NAR: Coach Cal to Arkansas

Roy McAvoy · Post by **Roy McAvoy** » April 8th, 2024, 9:51 am

Aggie702 wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 9:35 am

bpd wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 8:58 am
Trilly has a (I can't express myself without swearing) crazy story about how Mussleman got the USC job... it won't be surprising to anyone.
Can you share?

The story goes (and it has some plausibility IMO), Musselman is from Socal and wanted to get back to SoCal and wanted the USC job. He also knew the Andy Enfield had an affinity for the Dallas area and was also on the hot seat/not happy at USC.

Muss's sister is married to the biggest SMU donor. They led him to believe if he got SMU's head coach fired, Muss would be interested in the job, so the SMU donor went and got SMU's head coach, Rob Lanier, fired.

Muss then passed on the SMU job and their next call was sure enough, to Andy Enfield at USC. Muss then took the USC job.

Muss basically manipulated his own brother in law into firing a coach they otherwise wouldn't have fired had they thought Muss would pass on that job.

Then Arkansas swings and misses on their top 2 choices (Chris Bear, Jerome Tang) and somehow lands their 3rd choice, John Calipari.

What a sport.

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » April 8th, 2024, 9:52 am

slcagg wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 5:10 am
Wait for the very end of this. Tell me this guy isn’t perfect for Provo

That was really cringeworthy.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 8th, 2024, 10:33 am

It has begun. The NIL for the big schools is lining up for those Kentucky players.

There is a Kentucky player that we should pursue if he hits the portal.

Jordan Burks
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... rdan-burks

Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » April 8th, 2024, 10:40 am

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 9:51 am

Aggie702 wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 9:35 am

bpd wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 8:58 am
Trilly has a (I can't express myself without swearing) crazy story about how Mussleman got the USC job... it won't be surprising to anyone.
Can you share?
The story goes (and it has some plausibility IMO), Musselman is from Socal and wanted to get back to SoCal and wanted the USC job. He also knew the Andy Enfield had an affinity for the Dallas area and was also on the hot seat/not happy at USC.

Muss's sister is married to the biggest SMU donor. They led him to believe if he got SMU's head coach fired, Muss would be interested in the job, so the SMU donor went and got SMU's head coach, Rob Lanier, fired.

Muss then passed on the SMU job and their next call was sure enough, to Andy Enfield at USC. Muss then took the USC job.

Muss basically manipulated his own brother in law into firing a coach they otherwise wouldn't have fired had they thought Muss would pass on that job.

Then Arkansas swings and misses on their top 2 choices (Chris Bear, Jerome Tang) and somehow lands their 3rd choice, John Calipari.

What a sport.

That's wild and some master manipulation by Muss. Crazy how quickly Arky fans turned on him after one bad season.

3rdGenAggie · Post by **3rdGenAggie** » April 8th, 2024, 11:23 am

Obviously Dan Hurley is going to be KY's first call, but he'd be crazy to take it. He's got a good thing going at UConn. I'd stay away from Kentucky if I was already competing for National Championships regularly.

Slim80 · Post by **Slim80** » April 8th, 2024, 11:33 am

Aggie702 wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 10:40 am

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 9:51 am

Aggie702 wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 9:35 am

bpd wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 8:58 am
Trilly has a (I can't express myself without swearing) crazy story about how Mussleman got the USC job... it won't be surprising to anyone.
Can you share?
The story goes (and it has some plausibility IMO), Musselman is from Socal and wanted to get back to SoCal and wanted the USC job. He also knew the Andy Enfield had an affinity for the Dallas area and was also on the hot seat/not happy at USC.

Muss's sister is married to the biggest SMU donor. They led him to believe if he got SMU's head coach fired, Muss would be interested in the job, so the SMU donor went and got SMU's head coach, Rob Lanier, fired.

Muss then passed on the SMU job and their next call was sure enough, to Andy Enfield at USC. Muss then took the USC job.

Muss basically manipulated his own brother in law into firing a coach they otherwise wouldn't have fired had they thought Muss would pass on that job.

Then Arkansas swings and misses on their top 2 choices (Chris Bear, Jerome Tang) and somehow lands their 3rd choice, John Calipari.

