Pat Forde was a guest on "The Deener Show" this morning and was asked by Drew about Will Wade. Forde said unless the UofL administration has been overthrown overnight there is no way they are going to hire Will Wade. Deener and Forde both talked about Heird had a set of standards that he was using for his search and that they both could not see him changing course because Dusty May bailed at the last minute. Deener also said of all of his contacts, not one has said Will Wade is in play.
Forde then provided a very respectable pitch for Indiana State's Josh Schertz. Said that ISU had the lead over Drake in the MVC Championship game with 4-minutes left. If that was deciding factor as to whether you hire a coach (missing the NCAA tournament) then that's a pretty tough evaluation process. Forde said Schertz runs a very exciting offense with great guard play. He believes he would be an excellent hire.
Lastly, he touched on coaching hires in general and how many of the coaches that ultimately get hired were not the first choice. Some examples he provided:
1989 - Rick Pitino was UK's third choice and it took 2 months to make the hire.
2007 - Nick Saban was not Alabama's first choice, they offered the job to Rich Rodriguez who turned them down.
2018 - Dan Mullen was not Florida's first choice, offered it to Chip Kelly and then Scott Frost.
Forde then provided a very respectable pitch for Indiana State's Josh Schertz. Said that ISU had the lead over Drake in the MVC Championship game with 4-minutes left. If that was deciding factor as to whether you hire a coach (missing the NCAA tournament) then that's a pretty tough evaluation process. Forde said Schertz runs a very exciting offense with great guard play. He believes he would be an excellent hire.
Lastly, he touched on coaching hires in general and how many of the coaches that ultimately get hired were not the first choice. Some examples he provided:
1989 - Rick Pitino was UK's third choice and it took 2 months to make the hire.
2007 - Nick Saban was not Alabama's first choice, they offered the job to Rich Rodriguez who turned them down.
2018 - Dan Mullen was not Florida's first choice, offered it to Chip Kelly and then Scott Frost.
