Coaching hot seat

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With Billy Lange leaving mere months before the season starts, The Field of 68 had an article today about other coaches on the hot seat. No mid-major coaches on the list, but there are some interesting names. Unfortunately, we no longer have the Forum history where possible future coaches were discussed, but some of these names ring a bell. Of course, all the candidates have jobs above the A10 level.

1) Matt McMahon, LSU - 3 years, 14-40 conference record
2) Hubert Davis, North Carolina - 4 years and UNC fans looking for more
3) Bobby Hurley, Arizona State - 3 NCAAs in 10 years but no wins
4) Red Autry, Syracuse - 2 years, 34-31 'Cuse fans are anxious
5) Wes Miller, Cincinnati - 4 years, no NCAAs
6) Steve Pikiell, Rutgers 9 years, No NCAA with 2 NBA draft picks last season
7) Steve Forbes, Wake Forest - 5 seasons, No NCAAs

If any of these coaches are let go, are they still on your interview list?
 
I’d probably say the best route for us to go would be to hire a younger up-and-coming kind of coach from a lower major program. I think that’s our best bet in terms of having the highest ceiling.

To answer your question though, I’d give Wes Miller a chance. He’s young enough, did well at UNC-Greensboro and recruits really well. Sometimes things don’t pan out for coaches at the highest level. Look at Shaka who found his sweet spot with Marquette. I would also love to interview Hubert Davis, but my guess is he’d still get other P5 offers if fired from UNC.
 
RichmondNative said:
With Billy Lange leaving mere months before the season starts, The Field of 68 had an article today about other coaches on the hot seat. No mid-major coaches on the list, but there are some interesting names. Unfortunately, we no longer have the Forum history where possible future coaches were discussed, but some of these names ring a bell. Of course, all the candidates have jobs above the A10 level.

1) Matt McMahon, LSU - 3 years, 14-40 conference record
2) Hubert Davis, North Carolina - 4 years and UNC fans looking for more
3) Bobby Hurley, Arizona State - 3 NCAAs in 10 years but no wins
4) Red Autry, Syracuse - 2 years, 34-31 'Cuse fans are anxious
5) Wes Miller, Cincinnati - 4 years, no NCAAs
6) Steve Pikiell, Rutgers 9 years, No NCAA with 2 NBA draft picks last season
7) Steve Forbes, Wake Forest - 5 seasons, No NCAAs

If any of these coaches are let go, are they still on your interview list?
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All of them
 
Yes I do like playing this game but until moon approaches sub .500 he won't decide to leave. I guess he figures that he has free reign to schedule as bad as he wants so even that is a pipe dream. I was a big Wes Miller proponent before. I would definitely give him a look. I think he will be super motivated if/when he gets canned at Cincy. Probably not my top pick now but wouldn't rule out.
 
*23* said:
Yes I do like playing this game but until moon approaches sub .500 he won't decide to leave. I guess he figures that he has free reign to schedule as bad as he wants so even that is a pipe dream. I was a big Wes Miller proponent before. I would definitely give him a look. I think he will be super motivated if/when he gets canned at Cincy. Probably not my top pick now but wouldn't rule out.
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Why would he leave? As long as Hardt & Queally are complacent, then all is good. Serious question - If those 2 guys are OK with the program, are there any other factors or variables that really matter?
 
Spiderguy said:
Why would he leave? As long as Hardt & Queally are complacent, then all is good. Serious question - If those 2 guys are OK with the program, are there any other factors or variables that really matter?
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I'm with you, he probably won't have any impetus to leave - and there seems to be a train of thought that he would at least hang around long enought to coach his sons. I was more thinking if he does bad enough - he may pull the plug first due to trying to maintain some sort of win percentage, but he has so many game I guess it won't matter if he is .540 or .510 or whatever. We seem to be stuck forever.
 
For the love of god not Bobby Hurley. He's terrible. Pikiell took two NBA lottery picks to a sub-500 record. Hubert is... not great. I wouldn't go there either. Adrian Autry? Have you watched Syracuse the last two years? They're awful.

Wes Miller, Steve Forbes, and maybe McMahon. That's about it.
 
sman said:
how's the track record for nepo-succession hires?
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I would suspect not great. Tony Bennett last year, Pearl this year. I mean I know they are rich as s*it which means they can pretty much do what they want, but this leaves your team, your players and your program that you built left in an extremely bad position. If you are going to retire, do it in April-May and allow your school the opportunity to find a well qualified replacement.
 
sman said:
how's the track record for nepo-succession hires?
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Was just going to bring this up...when legendary coaches basically hand-pick their successors it's almost always a big step back:

- Ron Sanchez wasn't retained at UVA after replacing Bennett
- Kyle Neptune was fired three seasons after replacing Jay Wright at Villanova
- Matt McKillop is 48-49 in three seasons after replacing Bob McKillop at Davidson
- Red Autry is 34-31 in two years after replacing Jim Boeheim at Syracuse.
- Hubert Davis is now squarely on the hot seat four seasons after replacing Roy Williams at UNC

Scheyer at Duke comes to mind as the one guy who has really aced the impossible task of being the hand-picked successor to a coaching legend.
 
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