List of Candidates...

Petersen3098 said:

http://thebiglead.com/2017/03/15/fred-hoiberg-is-the-perfect-replacement-for-lorenzo-romar-at-washington/

I have no idea who to get, but that dude sounds as good as anybody.

But, why would he come here?

EastCoastDoog said:

Take a chance at: Mark Few

Unlikely, but worth a call: Randy Bennett, Gregg Marshall

More Realistic: Mark Fox, Ben Howland, Leon Rice

Backups: Tommy Lloyd, Eric Musselman, TJ Otz, Brandon Roy

Recommendation: Otz
Prediction: Musselman

No chance I'd want anything to do with Few ... and he's never leaving Gonzaga anyway because he's the kind of guy that likes being a big fish in a small pond.

Bennett I'm not crazy about here ... he'd almost certainly turn off the Seattle AAU community that you have to have a working relationship with to get the metro area talent. While he does have a decent international pipeline, his teams are only marginally athletically superior for the WCC and I just don't see that Alaska pipeline netting him the kind of players needed to be an upper PAC team. And to be honest, I don't think most of his St. Mary's teams are better than .500 in the PAC.

Marshall ... MAKE HIM SAY NO

Mark Fox ... why would we want to talk a guy who is one more non-NCAA year away from getting fired from Georgia?

Ben Howland's better days are behind him ... that's the kind of uninspired retread hire that a losing program makes.

Leon Rice ... decent backup option ... but honestly not a guy that you eat the entire buyout to go get ... he's not a needle mover or difference maker.

Tommy Lloyd ... I really don't want anybody from the Gonzaga tree

Eric Musselman ... to me, a slightly more upside hire to Leon Rice ... could have more downside ... I'd prefer him to Rice

TJ Otz ... I don't see why we would make the play to go get a guy who has minimal head coaching experience ... I expect he'll be a good coach at some point going forward but it'll probably be in the Big 12 or Big 10

Brandon Roy ... maybe in 10 years

From another thread about Fred Hoiberg ... more likely scenario is that he goes back to Iowa State and we take Steve Prohm from there without paying a buyout ... Prohm is a very good coach and I'd endorse him

Tequilla said:

EastCoastDoog said:

Take a chance at: Mark Few

Unlikely, but worth a call: Randy Bennett, Gregg Marshall

More Realistic: Mark Fox, Ben Howland, Leon Rice

Backups: Tommy Lloyd, Eric Musselman, TJ Otz, Brandon Roy

Recommendation: Otz
Prediction: Musselman

No chance I'd want anything to do with Few ... and he's never leaving Gonzaga anyway because he's the kind of guy that likes being a big fish in a small pond.

Bennett I'm not crazy about here ... he'd almost certainly turn off the Seattle AAU community that you have to have a working relationship with to get the metro area talent. While he does have a decent international pipeline, his teams are only marginally athletically superior for the WCC and I just don't see that Alaska pipeline netting him the kind of players needed to be an upper PAC team. And to be honest, I don't think most of his St. Mary's teams are better than .500 in the PAC.

Marshall ... MAKE HIM SAY NO

Mark Fox ... why would we want to talk a guy who is one more non-NCAA year away from getting fired from Georgia?

Ben Howland's better days are behind him ... that's the kind of uninspired retread hire that a losing program makes.

Leon Rice ... decent backup option ... but honestly not a guy that you eat the entire buyout to go get ... he's not a needle mover or difference maker.

Tommy Lloyd ... I really don't want anybody from the Gonzaga tree

Eric Musselman ... to me, a slightly more upside hire to Leon Rice ... could have more downside ... I'd prefer him to Rice

TJ Otz ... I don't see why we would make the play to go get a guy who has minimal head coaching experience ... I expect he'll be a good coach at some point going forward but it'll probably be in the Big 12 or Big 10

Brandon Roy ... maybe in 10 years

From another thread about Fred Hoiberg ... more likely scenario is that he goes back to Iowa State and we take Steve Prohm from there without paying a buyout ... Prohm is a very good coach and I'd endorse him

It seems the coaches I want are out of reach Miller and marshall. musselman might be alright his team lacks defense but the others seem like they would be slapdick hires. I have a friend who works for gonzaga athletics as a coach of a different sport. He thinks Lloyd would be an amazing hire but seems to be being a homer with that. Lloyd is the in your face quit fucking up coach for them and recruits well internationally.