What’s going on at Louisville?

[gtcam]

Chris Mack is a quality coach and will land in a good place. Louisville is definitely a blueblood quality basketball school that has and is experiencing high levels of success in many other sports - men and women. The university has an unbelievable ability to raise money so they will hire basically whomever they really want. They have and will recruit at high levels.
I don't know what happened this year with the MBB program but it's always been a good program (even before Pitino and the OBE/ACC) and no reason to believe things will change for the worse.
I would not be surprised to see Bruce Pearl (who always coveted the UL HC job), Mick Cronin, Ed Cooley, Oats in the mix but front runners may be former players Scott Davenport and Kenny Payne.

 

[bendm]

given his time at xavier i want Mack to go back to the Midwest but this time to Butler

 

[HooperScooper]

Lots of names being thrown around.

Louisville coaching search: Chris Holtmann, Andy Enfield among top candidates to replace Chris Mack

With Mack on the way out as Cardinals coach, here are some names Louisville should consider

www.cbssports.com

 

[Huskyforlife]

Hurley mentioned.

 

[tzznandrew]

What's happening at Louisville?

Mack given The Knife.

 

[Guapo]

Make it so

 

[John]

Make it so

what could go wrong

 

[rip7774]

Louisville a cheater program and no one loves to cheat and be dishonest more than Pearl. Match made in heaven or somewhere else!

 

[Guapo]

I do doubt this’ll happen. Pearl likely just trying to get a pay bump out of Auburn

 

[Guapo]

I do doubt this’ll happen. Pearl likely just trying to get a pay bump out of Auburn

(But still fun to think about)

 

[UconnU]

Make it so

This would be an idiotic move less than lateral move for Pearl. The SEC is a better basketball conference. Has to be just using this for leverage.

 

[Guapo]

This would be an idiotic move less than lateral move for Pearl. The SEC is a better basketball conference. Has to be just using this for leverage.

I agree he’s using it for leverage. The SEC is not a better basketball conference, though. This year? Yes. But, every major conference is better than the ACC this year

 

[freescooter]

I agree he’s using it for leverage. The SEC is not a better basketball conference, though. This year? Yes. But, every major conference is better than the ACC this year

The ACC is going through a transition right now as the great “old guard” coaches are retiring. But I doubt it will stay down too long. Plus you know schools like UNC and Duke won’t keep guys for long runs if they are’t getting it done. Neither will UL (obviously) or Syracuse. It might take a year or two to settle out but settle it will.

 

[Waquoit]

What about Will Wade? 'Ville is always best with a cheater at the helm and Wade might be willing to leave too soon rather than too late.

 

[Lynyrd]

Willard is not a bad option other than that he looks like Mack’s lost twin

 

[bendm]

This would be an idiotic move less than lateral move for Pearl. The SEC is a better basketball conference. Has to be just using this for leverage.

3>0

 

[SubbaBub]

Do we really believe there isn't something more to this? Coaches don't get fired mid-season just for losing games or even upset players.

This smells like another UL coverup.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Louisville: Interim president, interim AD, interim hoop coach = consistency. Shaky, or over controlling board?

At least UConn has an AD, hoop coach, and is only running on its' 4th top dog and 2nd interim president within the last 3 years. BoT? Relative stability. /s

 

[Umami Zen]

As George Carlin once said." Just because you have the monkey off your back doesn't mean that the circus has left town."

 

[ucp990411]

I find it strange that on ESPN.com there is nothing about this among the lead stories. Yet when UConn lost the arbitration ruling vs KO it was the lead story. If ESPN had shown some appreciation for all the tax breaks CT has given them and pushed for us to join the ACC years ago we would be there. Screw ESPN.

 

[BuffaloHusky]

My gut is telling me there are some serious back-channel things happening here with agents and boosters. Louisville doesn't have a president or an AD so this may be the only time for boosters to exert their influence and get "their" coach. It's possible that coach is Pearl or Willard but I really think it's Pitino.

 

[gtcam]

I do doubt this’ll happen. Pearl likely just trying to get a pay bump out of Auburn

Auburn already pays him obscene $
Louisville has been his dream job - he has made that known for a while

 

[dennismenace]

Pitino is being texted the new restaurant alarm code as we speak

 

[Guapo]

 

[CL82]

. It might take a year or two to settle out but settle it will

Like sludge at the bottom of the cesspool.