Assuming Simon doesn't lead us to the National Chamionship

[ButcherPete13]

Who would you guys like to see be the new head coach? Some of my realistic candidates would be Archie Miller from Dayton, Tommy Amaker from Harvard, and Brad Underwood, from Stephen F. Austin.

Who are some of your top choices?

 

[UNLVAlumni]

Greg Marshall

 

[ButcherPete13]

Would love to get him as well, but we'd have to pony up a lot of cash to lure him away, but you never know, maybe UNLV is his dream job.

 

[Danny The Donger]

There's nearly a zero % chance at Archie or J.Wright taking the gig. Thunder Dan is a name that a lot of people want, but he is a rock star in his home town and is making some serious cash at GC.
Dave Cokin threw out 3 names, none of which I would like to see hired. (Lavin, Mike Brown, and Steve Henson) Randy Bennett is a name I've heard a bit, but he is in year 5 of a 10 year deal at St. Mary's. Marvin Menzies at NMSU..
The next coach for UNLV is coaching right now.

 

[UNLVAlumni]

Hate to say it but if UNLV really truly wants to bring in a coach they will have to pay the $$$$

 

[ButcherPete13]

I don't have a problem with taking a shot on an up and coming coach, I'd love to be able to find our own Gregg Marshall.

 

[Louis Richardson]

Outside the box hire is Jim Crutchfield from Div II West Liberty. Team is currently ranked #1 and averages 108 ppg. Has averaged over 100 for several seasons. He probably won't even be considered but I would also look at Sacramento Kings assistant John Welch as well.

http://www.hilltoppersports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=19&path=mbball

 

[chitownrebel]

Chris Collins
Steve Hensen
Marvin Menzies
Danny Manning
Michael White
Tommy Amiker

My list in order of who I'd want...

 

[Gator 82]

Bryce Drew from Valpo?

 

[ButcherPete13]

Bryce Drew from Valpo?

Oh I forgot about him, thats another good one!

 

[Masked_rebel]

I wouldnt mind the Stephen F. Austin coach... Imagine him getting some of the athletes we have who'd stick around to play his uptempo game..

 

[ButcherPete13]

I wouldnt mind the Stephen F. Austin coach... Imagine him getting some of the athletes we have who'd stick around to play his uptempo game..

Thats why i think he would do really well here, with the athletes we have, the sky is the limit.

 

[UNLVAlumni]

Geez have you seen the names that are coming out already? Retreads! Except if Jay Wright really did want the job. And first time head coaches! Didn't we just try that experiment!! I did pause at Steve Hensen though for a sec. He has been with Kruger since he left the NBA and he was a tough as nails player in college. But then again it would be a first time head coach. And I'm sorry but I'm still not sold on Theus. He has a lot of garbage in my opinion.

If the boosters really want this team to return to glory year after year they are going to have to go out and bring in an experienced coach. Jay Wright is the only proven winner on the list in my opinion. Lavin ?? No please thank you

 

[JTthe2nd]

Yes. No retreads or guys looking for retirement homes please. I'd like an up and coming head coach of a smaller university. Could be a mid-major or junior college guy so long as he has head coaching experience and a solid record of success.

 

[tarkaniancourt...nm]

These big boosters yelling for Rice to be fired mid season better put their money where their big mouths are!!!!!!!

 

[UNLVAlumni]

And I really don't think Mike Brown will want to be paid anything less than $1.8 mill. I don't know what that experiment would be like. Like Larry Brown at SMU I wonder if he would get us into NCAA trouble? Don't think he has coached in college. It's different than the NBA obviously. Recruiting rules etc...

 

[Sam-I-am]

Bryce Drew from Valpo?

This^^^^^
Should be pursuing him 100 mph right now so we don't lose too many off the team and we still have a good recruiting class.

 

[Danny The Donger]

Bryce Drew from Valpo?

He is too entrenched at Valpo with him and his family ties to that program.

 

[Poster17]

I've said it for over a year now. We should put the full press on Archie Miller. He is perfect for UNLV. If we can't afford him, go hard after Thunder Dan. Only two that really peak my interest right now.

 

[Gator 82]

He is too entrenched at Valpo with him and his family ties to that program.

I'll agree with you there, but currently he's only making $285k a year as HC at Valpo and if UNLV can somehow find a way to come up with $1.2 mil a year, I have to believe he would take a serious look at UNLV. That kind of money could be a life changing payday for him and his family.