What a sport.
That's wild and some master manipulation by Muss. Crazy how quickly Arky fans turned on him after one bad season.

With how big of a douche Muss is, I'm not surprised.....on both counts.

jpswensen · Post by **jpswensen** » April 8th, 2024, 12:14 pm

The thing I don't get about USC hiring Muss is that he hasn't been that great in the SEC. He has a losing conference record in 3 out of his 5 seasons there. USC has big money and is moving to the Big10. Muss seems like a pretty mediocre hire when you have that much hiring power.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » April 8th, 2024, 12:48 pm

Wouldn’t put anything past Muss or his lying wife.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » April 8th, 2024, 1:19 pm

One name swirling around in the upcoming coaching carousel is Jamie Dixon out of TCU. I’m hoping he moves on and JaKobe Coles enters the portal. This guy plays off the bench for TCU and could be a star in the MW as a stretch 4 or 5. I was very impressed with him in our tourney game.

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » April 8th, 2024, 1:26 pm

At least Musselman will be in sunny Southern California so he will be able to take his shirt more often and wave it to the crowd. He will be right at home.

StanfordAggie · Post by **StanfordAggie** » April 8th, 2024, 1:57 pm

jpswensen wrote: ↑
April 8th, 2024, 12:14 pm
The thing I don't get about USC hiring Muss is that he hasn't been that great in the SEC. He has a losing conference record in 3 out of his 5 seasons there. USC has big money and is moving to the Big10. Muss seems like a pretty mediocre hire when you have that much hiring power.

He also has a Sweet Sixteen and two Elite Eights in those five years. We saw on this board that many fans think that games in March are the only games that matter and a coach's record in the first 30 games of the season don't count.

Blitz79 · Post by **Blitz79** » April 8th, 2024, 9:34 pm

Kentucky to make a push to hire UConn's Hurley.

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » April 9th, 2024, 5:54 am

Outside the box hire for Kentucky: Jay Wright

BiocatAg · Post by **BiocatAg** » April 9th, 2024, 6:41 am

Cal's walking into a blank slate. Arkansas doesn't have a single returning scholarship player. I'm sure Cal will be able to restock with a lot of talented players, but it's nice to see the bigger programs also deal with mass player exodus when a coach leaves.

bigblue32 · Post by **bigblue32** » April 9th, 2024, 8:24 am

dyedblue wrote: ↑
April 9th, 2024, 5:54 am
Outside the box hire for Kentucky: Jay Wright

Wright won’t ever coach again.

pilotaggie · Post by **pilotaggie** » April 9th, 2024, 8:59 am

bigblue32 wrote:
dyedblue wrote: ↑
April 9th, 2024, 5:54 am
Outside the box hire for Kentucky: Jay Wright
Wright won’t ever coach again.

No way. He would be crazy to even think about it.

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SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 9th, 2024, 9:00 am

pilotaggie wrote: ↑
April 9th, 2024, 8:59 am

bigblue32 wrote:
dyedblue wrote: ↑
April 9th, 2024, 5:54 am
Outside the box hire for Kentucky: Jay Wright
Wright won’t ever coach again.
No way. He would be crazy to even think about it.

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Who will be wright about this?

Aggie4L1fe · Post by **Aggie4L1fe** » April 10th, 2024, 10:56 am

Word is Drew is gonna be the next kentucky coach. I wonder if Pope would have any interest in the Baylor job if it were to open up

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SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 10th, 2024, 1:39 pm

Aggie4L1fe wrote: ↑
April 10th, 2024, 10:56 am
https://x.com/247chrishoops/status/1777 ... 24094?s=46

Word is Drew is gonna be the next kentucky coach. I wonder if Pope would have any interest in the Baylor job if it were to open up

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That would make sense.

breadysmith · Post by **breadysmith** » April 10th, 2024, 5:19 pm

I would LOVE to see the zoobs lose a coach to a conference peer

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SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 11th, 2024, 9:45 am

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » April 11th, 2024, 9:49 am

Kentucky is really striking out with their coaching search.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 11th, 2024, 9:53 am

Aggie84025 wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 9:49 am
Kentucky is really striking out with their coaching search.

