Who is your top choice to replace KK?
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Both seem to be good coaches. Huss has a short HC resume. McCollum is on the first year of a five year deal so his buyout may be around $ 2 mil.
Isn't McCollum on the radar for Iowa?
$2 million for them is like our boosters getting together $5,000 but without the in-fighting.
$2 million for them is like our boosters getting together $5,000 but without the in-fighting.
On Wade, NC St is not great job, remember Cal had no interest in NC st due 2 little hoop programs in Duke but especially UNC, being so close.
So NC St going to have to pay big time to get him.
So NC St going to have to pay big time to get him.
Tony Skinn at Georeg Mason 26-7 this yr, 42 yrs old 2nd yr at GMU, question will he leave his school to come here? Was on GMU final for team, been assistant NBA/College, makes 925k a yr. Odom is from NC, I could see him waiting for ACC job, he can coach we saw what he did at USU. Going to be interesting.
Retired coaches, Wright not coming, he be my top choice. Bennett style not right, not fit plus NIL issue for him.
UNLV blew Pitino, what great coach, 30-4, 2nd yr, he ask him slow build he kick you in the mouth.
What's sad this is most exciting time on here, that's how bad KK was, insomnia basketball.
Retired coaches, Wright not coming, he be my top choice. Bennett style not right, not fit plus NIL issue for him.
UNLV blew Pitino, what great coach, 30-4, 2nd yr, he ask him slow build he kick you in the mouth.
What's sad this is most exciting time on here, that's how bad KK was, insomnia basketball.
MARVIN WAS HIGHLY RECOMMEND BY LON KRUGER. REMEMBER THAT HE WAS ON LON'S STAFF AT UNLV FOR A YEAR. LON WAS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR LAST FEW COACHING DISASTERS.
Lon will never have another thing to do with UNLV basketball again!
Um, I’ve said it before ….
It’s very well known that UNLV can be taken advantage of, it’s no secret among coaches. Cronin, Howland a couple of times, etc, etc, etc.
And yet our fantastic local media are out pushing Hartman, who is a big friend of the Krugers...
Howland didn't take advantage of UNLV. He wanted to be coach, TKM wanted to hire him, then the local media, Grg and Zimmermom forced that deal out of existence.
Hartman wouldn’t be near the top of my list but there are many more that would be worse
I don’t think he’s bad but I’d like to get out of the Kruger web at this time.
Same here time to start fresh. My guess is we end up with Crean which would be fine. No one mentioning Marshall so that sounds like a pipe dream.
Yeah..
#2 coach of an SEC championship team.. who will be a #1 seed…
If he shows interest..
Hard to pass him up.. even if he is buddy buddy with Lon…
CRhodes
Yep, if Hartman is a legit candidate, I would definitely like him over some of the retreads I've been seeing mentioned. However, I wonder if previous head coaching experience will be as imperative in Harp's basketball search as his football search, especially given the last assistant we hired didn't exactly pan out great.
Hartman is #1 assistant from likely national champs. Also he was behind CKK best year. You could do MUCH worse than him. Only knock against him he is an assistant.
If he even brought in guys that were considered by Florida, but did not take, our team would be WAY better.
He is also connected to current talent whereas that is a huge question of some of these other names that have been out of coaching for awhile.
Would he leave Fla. asap or stick with them to the end? If Fla. went to the end he's miss the first 2.5 weeks of the portal.
Hartman is a family friend of the Krugers. We're trying to escape 1 Kruger mess, we don't need to add another. Also, there are better coaches available and frankly, I'm not losing sleep over any of the "current" talent running off to the portal.
Pass on an Assistant, no matter who it is or what team he is coaching for.
Harper knows the former HC formula works best and that is what I hope he continues to do around here!
HARPER MAY HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT IS LEFT. WE HAVE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING ANYONE CAPABLE TO COME HERE. WE'VE SETTLED FOR MARVIN,OTZ, AND KRUGER. REMEMBER HOW EXCITED WE GET DURING THESE MBB SEARCHES. ALL THE BIG NAME THROWN AROUND AND WE GET Marvin,Otz and KRUGER.
I second this. We need a guy with a chip on his shoulder. Should be affordable too. Win win.
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You think we settled for Otz? Take a step back... Otz came in and we finished T2 in his first yr. The only reason we took a step back in yr 2 was he had half a foot out the door. He was a pretty good hire for where we were at.
Menzies was a break glass in case of emergency hire. We actually had 2 slam dunk hires in that cycle- one we inked and one we let get back on a plane with a handshake deal...
Kruger definitely a settle, but that was more for our ADs (DRF) own face save rather than no one wanting the job...
Highly Doubtful!
Weren’t you one of those guys saying that Kevin is getting another year due to his buyout? Lol
Gregg marshall definately be the one with a chip on his shoulder. Probably unhireable and would want to coach out east if so.
No I was worried it could happen. Early everyone said in Harp we trust. Then later after RJ article they wanted him fired. Now we are back to trusting him to make another big hire. I'm not impressed by most of the candidates . The few I like such as Wade will have p4 opportunities. I don't want another Lon Kruger suggestion like Carlin Hartman . Maybe Harp will surprise us with someone we are not expecting like He did with Mullen.
So McCaffery isn't a terrible choice, he was pretty decent at Iowa, though his career win percentage there was only 0.589 (career 0.588) and he was another guy that was having a real hard time with the modern NIL/Transfer portal. Runs a nice offense and recruits okay, though.
Marshall is so radioactive he hasn't even reached his half life yet.
Yeah, let’s go that direction, a sure fire recipe for success.
Everyone kept saying the money isn’t there for a buyout. We also would never believe we could pay 4M for football. And who’d believe we could double BSU with football NIL?
Traditionally, I’d agree. And no, UNLV doesn’t have a lot of money, but SOMEBODY is actively raising funds to where moves can be made. You know, actually doing their job.
The KK decision WAS NOT made near the time of the MWCT. And if I knew it to be true, so did staff and players.
Traditionally, I’d agree. And no, UNLV doesn’t have a lot of money, but SOMEBODY is actively raising funds to where moves can be made. You know, actually doing their job.
The KK decision WAS NOT made near the time of the MWCT. And if I knew it to be true, so did staff and players.
That is the same type of comments we had during the pick of Odom as football coach. I also read a lot of comments saying UNLV didn't have the money for a top notch football coach, then UNLV didn't have enough money to pay of the contract for Kruger, now I am reading UNLV will only get stuck with what is left over for basketball, I am not worried!
There are plenty of decent options out there that won't break the bank. I think there are better options now than our last few searches.
You are an incompetent AD if you don’t consider Hartman regardless of head coaching experience. That said Hartman may not even want to be considered due to the circumstances. Or you may prefer another candidate all things considered but HC experience is not a disqualified for an assistant like Hartman. Whereas it probably should have been for CKK you based on experience.
I have a buddy whose son was being recruited by a KK assistant. He told me at the start of conference play Kevin was gone.
