Bear Down Wildcats

MrBug708 wrote:Someone is reporting that Indiana has offered Alford a contract and Adidas is going to pay the buyout. It's the Huffpo

Does that excite you?

I won't cry over Alford leaving, I cringe at the Earl Watson to ucla inevitability.

I'm skeptical on this rumor because of timing

MrBug708 wrote:Someone is reporting that Indiana has offered Alford a contract and Adidas is going to pay the buyout. It's the Huffpo

That would be amazing if UCLA got that lucky.

MrBug708 wrote:Someone is reporting that Indiana has offered Alford a contract and Adidas is going to pay the buyout. It's the Huffpo

I find that disrespectful. Can't they wait until the season ends? If Alford would take the position now UCLA would kick him out, like Bill Frieder at Michigan when they won the national championship.

MrBug708 wrote:Someone is reporting that Indiana has offered Alford a contract and Adidas is going to pay the buyout. It's the Huffpo

It's that guy Jordan Schultz who doesn't know shit about anything

NYCat wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:Someone is reporting that Indiana has offered Alford a contract and Adidas is going to pay the buyout. It's the Huffpo

It's that guy Jordan Schultz who doesn't know shit about anything

That guy is a stain upon Twitter . . . and that's saying something.

I do think it's funny though that we've gone from "please take him" to "I cringe at his possible replacement" all in the span of a year...

Indiana would have to be completely stupid, or unaware of the fact that Compton Magic gifts are the only reason Alford has a job at this very moment

You should have said Lamar Ball. Leaf is a very nice piece, but without Lonzo, we probably aren't in the dance.

Saw mention that Jason hart might go up to UW, leaving SC. That's a huge loss for the Trojans if it happena

Leno moment. Sounds like Boeheim wasn't ready to go out and got boxed in by his earlier commitment to go.

MrBug708 wrote:I won't cry over Alford leaving, I cringe at the Earl Watson to ucla inevitability.

I'm skeptical on this rumor because of timing

UCLA deserves the headache of looking for a new coach after the hell the Bruin fanbase (looking at you Bruins Nation!) gave him on a number of fronts. Even if Alford is indeed a weasel.

As a Suns fan, I'm gonna need this Alford to IU, Watson to UCLA to happen. Sorry Bug.

CatsbyAZ wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:I won't cry over Alford leaving, I cringe at the Earl Watson to ucla inevitability.

I'm skeptical on this rumor because of timing

UCLA deserves the headache of looking for a new coach after the hell the Bruin fanbase (looking at you Bruins Nation!) gave him on a number of fronts. Even if Alford is indeed a weasel.

Well-deserved, no?
The guy was handed the keys to a team that had Jordan Adams, Kyle Anderson, Tony Parker, Zach Lavine, Normal Powell, and the Wear twins and could only stick around in the top 25 polls for 5 of 18 polls. Finished three games back of Arizona at 12-6. He was handed 13-seed Tulsa and then 12-seed Stephen F Austin before losing in the sweet 16.
Year 2: Isaac Hamilton, freshman phenom Kevin Looney, Tony Parker, Norman Powell and his kid. Finished 4th in the conference at 11-7. 1 week in top 25 (after starting 4-0 against four scumbags). Beat 6-seed SMU on an blown goaltending call off a Bryce Alford 3 that was a foot short of the rim, then handed 14-seed UAB before losing in the sweet 16.
Year 3: Parker, Welsh, Bryce, Hamilton, and handed Holiday because of his brothers. Finishes the season 15-17 and 6-12 (10th) in the Pac-12.

Not to mention his out of control kid and nepotism, up to this point, Alford is a failure. And then all of a sudden:

Year 4: Bryce, Hamilton, Holiday, Welsh, then gets handed one of the best freshman point guards of all time because of daddy/connection with one of his assistants and TJ Leaf due to Compton Magic's falling out with Arizona and lord knows what else. Finishes 3rd behind Arizona and Oregon in the Pac-12. Great season, but kind of disappointing to finish behind an Arizona team that was missing Trier/adjusting to his return for most of the conference season. I'd also argue that given how gifted this UCLA team is, Alford underachieved and is selling them short because of their generally crappy defense. There are probably more than just a handful of coaches who would have had UCLA undefeated. He can salvage things with a final four run (and do a bit more w a title), but anything less would be underachieving with this team. The dude has been basically handed golden opportunity after golden opportunity and has done nothing with it up through this point.

http://www.mighty1090.com/episode/seth- ... t-at-ucla/" target="_blank

ESPN’s Seth Greenberg talks about if Jay Wright would come to UCLA plus why he is confident Steve Alford is going to Indiana.

Jefe wrote:http://www.mighty1090.com/episode/seth- ... t-at-ucla/

ESPN’s Seth Greenberg talks about if Jay Wright would come to UCLA plus why he is confident Steve Alford is going to Indiana.

Man I was kinda hoping Alford would go, for the entertainment value. But I like Jay Wright and would rather not have him go to UCLA.

