) before going to USC. Five years there, two appearances in the dance (1st round and 2nd round exits). This year in NIT despite 2nd place finish in PAC12. Certainly better last three seasons than KO.

 

[tzznandrew]

Andy Enfield had two years at FGCU (only one with a winning record) and went right to blue blood UCLA.

USC. And, again, look at his record there.

 

[JeepCSC]

I’m a fan of not believing that there is a defined route to better jobs and that Odom has to take an ECU situation before he looks higher. He’s almost the very definition of a calculated risk that is the best hope for bottom-dwellers in power conferences.

 

[Rocktheworld]

What’s AD Dave waiting for?

Not waiting

Just monitoring the situation for now

 

[tzznandrew]

I’m a fan of not believing that there is a defined route to better jobs and that Odom has to take an ECU situation before he looks higher. He’s almost the very definition of a calculated risk that is the best hope for bottom-dwellers in power conferences.

Which, to be fair, isn't us. So I don't know why someone brought him up.

 

[storrsroars]

USC. And, again, look at his record there.

Corrected, to right school with performance over his five years. I've had Howland returning to Pitt on my mind, thus the UCLA slip.

 

[JeepCSC]

Which, to be fair, isn't us. So I don't know why someone brought him up.

I agree. I was merely arguing that Odom’s next job need not be a mid-major. He will have a lot of offers from a lot of places. UConn shouldn’t be one of them just given where you want to be. But a lot of schools don’t have such lofty aspirations. Beating the #1 team in the tourney would be talked about at a place like Vanderbilt for generations.