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OT: UCLA narrowing in on Dixon and Cronin

RayIsTheGOAT said:
If we were unable to get Hurley, I would have loved to go after Pitino. I know that's probably an unpopular opinion on here. Maybe that's selling my soul to the devil a bit too much. But it would have been our best chance at staying relevant, perhaps.

This is assuming that Tom Crean caliber was truly our next best option.
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Can you imagine the Connecticut NIMBY's if Pitino was hired? lmao was a crap show that would have been. A truly untenable hire.
 
intlzncster said:
Can you imagine the Connecticut NIMBY's if Pitino was hired? lmao was a crap show that would have been. A truly untenable hire.
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I would have loved every second of it.
 
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Shaka is only moving if someone wants to pay that buyout. And nobody is doing that.
 
Slasher said:
Nick Van Exel doesn't have the experience to jump to a high major job
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Kind of like Kevin Ollie and Aaron McKie and Penny Hardaway
 
Don't be surprised if Cronin does leave Cincy, but not for a Cali job.
If Virginia Tech finds themselves Buzzless, a Cronin and Babcock reunion would be very logical.
Unless Mick likes money... then he should go west!
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
You don't think Texas would cut a deal to let Shaka move on?
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His buyout is over $10m. Got the feeling that Texas would've fired him if it wasn't so much.
 
Robertelamin said:
Seems odd they would be considering someone from the Ben Howland coaching tree.
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Jaker said:
UCLA never should have gotten rid of Howland, he got them to 3 final4's and was doing a great job of recru$ting.
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These names make it obvious that UCLA is trying to find Ben Howland 2.0.
 
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Slasher said:
Nick Van Exel doesn't have the experience to jump to a high major job, I can't see that possibly happening.
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He's definitely not gonna be the leading candidate. I think that has to be Brannen but Van Exel has expressed interest in college coaching and likely will be considered. Whether that's right or wrong idk...leaning towards wrong.

I mean Vandy just hired Stackhouse lmao. Crazy things are happening rn.
 
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zls44 said:
His buyout is over $10m. Got the feeling that Texas would've fired him if it wasn't so much.
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If Texas wants Shaka Smarrt to leave, and Shaka Smart wants Shaka Smart to leave, I suspect they can come up with a deal on his buyout.
 
djct1999 said:
It's amazing that UCLA can't do better. That is a really sad list
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They also offered Coach Cal and he rejected pretty quickly and are going after Tony Bennett of Virginia (he told them to wait until after his team finishes), Eric Musselmen, Luke Walton. Thad Matta spoke with UCLA but latter withdrew his name.

FlippinCrazy! said:
Think it’s all money. Seems like UCLA can and is willing to outpay almost any program.
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Except for Kentucky of course. They went after Cal, he basically told them No, in so many words. Kentucky is paying more.
Jaker said:
UCLA never should have gotten rid of Howland, he got them to 3 final4's and was doing a great job of recru$ting.
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Yah, but then he slowly lost control of the team after that. Remember Nelson in 2012? The guy basically tried to hurt his own players. After 2008 they did not advance past the first weekend until he was fired in 2013 after losing to 11th seeded Minnesota in the first round. Didn't even make the tourney in 2010 or 2012. After initial success the team was in a downward trajectory IMO. Plus transfers were Ollie level, he had something like a dozen kids leave over the course of the last 4 or 5 years of his tenure and there were further rumblings from what I recall for the next year (the year he ended up being fired). It is super crazy to think it is okay to fire a coach after 3 final fours in a row, I would say even impossible. I never thought it would be possible but this is a rare case where I think it had to be done. Hard to imagine Howland climbing out of what he had done from the 2008-09 season to the 2012-13 season and not sure how he could have reversed course after those final fours ... but he somehow did reverse course. Very odd story indeed.
 
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I wonder if KO is on the radar? Is he even eligible to work will the litigation is ongoing?
 
John said:
Is UCLA even a top tier job anymore?
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Sort of. But it's a very unappealing one in some ways. The pressure is high, nobody in LA actually cares anymore, the cost of living around Westwood makes Manhattan look cheap and taxes are insane. There are certain guys who fit, but a ton, like Gregg Marshall, who would never want that job.

If people think Mick and Dixon aren't good names, who do you think is leaving their current job for UCLA? Let's hear some names. Chris Beard? Not.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Sort of. But it's a very unappealing one in some ways. The pressure is high, nobody in LA actually cares anymore, the cost of living around Westwood makes Manhattan look cheap and taxes are insane. There are certain guys who fit, but a ton, like Gregg Marshall, who would never want that job.

If people think Mick and Dixon aren't good names, who do you think is leaving their current job for UCLA? Let's hear some names. Chris Beard? Not.
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Well, like I said, apparently they are trying to reach Bennett. Not that it means much, but they are going after him. Who knows if he even entertains it. I would stay at Virginia but that's just me..
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
I wonder if KO is on the radar? Is he even eligible to work will the litigation is ongoing?
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I think KO has pretty much shot himself in the foot as far as his college coaching career is concerned. The discrimination tack he has taken with his lawsuit won't sit well with many ADs or university Presidents.
 
UCLA short list: no particular order

Dan Hurley
JOhnny Dawkins
Kelvin Sanction
Musselmen
 
I get UCLA has fallen off but both Cronin and Dixon seem to have ceilings as to how far they can take a team. They both always seem to hit a wall even if their talent in a particular year would have you think they should go further.
 
UcannUconn said:
Would hate to see Mick leave the conference. For all the crap we give him on his tournament performances, He’s a great coach.
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Great? I'll give him very good for having a consistent winning program year after year. In 13 years having one sweet sixteen appearance, two regular season championships and two conference tournament championships does not denote greatness.
 
Odd, the other day I was hearing all over FS1 how UCLA isn’t going for a big name looking for a fast rebuild, moreso going for a full re-establishment of the program; and they are looking for some in-family blood to do so. Heard Earl Watson interviewed well FWIW

And that makes it that much stranger that Mick Freakin Cronin is some kind of finalist for this job. Is he that much better an option than an alum that could at least stir up alumni buzz and probably recruit well?
 
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