 

[Sam-I-am]

He is too entrenched at Valpo with him and his family ties to that program.

With all due respect, they are only paying him $290K per year with 7 years remaining on his contract that has a 3 year buy-out provision. He wouldn't have had the buy-out provision inserted if he wasn't planning on eventually going big time. If our AD can't convince him that UNLV is a FAR better situation for him than living with his family in "Podunk", Indiana, then she should be fired on the spot.

 

[Gator 82]

Found this article from back in March in regards to the possibility of Bryce Drew leaving Valpo. Sounds like he would at least entertain the idea if the situation was right.

http://m.nwitimes.com/blogs/sports/...11e4-a67c-3fe4877ea2eb.html?mobile_touch=true

 

[Danny The Donger]

With all due respect, they are only paying him $290K per year with 7 years remaining on his contract that has a 3 year buy-out provision. He wouldn't have had the buy-out provision inserted if he wasn't planning on eventually going big time. If our AD can't convince him that UNLV is a FAR better situation for him than living with his family in "Podunk", Indiana, then she should be fired on the spot.

I'm not even talking about the money aspect of this..I'm talking about him and his family's long history with the program..Seems very unlikely..

 

[Danny The Donger]

He's in the Randy Bennett, Mark Few, Chris Mack category of people who have either been at their jobs forever, or have extremely strong family ties to that program.

 

[UNLVAlumni]

His name isn't bring mentioned at all. Damn Boosters have no clue what to look for. Cast of characters include ex-coaches like Franchilla etc.. as potential candidates! Eek! Why the hell arent they looking at trying to at least sit down with successful college head coaches now? Try and bring in Miller and Drew at the very least. I would think Miller would be a possibility at least. I fear a mistake could be on the horizon because TKM won't have the balls to tell Findlay to back off.

 

[UNLVAlumni]

I didn't even think about Bennett from St. Mary's. Hmmm that's an intriguing choice.

 

[Gator 82]

He's in the Randy Bennett, Mark Few, Chris Mack category of people who have either been at their jobs forever, or have extremely strong family ties to that program.

In the article I posted above, the author seems to imply that Drew may have interviews for the HC job at Tulsa, plus Drew states the situation would have to be special for him to leave Valpo.

 

[rebelluver]

It's why I took my support of Rice as far as I did. I don't think we will get somebody that will be considered a great hire. We will probably be taking a big chance either way.

 

[Sam-I-am]

I'm not even talking about the money aspect of this..I'm talking about him and his family's long history with the program..Seems very unlikely..

I got that. Many coaches in the same position have moved up and out when properly sold on another program with better opportunities, facilities and funding.

 

[Sam-I-am]

Found this article from back in March in regards to the possibility of Bryce Drew leaving Valpo. Sounds like he would at least entertain the idea if the situation was right.

http://m.nwitimes.com/blogs/sports/...11e4-a67c-3fe4877ea2eb.html?mobile_touch=true

Thanks for the link. Excellent interview. If our AD can't convince him that UNLV would be "something special" then, once again, she should be fired on the spot.

 

[unlv91]

Mike Brown!

 

[UNLVAlumni]

They are mentioning Kelvin Sampson now as another candidate

 

[Vegas007]

Please say no to Mike Brown. He can't coach offense, people don't respect him and he was a failure with the Lakers and the Cavs. Seems like a nice guy though (Sound familiar?). A lot of Lakers fans I've talked to absolutely despise him. Nobody seems to respect him. His teams were constantly a disappointment in the playoffs.

 

[webjumper]

no sampson, no brown, no has beens etc. hope they make a logical
and prudent decision. tina said there were some big names on the
list when dave was going to florida, well time to put up or shut up

 

[VegasRebellion]

Mike Brown is 45 years old and won NBA coach of the year in 2009; Kruger is 63 years old, and he couldn't even get the Atlanta Hawks to the playoffs. And people on here are honestly calling Brown "a has been" and saying they don't want him. Lol. UNLV: good luck convincing Brown it's worth going to a school that pays a well below market salary when ESPN thinks you're a bunch of schmucks for the way the situation with Rice went down. All these high school coaches fit your mentality.

 

[TarkisGod]

Please say no to Mike Brown. He can't coach offense, people don't respect him and he was a failure with the Lakers and the Cavs.

