Rook with single post at the time, too. I absolutely adore the mentality that says we are so special only we can get us..........NOT.

Woodward was hired to protect Young from athletics. He is a firewall. And if the hire is Buzz or someone of Buzz's caliber (or better) then Young will be well served by Woodward as will all of us. If we turn basketball into a program that can support a $4-5 million HC salary we have turned the corner on basketball.

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Guy had a heck of a career. Finally got himself that elusive NCAA tourney win this year, albeit in the first four.

I wonder if Belmont will just hire Lipscomb coach (and former Belmont player and assistant coach) Casey Alexander to come down the street and take over.

UCLA is offering Calipari 6-years, $48 million deal and Kentucky made a rebuttal to that by offering him a lifetime contract extension.

Good Aggie Hunting said:

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UCLA is offering Calipari 6-years, $48 million deal and Kentucky made a rebuttal to that by offering him a lifetime contract extension.

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Here's a link to this story. UCLA administrating is ridiculous. Calipari already makes more than they offered.

https://www.thescore.com/ncaab/news/1748077

I would have expected UCLA to make a run at Musselman (and they may yet), but I'm glad we aren't in that mess. Pretty savvy of Barnhart to let UCLA show its cards so he knew what he might need to answer with.

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Good Aggie Hunting said:

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UCLA is offering Calipari 6-years, $48 million deal and Kentucky made a rebuttal to that by offering him a lifetime contract extension.

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Here's a link to this story. UCLA administrating is ridiculous. Calipari already makes more than they offered.

https://www.thescore.com/ncaab/news/1748077

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Step up in prestige? Nope
Step up in salary? Nope
Step up in quality of life? Debatable, I'm not a California-loving guy
Step up in rational people? Nope

Sounds like a done deal. Way to go UCLA!

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Good Aggie Hunting said:

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UCLA is offering Calipari 6-years, $48 million deal and Kentucky made a rebuttal to that by offering him a lifetime contract extension.

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Here's a link to this story. UCLA administrating is ridiculous. Calipari already makes more than they offered.

https://www.thescore.com/ncaab/news/1748077

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Step up in prestige? Nope
Step up in salary? Nope
Step up in quality of life? Debatable, I'm not a California-loving guy
Step up in rational people? Nope

Sounds like a done deal. Way to go UCLA!

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Living in California is better if you're a multi millionaire

Lexington is actually a nice town.

Marcus Aurelius said:

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Lexington is actually a nice town.

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So is Malibu

Im bored

Marcus Aurelius said:

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Lexington is actually a nice town.

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Maybe. Something tells me most people would choose Los Angeles but that's just a hunch. And it really only matters what Calipari thinks.


I'm pretty skeptical its a "lifetime contract" absent a bunch of other complicated bits but maybe the UK Athletic Association has lost its damn mind.

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...one way or t'other...

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Deal is NOT done with Stackhouse, but he is a leading candidate, source told @Stadium.

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Wrong ... although not denying it would be a great hire. No better than Buzz.

Beard could get a blue blood job really soon. Buzz could too but he appears to like the idea of this one and i'm All for it!

If i'm Tech i'm Raising a war chest . They have decent history - 3 more all time tournament appearances than A & M . Try like mad to keep the guy and if you can't you have the $ to hire a top flight replacement. It's not like Tech doesn't have resources.

Musselman would be a good hire for them imo. I haven't seen TCU , is Dixon any good?

Stack has been moving up the ranks...AAU connections, G-League coaching (Vandy's new AD came from G-League) and as an NBA assistant. This is an intriguing hire.

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Musselman would be a good hire for them imo. I haven't seen TCU , is Dixon any good?

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He is good. He is also a TCU alum, so there would be a great deal of unhappiness in Fort Worth were he to leave.

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Coaching Changes

A&M - Billy Kennedy BUZZ WILLIAMS

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Who would be the call for TCU?

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Who would be the call for TCU?

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Go get Scott Cross and let him pull a UNLV/Beard?

Maybe Mike Anderson?

bobinator said:

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Who would be the call for TCU?

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That's an excellent question. If you don't make a run at Cross I half wonder if they wouldn't just go get McCasland from North Texas. He took an 8-win team and has won 20+ games each of the last two seasons. Led Arkansas State to 20 wins before, and has Big 12 background at Baylor and has Texas recruiting ties through small college experience.

And would likely come on the cheap and have a shot to keep current players and recruiting class together. Not a name I have seen mentioned, but if I were an AD might make sense.

Yeah, that's not a bad idea. TCU has a hard path to success without Dixon. With an unproven coach they're probably what, the sixth best option in-state?

Looks like Dixon will be the next UCLA head coach, assuming they can work out paying his buyout from TCU.

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Jamie Dixon is on the verge of leaving his alma mater to come home.
In a dramatic plot twist for the son of a screenwriter who grew up in North Hollywood, Dixon would make a triumphant return to Southern California as UCLA's next basketball coach if he and the school can find a way to satisfy the terms of his buyout at Texas Christian, according to multiple people close to the situation.

Dixon was in negotiations with the school to reduce his $8-million buyout to a substantially lower figure, one person said. Barring that, UCLA and Dixon would have to find a way to pay the full amount.

Terms of Dixon's proposed UCLA contract were not immediately known.

Dixon has agreed in principle to leave the Horned Frogs in hopes of reviving the sagging fortunes of a program that has not been to a Final Four in more than a decade or won a national championship in nearly a quarter of a century.

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https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-jamie-dixon-ucla-basketball-coach-hired-20190403-story.html

Nice grab for UCLA. The last former Pitt coach they hired worked out pretty well for them.

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If I were TCU I'd make sure I get every cent of that buyout.

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Yeah I'm not sure what motive TCU would have for accepting a lower buyout