ASU blows

[Chicat]

Put that shit on his tombstone.

[dovecanyoncat]

I'd rather just piss on it.

[IrishAzCat]

[TheCat]

Loving me some Irish in the morning.

[AZCatGirl]

Hurley's era ending in the most Hurley way possible with his players. Someone else got a T in the first half for ASU as well.

[PHXCATS]

Zero point zero zero zero zero one chance he is the coach when asu plays UA in Tucson

[dirtbags]

when do you think the hammer will drop? somewhere around byu / 'tah?

i'm hoping the AD waits until the big 12 tourney. someone needs to snap a photo of lonely bobby eating alone in a kc food court after asu's early exit.

[PHXCATS]

when do you think the hammer will drop? somewhere around byu / 'tah?

i'm hoping the AD waits until the big 12 tourney. someone needs to snap a photo of lonely bobby eating alone in a kc food court after asu's early exit.

The Saturday or Sunday or Monday before the game

[AZCatGirl]

This has turned into an amazing shit show.

[Alieberman]

As bad as things are in Tempe… it’s very rare for coaches to get fired mid season.

He’s gone… but I still think they let him finish off the season

[Chicat]

This has turned into an amazing shit show.

Damn you Bobby Hurley for making me increase my popcorn budget especially in this economy.

[dovecanyoncat]

This has turned into an amazing shit show.

Damn you Bobby Hurley for making me increase my popcorn budget especially in this economy.

Don't give in to throwing eggs at him. He's not worth the $.

[TheCatInTheHat]

Hurley is getting $2.8M annually, which runs through next season. He delayed almost a year before signing the two-year extension, which I would assume indicates even more behind-the-scenes tension. I don't see how there can be any esprit de corps with their record, the "discipline" issues, and his behavior issues. I don't see many, if any, wins for them down the stretch, which means a dead-end losing season and no postseason, and he seems like dead man walking.

When they brought him in, he was supposed to be some kind of minor celebrity recruiter. He's had some fairly talented teams, doing just enough to keep his job (for TEN years!) and he landed Quaintance. But it sure seems like Quaintance will be on the first plane out of there after the season. It doesn't seem possible that ASU would just let Hurley run out his contract through next year with no extension to avoid paying him when he'd wind up with the equivalent of bad high school players, an even worse record, and inevitably more embarrassing behavior.

So my question is, who would be a likely replacement? I looked through the top 70 salaried coaches, and I couldn't find a soul who would take the job and have a chance to win the news conference. So, it sounds to me like another low-paid unknown junior G-man like Dillingham, which certainly worked out for them last year (with a lot of help from the departed Skattebo.) But in the name game of college hoops, and with the "how will you get me to the NBA?" mind-set, it's debatable how well that would ever fly.

[azgreg]

[dovecanyoncat]

The title should be Whining for Dukies.

[VegasCatFan]

If there’s an exodus of players after Hurley’s expected departure, I wonder if we’d take another look at Sanon if he was interested. As bad as he’s played there’s no way he’s going pro next year.

[Chicat]

So my question is, who would be a likely replacement? I looked through the top 70 salaried coaches, and I couldn't find a soul who would take the job and have a chance to win the news conference.

Richard Pitino is in his fourth year at New Mexico and has them doing well again and could be looking for a step back up to a major conference.

[TheCatInTheHat]

That would be interesting. Good pull...thx.

[AzCatFan2]

Pitino Jr. would be an interesting hire. But if Pitino Sr. has any input, he'll tell Jr. to pass. Pitino Sr. told Billy Donovan not to take the Florida job. Florida was a place where successful basketball coaches went to retire or move on to greener pastures. It wasn't a destination job like Kentucky. Yes, Florida had a recent Final Four in 1994 under Lon Kruger when Donovan was hired, but Kruger was telling in Pitino's eyes.

Of course Donovan took the Florida job and made them into a blue blood. It helped that Donovan had full support and budget from the Gator AD, and now, look at top 25 men's basketball rankings, and the SEC dominates. The BIG12 is not the SEC when it comes to money flow, and it's another reason why Pitino Jr. might skip ASu and look at the SEC or B1G for a job.