I’m not trying to make a case for Brown. I just wanted to point out that success or failure in the NBA seems to have very little to do with success or failure in college hoops.


As someone already mentioned, Kruger and Pitino are two good examples. Another might be a sad-eyed college coach (name escapes me) who achieved considerable success with college players, but lasted all of 20 games with the San Antonio Spurs back in ’92…

 

[Vegas007]

Mike Brown had Lebron James in his prime. Kruger didn't. And personally I think the coach of the year award in the NBA says very little about how well someone can coach. I'll take a HOF coach who has a team that performed at its normal level over a coach who had a surprise team for a year.

Look at what happened when Brown coached the Lakers. They underachieved and he had plenty of talent on those teams. Then he went back to Cleveland with no Lebron and no Kobe and had a really disappointing season and was out in a year.

Also, I don't know of one Laker fan who thinks Brown was a good coach with that team. They constantly made fun of his offense and the opinion that he was incompetent seemed almost universal. And some of those fans had a positive opinion of him when he was first hired and wanted a coach like him, but it didn't take long for him to be disliked by almost everyone. I do think he is a decent guy, but unfortunately we saw with Rice that nice guys don't always make great coaches.

 

[Vegas007]

I’m not trying to make a case for Brown. I just wanted to point out that success or failure in the NBA seems to have very little to do with success or failure in college hoops.


As someone already mentioned, Kruger and Pitino are two good examples. Another might be a sad-eyed college coach (name escapes me) who achieved considerable success with college players, but lasted all of 20 games with the San Antonio Spurs back in ’92…

I don't think his stint in the pros proved that he couldn't make it in the pros. Tark believed he could succeed in the NBA and the results of 20 games is pretty meaningless in my opinion. Also, a big reason he left was he had a major disagreement with the front office.

I'm not sure how effective Brown would be in college. I'll even admit he could be very good at the college level, but who knows? At best he seems like a major question mark to me.

 

[Danny The Donger]

"Also, I don't know of one Laker fan who thinks Brown was a good coach with that team. They constantly made fun of his offense and the opinion that he was incompetent seemed almost universal. And some of those fans had a positive opinion of him when he was first hired and wanted a coach like him, but it didn't take long for him to be disliked by almost everyone. I do think he is a decent guy, but unfortunately we saw with Rice that nice guys don't always make great coaches."

It's hard to look back at his time in LA and draw any serious conclusions. He was following a HOF/legend, running a different offense (Princeton) then what LA has been used to seeing for the last decade +, he had aging stars in Nash and Kobe and a disgruntled/selfish one in D-Ho. Takes the team to the playoffs year one and is fired after his 5th game in season 2..Tells me more about the organization than it does the coach.

I'm a lot more concerned in the fact that he has zero college experience. Not even an assistant gig somewhere, nothing. He would be heavily leaning on his assistants while he learns on the job, something a lot of us fans don't want to deal with in our new coach.

 

[Vegas007]

It's hard to look back at his time in LA and draw any serious conclusions. He was following a HOF/legend, running a different offense (Princeton) then what LA has been used to seeing for the last decade +, he had aging stars in Nash and Kobe and a disgruntled/selfish one in D-Ho. Takes the team to the playoffs year one and is fired after his 5th game in season 2..Tells me more about the organization than it does the coach.

I'm a lot more concerned in the fact that he has zero college experience. Not even an assistant gig somewhere, nothing. He would be heavily leaning on his assistants while he learns on the job, something a lot of us fans don't want to deal with in our new coach.

Laker fans are the ones who have the best idea of what went on and they all think Brown was a disaster there. I actually do think they fired him too quickly after an 0-5 start (and an 0-8 preseason which was so bad it was shocking), so if you think my comments sound harsh, they are actually really tame compared to the comments I read from the 2012 and 2013 seasons. It was kind of fascinating to see how thrilled the fans were when he was fired.

Taking the Lakers to the playoffs was a meaningless accomplishment. That was a team that easily qualified for the playoffs several years in a row. I thought they clearly underperformed in the playoffs. They had a 7 game series in the first round with a Denver team that was clearly outmatched. Then they had another disappointing series when they only beat the Oklahoma City Thunder one time in five tries.

He started running the Princeton in his second season there because everyone hated his offense in his first year.