Everyone on here knows I don't mind being the lightning rod for jokes and criticism, I'm a self-inflicted sadist lol. I truly believe we go no further than 100 miles down I-65 and hire Stansberry. He has taken a s--t pile of amess that redneck Ray Harper left behind (purposefully I might add--did it at 2 previous schools as well) , recruited a 5 star Center to WKU of all places (I already know how that ended). He's tkane that crap and in less than two years has them 22-7, 14-2 in CUSA and even if they don't win the conference tourney, they did Purdue and got homered at Wisky. They should get in. He won two games vs Cal in Rupp Arena at MSU, recruits like crazy and best of all, his buy out should be very affordable. I know the obvious response, he's old. Yet look what his old butt has done at WKU. I'll even say he has the best team in this state right now. Time to blow me up..have fun!
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He was at Miss State for about 15 years, and never got past the 2nd round of the NCAAT. It does seem he is and has been a pretty good recruiter. Probably not a horrible hire, but not the homerun we're looking for, based on his history.
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (1998–2012)
1998–99 Mississippi State 20–13 8–8 T–3rd (West) NIT 1st Round
1999–00 Mississippi State 14–16 5–11 T–5th (West)
2000–01 Mississippi State 18–13 7–9 T–4th (West) NIT Quarterfinals
2001–02 Mississippi State 27–8 10–6 2nd (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2002–03 Mississippi State 21–10 9–7 1st (West) NCAA 1st Round
2003–04 Mississippi State 26–4 14–2 1st (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2004–05 Mississippi State 23–11 9–7 3rd (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2005–06 Mississippi State 15–15 5–11 5th (West)
2006–07 Mississippi State 21–14 8–8 T–1st (West) NIT Final Four
2007–08 Mississippi State 23–11 12–4 1st (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2008–09 Mississippi State 23–13 9–7 3rd (West) NCAA 1st Round
2009–10 Mississippi State 24–12 9–7 T–1st (West) NIT 2nd Round
2010–11 Mississippi State 17–13 9–7 2nd (West)
2011–12 Mississippi State 21–12 8–8 T–6th NIT 1st Round
Mississippi State: 293–165 (.640) 122–102 (.545)
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Conference USA) (2016–present)
2016–17 Western Kentucky 15–17 9–9 T–7th
2017–18 Western Kentucky 22-7 14-2
Never made it past the 2nd round.Decent record in a GARBAGE conference. I'd take him over DP and Kentucky Payne. Don't forget that shady recruit that came and left 50 times this past off season.
Stansbury is a great coach. But, keep in mind that Louisville is unlikely to be competitive in BB for a few years no matter who the coach is. Padgett is a class act and seems to be a fast learner. He was given a job that would have been difficult for anyone and has responded better than most people expected. Why not give him the opportunity to further gain experience during the meager years that are coming regardless of the coach? He will either develop into a great coach or the school will then be in a much better position to hire one as his replacement.
I am not so big on Shaka Smart he is in his 3rd year at Texas and his record is 47-45.
He never beat Calipari once while he was at Mississippi State. If I'm not mistaken, he didnt make the tournament the last 3 seasons he was at MSU.
He is a good recruiter, but I was never all that impressed with him as a coach. He did well at MSU early on, but he was coaching at MSU back when the conference was in divisional seeding for the tournament..so he was really only coaching against SEC West teams while avoiding Kentucky, Florida w/ Billy, Tennessee w/ Pearl twice a year. As bad as the SEC was as a whole during that period, the SEC west was much worse than the east.
He had one really good year because of the Baylor scandal sending Lawrence Roberts his way, but they really never did anything in the big dance.
Good recruiter and good mid-major coach, but nowhere near the level of coach for a top tier program like Louisville.
Thanks coach Padgett...i wouldn't mind if we gave you a chance...but can you recruit?
Smart is still living off a couple hot years at VCU. His Texas record says it all.
Morgan, do you know how Musselman got the 4-star recruits he signed in 2016? As far as Mack and Smart, we have no idea if they're clean.
Big question marks that need answering...