I think most of this Alford talk is a smokescreen. I dont think they get Donovan either, but I cant see it happening.

I also don't see why Jay Wright would leave Nova

MrBug708 wrote:I think most of this Alford talk is a smokescreen. I dont think they get Donovan either, but I cant see it happening.

I also don't see why Jay Wright would leave Nova

Indiana should just send a dump truck full of money to Archie Miller's house and let Alford continue to do his thing at UCLA.

Would have been a slam dunk for Cal.

I will laugh my ass off if Gottlieb goes to OKST

Scheer retweeted some tool who thinks Indiana is going to hire CSM as it's head coach and Archie as an assistant. SMH

UAEebs86 wrote:Scheer retweeted some tool who thinks Indiana is going to hire CSM as it's head coach and Archie as an assistant. SMH

Don't dismiss it. I have inside sources that say Sean Miller will fill out his Indiana staff by hiring John Calipari as lead recruiter, Gregg Marshall as a bench coach, Tony Bennett as pack line teacher and Mike D'Antoni as offensive coordinator.

Chicat wrote:

Would have been a slam dunk for Cal.

I heard that the Montana coach turned Cal down too. It makes think that the Cal job is a dumpster fire.

az91 wrote:

Chicat wrote:

Would have been a slam dunk for Cal.

I heard that the Montana coach turned Cal down too. It makes think that the Cal job is a dumpster fire.

Nevada supposedly really took care of Musselman, plus he's going to have a really good team next year. So it might not have been that Cal sucks.

On the other hand though, I'm not sure there's another athletic department in the nation that has had as dysfunctional a relationship with the head coaches of their revenue sports as Cal.

UAEebs86 wrote:Scheer retweeted some tool who thinks Indiana is going to hire CSM as it's head coach and Archie as an assistant. SMH

The tool was Sam Vecenie, but all he said was that there Glass was there interviewing...

Puerco wrote:

UAEebs86 wrote:Scheer retweeted some tool who thinks Indiana is going to hire CSM as it's head coach and Archie as an assistant. SMH

The tool was Sam Vecenie, but all he said was that there Glass was there interviewing...

Looked back through Sam's timeline to see the tweet. Most definitely a joke.

Chicat wrote:

az91 wrote:

Chicat wrote:

Would have been a slam dunk for Cal.

I heard that the Montana coach turned Cal down too. It makes think that the Cal job is a dumpster fire.

Nevada supposedly really took care of Musselman, plus he's going to have a really good team next year. So it might not have been that Cal sucks.

On the other hand though, I'm not sure there's another athletic department in the nation that has had as dysfunctional a relationship with the head coaches of their revenue sports as Cal.

Musselman may be judging Cal against what can open up next year as well. It isn't just whether Cal is better than Nevada, it's that if he's confident next year goes well, he may be in line for a better P5 job than Cal come next spring.

I could see Texas being Texas and canning Shaka if he has another disappointing year. There are rumblings around Matta.

Heck, wait to see if Alford jumps and there might be a vastly better P5 job open this year.

I have no idea if that's a good job, but my initial feeling is "not even close".

Not anymore

Chicat wrote:I have no idea if that's a good job, but my initial feeling is "not even close".

Not unless Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning have some eligibility left.

UAEebs86 wrote:

Chicat wrote:I have no idea if that's a good job, but my initial feeling is "not even close".

Not unless Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning have some eligibility left.

Isn't Ewing an assistant with the Hornets? Hmmmmmm...

I think Georgetown should go after Shaka Smart.

Chicat wrote:I have no idea if that's a good job, but my initial feeling is "not even close".

It's a job in a fertile recruiting ground and has history. The remainder is pretty unremarkable. There's worse, but Georgetown is probably closer to NC State than Indiana in terms of this year's offseason vacancies.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

Chicat wrote:I have no idea if that's a good job, but my initial feeling is "not even close".

It's a job in a fertile recruiting ground and has history. The remainder is pretty unremarkable. There's worse, but Georgetown is probably closer to NC State than Indiana in terms of this year's offseason vacancies.

I agree. It isn't a bad job but it is no longer a top 10-15 type job. With the right coach they can compete with Villanova in the big east

Holy ****, did Kelsey just bolt on UMass for Georgetown?

NYCat wrote:

Must be a better gig opening up. I have the feeling there will be a carrousel of coaching changes coming. Just waiting for the Tourney to finish. The Indiana Job opening must be shaking thin up nation wide.

Maybe Alford is on his way out wanting to set up his own Brand in Indiana.

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Cooley would be a really good fit, and I'd assume Gtown > Providence for most.

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Indiana fans think Donovan is on campus

MrBug708 wrote:Indiana fans think Donovan is on campus

Gottlieb thinks Alford to Indiana is a done deal.

Alford also said that Pierre Pierce was a great kid and totally innocent.

Wouldn't be very smart for Shaka to leave Texas for Georgetown. but he does have area connections.