I think, if Heird is looking seriously at either of these guys then he has conceded defeat. In other words, he is settling. We are UL….is this really the best we can do? I have to say that I was more excited by KP’s hiring than I would be by these guys.
Why? Are you hearing this, or is that more of a guess?
That’s what Jeff Goodman tweeted out. At this point who would excite the fans? The name coaches:
We'll see if this is where he wants to be. Hell,I'm willing to forego the stipulation that somebody could come and pluck him in 3 years if he can ignite the passion of the fanbase again. By then there will be some new names that will get us all excited.
Collins is a good choice. May accepted a 3.4 Mil 5 year contract. We certainly could have beat that if we thought that it was worth while. Maybe we did not. May never know. We certainly have a bunch of nervous nellies.
Agreed. The next coach doesn't necessarily have to be here 20-25 years even though that would mean he was a homerun hire. Get stability back, get some excitement back, and WIN, then after several years the job would be more appealing the next carousel.
Same person that told me Drew and May were choices told me that they thought Holloway was top of next tier. So I guess you could consider an educated guess.
And one Hell of a name. LOL. If he beats Purdue today, lots of people will know his name.
Northwestern has the worst basketball history in the BT. Collins has gotten the purple Wildcats into the NCAA 3 times, including back to back seasons. Impressive. Very tough to win anything in Evanston.
Drew got screwed over by Vandy, which has now fired Stackhouse, who got Drew's job via his good buddy the then Vandy AD, who also is no longer in Nashville.
His situation there is interesting though. Mark Few has even alluded to the thought that GCU is probably the next up and coming Gonzaga out there. And somehow I saw where this Jerry Coangelo of NBA personnel fame is tied in with Drew as far as recruiting players. Keep your eye on that team he has. There are some studs on that team and I ain't talking about Syd.
By that comparison Chris Collins should never be considered then. During the same time frame that Bryce Drew went 40-59 at Vanderbilt, Collins went 30-57 at Northwestern.
Delusional to think you can take a coach from Illinois, lol. You just lost one to Michigan, it’s the same tier of job in the same wealthier conference … except Illinois is also in a much better spot than Michigan.
What Collins inherited at NU was a program that had never been competitive, What Drew inherited was a program with a sound, though far from really good, history, but in Kevin Stallings last years had losy its way in al real, including recruiting. So it was a terrible time for anybody to take over the program, doubly so anyone who did not know the SEC well. Drew simply could not get all that done before a new AD wanted his long time close friend to have the job.
Agreed. That NYC area type belongs there. For example, I don't think Lou Carneseca could have been happy and winning big in any other region. Even Syracuse and BC seemed too far away from NYC to him.
So you were in the room with while the negotiations were going on? What was said?
When Collins arrived, Northwestern had gone 89-75 in the previous 5 years under Bill Carmody. The 30-57 record that Collins achieved were in Collins’ 6th, 7th and 8th seasons.
Rumor was that Schertz was one of the ones Heird really wanted but backed off after they didn't make the NCAAT.
I'm a no go on 3 of the 4 listed here, Musselman would be the only one that makes sense to me.
The Sycamores were third among the first four out, and NCAA selection committee chairman Dr. Charles McClelland said five bids were stolen during the conference tournament season. One of those bids was ISU's.
Perhaps, buy you failed to note these details: Carmody was not a first time HC. He had taken all 4 of his Princeton teams (Princeton is the most successful Ivy League program) to the post-season, 2 of them the NCAA, where he won a game. While Carmody did get two 20 win teams at Northwestern, he never made the NCAA.
