SouthMsDawg
03-06-2014, 11:25 AM
In 2010, and who would have been hired at the time to replace him????
In all seriousness if he would have left for Clemson I have to believe that our program would still be in a great situation to contend for the NCAA tournament every year.
Rewind to 2010 we lost a heart breaker in OT against Kentucky in the finals of the SEC tourney but went on to make the NIT and finish 24-12. After the season Clemson came calling, Stans interviewed and ultimately turned them down.
The reason I bring this up is because it allows both pro-Stans and anti-Stans posters to discuss how things would be different.
Some of the coaches who were hired in 2010 included
Tony Barbee- Auburn (Struggled)
Leon Rice - Boise St (made the tourney last year)
Steve Donahue- Boston college (struggled)
Tad Boyle- Colorado (made the tourney about to make it again)
Greg McDermott- Creighton (3 straight tourneys)
Fran McCafferey- Iowa (about to make the tourney)
Fred Hoiberg- Iowa State (back to back tourneys)
Oregon- Dana Altman (back to back tourneys)
Kevin Willard- Seton hall (struggled)
Steve Lavin- St. Johns (up and down bubble team)
Tim Floyd- UTEP (solid team in C-USA)
Jeff Bzdelik- Wake Forest (turned things around beat Duke, UNC, NC ST this year)
Looking at that list I truly believe that If Stans would have wen to Clemson we could have hired a Tim Floyd (a Mississippi Native) who we all know can recruit and win.
In all seriousness if he would have left for Clemson I have to believe that our program would still be in a great situation to contend for the NCAA tournament every year.
Rewind to 2010 we lost a heart breaker in OT against Kentucky in the finals of the SEC tourney but went on to make the NIT and finish 24-12. After the season Clemson came calling, Stans interviewed and ultimately turned them down.
The reason I bring this up is because it allows both pro-Stans and anti-Stans posters to discuss how things would be different.
Some of the coaches who were hired in 2010 included
Tony Barbee- Auburn (Struggled)
Leon Rice - Boise St (made the tourney last year)
Steve Donahue- Boston college (struggled)
Tad Boyle- Colorado (made the tourney about to make it again)
Greg McDermott- Creighton (3 straight tourneys)
Fran McCafferey- Iowa (about to make the tourney)
Fred Hoiberg- Iowa State (back to back tourneys)
Oregon- Dana Altman (back to back tourneys)
Kevin Willard- Seton hall (struggled)
Steve Lavin- St. Johns (up and down bubble team)
Tim Floyd- UTEP (solid team in C-USA)
Jeff Bzdelik- Wake Forest (turned things around beat Duke, UNC, NC ST this year)
Looking at that list I truly believe that If Stans would have wen to Clemson we could have hired a Tim Floyd (a Mississippi Native) who we all know can recruit and win.