The chances of Pope going to Kentucky just went up.
If Pope goes to Kentucky, we have a chance to pick up BYU player(s) and/or recruit(s).

Real Life Aggie · Post by **Real Life Aggie** » April 11th, 2024, 1:50 pm

SLB wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 9:53 am

Aggie84025 wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 9:49 am
Kentucky is really striking out with their coaching search.
The chances of Pope going to Kentucky just went up.
If Pope goes to Kentucky, we have a chance to pick up BYU player(s) and/or recruit(s).

Nobody wants that taint.

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » April 11th, 2024, 2:01 pm

Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » April 11th, 2024, 2:38 pm

Oh my:

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » April 11th, 2024, 2:39 pm

AD really striking out if they have to turn to Pope. He's probably about their 17th choice.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » April 11th, 2024, 2:46 pm

You guys will laugh at something a guy I work with told me. He tried to tell me that Kentucky is going to hire Craig Smith as their next coach.

This guy I work with is the same guy that was first telling me that Jason Shelley would have beat out Colombi for the starting job if he stayed. Then would each week be telling me Jason would do better the next game. Then the day we kicked him off the team, before I could even send him the text telling him it was official we kicked him off the team, he texted me first asking me if I was the one that made it happen, knowing how frustrated I was with him even though it was pretty much a representation of how we all felt.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » April 11th, 2024, 2:48 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 2:39 pm
AD really striking out if they have to turn to Pope. He's probably about their 17th choice.

For one thing, first round losses lately is what they were upset about with Calipari. But Pope has a goose egg of NCAA wins as well. Maybe Kentucky has an understanding of how difficult the honor code is to work around at BYU.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 11th, 2024, 2:55 pm

Aggie702 wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 2:38 pm
Oh my:

BYU losing Pope would be big for us because of the Utahn and Idaho pipeline of basketball.

3rdGenAggie · Post by **3rdGenAggie** » April 11th, 2024, 3:04 pm

If Pope left, would Mark Madsen be interested in BYU? I'm sure he'd be their 1st call and he's a better coach than Pope, if you ask me. (Not to mention being in the Big XII rather than the absurd West Coast of the ACC.)

SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 11th, 2024, 3:05 pm

3rdGenAggie wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 3:04 pm
If Pope left, would Mark Madsen be interested in BYU? I'm sure he'd be their 1st call and he's a better coach than Pope, if you ask me. (Not to mention being in the Big XII rather than the absurd West Coast of the ACC.)

https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/12/men ... nsion.aspx

LarryTheAggie · Post by **LarryTheAggie** » April 11th, 2024, 3:08 pm

Real Life Aggie wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 1:50 pm

SLB wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 9:53 am

Aggie84025 wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 9:49 am
Kentucky is really striking out with their coaching search.
The chances of Pope going to Kentucky just went up.
If Pope goes to Kentucky, we have a chance to pick up BYU player(s) and/or recruit(s).
Nobody wants that taint.

I would take Isaac Davis.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 11th, 2024, 3:10 pm

LarryTheAggie wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 3:08 pm

Real Life Aggie wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 1:50 pm

SLB wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 9:53 am

Aggie84025 wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 9:49 am
Kentucky is really striking out with their coaching search.
The chances of Pope going to Kentucky just went up.
If Pope goes to Kentucky, we have a chance to pick up BYU player(s) and/or recruit(s).
Nobody wants that taint.
I would take Isaac Davis.

Dallin Hall would be nice to have.

quirky · Post by **quirky** » April 11th, 2024, 3:17 pm

SLB wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 3:05 pm

3rdGenAggie wrote: ↑
April 11th, 2024, 3:04 pm
If Pope left, would Mark Madsen be interested in BYU? I'm sure he'd be their 1st call and he's a better coach than Pope, if you ask me. (Not to mention being in the Big XII rather than the absurd West Coast of the ACC.)
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/12/men ... nsion.aspx

Madsen is already making $2.65 million per year and has a buyout of $6.74 million. if byu cant swing that, it'll get REAL ugly REAL quick for them

https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salari ... coach/6765

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