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Message: [QUOTE="UConnNick, post: 2528366, member: 1526"] I seriously doubt that most coaches consult with, or give serious consideration to the national media, when deciding whether or not to take a job offer. If schools are looking for a new coach, it usually means their program is headed in the wrong direction. There will be plenty of negative press out there on any of those. Coaches are looking at things like salary, facilities, location, quality of family life, history of the school, and the commitment of the administration to the program. What a bunch of national pundits are writing or saying about a program should be way down that list. Usually, programs in trouble are in trouble for a reason. The new coach will be expected to fix whatever those reasons are, and they understand that's what will be expected from them. As an example, two bad seasons in a row are not going to deter a quality coach like Chris Mack at Xavier from taking the UCONN job, if the money and everything else is a significant upgrade from his present position. [/QUOTE]