Coaching Changes
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Done deal.
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@RockChalkinTexas-0 Not sure about this guy, but what I had heard from Fitzgeralds podcast was the talk was Calhoun from Utah St could be named this week
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@RockChalkinTexas-0 just gpes to show how quick these things change
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@ROCKCHALK2025 the guy from Utah state wanted to finish out this season before heading to manhattan. KSU said no dice and moved down the list.
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Offensive Savant is his reputation. Likely to have a high octane and tough offense to defend
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For lack of a better spot to put this...
Looks like the Big 12 just gained a great coach. Arizona State has hired a local guy to me: Randy Bennett from St. Mary's in California.
He's had a tremendous amount of success at St. Mary's, given it's a teeny tiny school. Maybe 2,500 students?
He's played with a small, shooting roster. He's played with a larger more plodding roster. He adjusts to his personnel.
Wish him luck, but not too much luck.
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Bennett is a good guy and has had a strong Australian recruiting connection over the years. He's clearly looking for more resources. He's 63, so this may be his last stop. Real loss for the WCC which needed programs to compete with Gonzaga. But Gonzaga's leaving for the reborn Pac12, so it's going to be very hard for schools in the WCC to get an at-large bid going forward.
Will be interesting to see what Sendek at Santa Clara does...
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@kjayhawks2.0 said in Coaching Changes:
@ROCKCHALK2025 the guy from Utah state wanted to finish out this season before heading to manhattan. KSU said no dice and moved down the list.
That guy dodged a bullet, big time.
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If Bill Self retires, KU won't be the only blue blood hiring. North Carolina is now open as they have split with Hubert Davis.
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It sounds like Tommy Lloyd is UNC's top followed by Billy Donovan and Dusty May.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Has KU ever had to 'split' with a coach? Roy left on his own terms, Larry did, not sure about Ted Owens, Phog I'm sure wasn't fired.
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"Gong Owens!" was a rallying cry that started in, I believe, 1978 (year I graduated). Only KU coach to be fired (1983).
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I've heard through a connection in Chapel Hill that TJ Otzelberger is/was first on the list.
