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2022 College Basketball Coaching Carousel

Reff was pushing hard for Howland to WF at one point. He has steadily gotten worse. Mississippi State had a ton of talent this year.

Yeah, you were right about Crean and Howland.

Nothingburgers.

Would be interested to hear your take on some of the current openings. Would also like to know what you think about Mike White as a coach.

I'll hang up and listen.
 
Mike White's coaching star is dimming quickly. When Florida hired White after Billy Donovan (in retrospect, BD's record at Florida was un-real: 2 Nattys; 3 Final 4s; 6 Elite 8s in a 9 year stretch) left for OKC, it seemed like a sound hire as White was young and had success at La Tech, but the Gator program went into reverse under White.

Here how White's program ranked since 2017:

2017 #5
2018 #22
2019 #26
2020 #32
2021 #41
2022 #55

Notice the trend? White's teams play at increasingly slow pace, which isn't fun to watch, and he's not known as a great tactician on either offense or defense. White's act at Florida had gotten stale, and he was well aware that his time at Florida was coming to end, absent a major turnaround in 2023. You don't leave as Florida's basketball coach to take the inferior Georgia job (UGA's last 5 basketball coaches have been fired; it's a coaching graveyard), unless you are trying to beat the inevitable pink-slip and realize that UGA may be your last chance for a fat contract.

There are some great young coaches in D1 basketball, and don't understand why UGA, after the Tom Crean disaster, would hire another coach from a Power V program, who is heading in the wrong direction. Like Currie did at WF, hire a kick-ass mid-major or low-major coach, and let him build a program. In 4 years, UGA will be a bottom-tier SEC basketball program, and they will be looking for another coach again.
 
Mike White's coaching star is dimming quickly. When Florida hired White after Billy Donovan (in retrospect, BD's record at Florida was un-real: 2 Nattys; 3 Final 4s; 6 Elite 8s in a 9 year stretch) left for OKC, it seemed like a sound hire as White was young and had success at La Tech, but the Gator program went into reverse under White.

Here how White's program ranked since 2017:

2017 #5
2018 #22
2019 #26
2020 #32
2021 #41
2022 #55

Notice the trend? White's teams play at increasingly slow pace, which isn't fun to watch, and he's not known as a great tactician on either offense or defense. White's act at Florida had gotten stale, and he was well aware that his time at Florida was coming to end, absent a major turnaround in 2023. You don't leave as Florida's basketball coach to take the inferior Georgia job (UGA's last 5 basketball coaches have been fired; it's a coaching graveyard), unless you are trying to beat the inevitable pink-slip and realize that UGA may be your last chance for a fat contract.

There are some great young coaches in D1 basketball, and don't understand why UGA, after the Tom Crean disaster, would hire another coach from a Power V program, who is heading in the wrong direction. Like Currie did at WF, hire a kick-ass mid-major or low-major coach, and let him build a program. In 4 years, UGA will be a bottom-tier SEC basketball program, and they will be looking for another coach again.

It's down, right?
 
They did lose their best player to a freak health condition, but overall not that impressive indeed.
 
Mike White told Wellman thanks but no thanks (when he was still at La Tech) after Bzz "resigned"
 
Rumors/speculation that Seton Hall's Kevin Willard may get the MD job, and if that happens, St. Peter's HC Shaheen Holloway would get Seton Hall job. Holloway was a star player at Seton Hall.
 
Rumors/speculation that Seton Hall's Kevin Willard may get the MD job, and if that happens, St. Peter's HC Shaheen Holloway would get Seton Hall job. Holloway was a star player at Seton Hall.

Heads might explode around College Park.
 
I love seeing these contracts...

 
Interesting that Payne wanted to keep the NBA door open.
 
I’m guessing that’s fairly standard even for coaches who don’t have interest in the NBA.
 
I’m guessing that’s fairly standard even for coaches who don’t have interest in the NBA.

What's fairly standard? You think Earl Grant has a reduced buyout to go the NBA? Steve Forbes? Kevin Keatts? Payne's agent asked for that given that Payne has been coaching in the NBA for the last couple of seasons. The NBA buyout terms were left over from Chris Mack term sheet; they were inserted because Payne wants to keep the NBA door open.
 
Sure. The NBA is generally considered a step up. It’s not a lateral move where the coach would ever face the university on the court. Makes sense it would be less of a buyout.
 
Everything in that term sheet is there for a reason. Because of his NBA background, Payne asked for favorable buyout terms if the NBA becomes an option; just like Roy Williams negotiated favorable buyout terms from Kansas, if UNC came calling. That's not standard in every NCAA Coaching Contract (other than Mike Woodson, Hoiberg, maybe Calpari, and other coaches with an NBA background).
 
Florida hiring USF's (San Francisco, not South Florida) Todd Golden. Golden is 36, and had been assistant under Bruce Pearl and Kyle Smith. Golden took over the USF job from Smith, and after Wazzu hired Kyle Smith. Big step up, given Golden only has been a HC for three years, and his connections are mainly on the West Coast. Still, like it, Golden has a bright future.
 
Florida hiring USF's (San Francisco, not South Florida) Todd Golden. Golden is 36, and had been assistant under Bruce Pearl and Kyle Smith. Golden took over the USF job from Smith, and after Wazzu hired Kyle Smith. Big step up, given Golden only has been a HC for three years, and his connections are mainly on the West Coast. Still, like it, Golden has a bright future.

I like it.

Mike White looked like a great hire and it didn't work out.

On to the next up and comer.

DR would also approve, I think.
 
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