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[quote="Chicago Days" post=329207]We have to step back from the brink, put things into perspective, realize that unless Chris resigns he’s our coach for the next 2 years, and encourage Mike Cragg and Chris to figure out what we need to produce better and more consistent results.
IMO, Chris Mullin bleeds red and white and can, with the necessary changes implemented, be a highly successful coach at St. John’s.[/quote]

IMO, Mullin has shown nothing to indicate that he will ever be a highly successful coach. He hasn't hired well, his recruiting classes have been underwhelming, and the on court performance has been dreadful. Plus, unless Ponds pulls a 180 and returns, the 2019-'20 season will be a step back for SJU. So are we hoping that he figures it out in time for year 6?
 
I know I'm in the minority here, however I feel if we win 1or 2 in the BET and go dancing and win at least 1, that it was a successful season especially considering our lack of talent at the 5. Granted, we all know that falls on staff, but it still is what it is. So just because we finished 8-10 in conference in no way means we still can't consider this a successful season with a few more wins. At least that's my opinion.
 
[quote="ctstorm" post=329211][quote="sirvoo" post=329194]This collapse should seal Mullin’s fate. The guy has failed to deliver in every way imagineable and it’s time for a new direction with a young hard working coach who won’t stop till this program is on top![/quote]

IF (I said IF) SJ make the tournament after what seems like a century, how could CM be fired? Did we become UCLA all of a sudden?[/quote]

Lavin was fired after making the tournament. In this case, it's also bigger than simply making the tournament. There's philosophical issues, and I truly expect us to be worst next season. Frankly, I'd rather be worst with a new coach than the same one who hasn't yet given me any good vibes the previous 4 years.
 
[quote="rawdognyc" post=329227]I know I'm in the minority here, however I feel if we win 1or 2 in the BET and go dancing and win at least 1, that it was a successful season especially considering our lack of talent at the 5. Granted, we all know that falls on staff, but it still is what it is. So just because we finished 8-10 in conference in no way means we still can't consider this a successful season with a few more wins. At least that's my opinion.[/quote]

Doubt you're in the minority...many just aren't as vocal anymore advocating that POV as they were earlier in the season after things went down fast. I honestly would be happy with making NCAA's and winning a game, but can you honestly say this is the staff you want long-term? As for regular season, our 20 wins are on the backs of mostly cupcakes. Any team can schedule 250+ bottom barrel teams and get a sexy record early on. If it was 20 wins with a strong OOC then give credit. Yes some teams turned out to be not too shabby like GT and Rutgers...and now VCU is #24 but even that one ended in controversy...point is most of the OOC was very poor competition by objective standards. In 4 years under Mullin we have never even been .500 or better in conference. Our best year is 2 games under .500 in a wide open conference.

Always thought the "we aren't UCLA" lines were silly...that's a strawman no one is arguing. No one thinks or aspires to be UCLA. Many of us think we should be Seton Hall...or PC...or Xavier. PC has absolutely owned us under Mullin...there was a time not very long ago when I remember looking forward to playing PC because we were almost always better. They have passed us by. Same for SHU...we used to go in knowing we should beat them and often did. They have passed us by. Xavier has a brand new head coach and lost tons of talent...they were better than us even in our best year. G'Town starts several freshmen in key roles. If they were here we would expect them to suck because they're young and inexperienced. Ewing is a new head coach too. But they have done better than us too. That's how you know it's clearly not working. Several teams that have no business being better than us with lots of inexperience, youth, and a major downgrade in talent recently are still better.
 
[quote="rawdognyc" post=329227]I know I'm in the minority here, however I feel if we win 1or 2 in the BET and go dancing and win at least 1, that it was a successful season especially considering our lack of talent at the 5. Granted, we all know that falls on staff, but it still is what it is. So just because we finished 8-10 in conference in no way means we still can't consider this a successful season with a few more wins. At least that's my opinion.[/quote] If we win 1 NCAA tourney, non play in game, I would say that’s progress.
 
[quote="MJDinkins" post=329229][quote="ctstorm" post=329211][quote="sirvoo" post=329194]This collapse should seal Mullin’s fate. The guy has failed to deliver in every way imagineable and it’s time for a new direction with a young hard working coach who won’t stop till this program is on top![/quote]

IF (I said IF) SJ make the tournament after what seems like a century, how could CM be fired? Did we become UCLA all of a sudden?[/quote]

Lavin was fired after making the tournament. In this case, it's also bigger than simply making the tournament. There's philosophical issues, and I truly expect us to be worst next season. Frankly, I'd rather be worst with a new coach than the same one who hasn't yet given me any good vibes the previous 4 years.[/quote]

I doubt Chris would get fired. Im sure he'd first resign. But I wonder if we'd be the first program ever to fire consecutive coaches in a year when they made the NCAA tournament.
 
[quote="Room112" post=329239][quote="MJDinkins" post=329229][quote="ctstorm" post=329211][quote="sirvoo" post=329194]This collapse should seal Mullin’s fate. The guy has failed to deliver in every way imagineable and it’s time for a new direction with a young hard working coach who won’t stop till this program is on top![/quote]

IF (I said IF) SJ make the tournament after what seems like a century, how could CM be fired? Did we become UCLA all of a sudden?[/quote]

Lavin was fired after making the tournament. In this case, it's also bigger than simply making the tournament. There's philosophical issues, and I truly expect us to be worst next season. Frankly, I'd rather be worst with a new coach than the same one who hasn't yet given me any good vibes the previous 4 years.[/quote]

I doubt Chris would get fired. Im sure he'd first resign. But I wonder if we'd be the first program ever to fire consecutive coaches in a year when they made the NCAA tournament.[/quote] For us, making the tourney is a big deal. For other programs ,loosing the first round is a failure.
 
No question our season has been disappointing to date. A 7th Place finish doesn’t cut it against high hopes and expectations for the season and argues strongly for changes in Staff Structure, recruiting tactics, and game strategies and adjustments.
That said, it was a crazy season in the BEC that I’m sure has most of the coaches and ADs in the Conference scratching collective heads.
Just back-of-the-envelope, but 1 game separates Nova from ‘Quette, 1 game separates the ‘4’ 3rd Place finishers from 7th Place (us), and 1 game separates St. John’s from the ‘3’ 8th place finishers.
We may be a ‘wacky’ team but we’re also in a ‘wacky’ conference.
Lol..
 
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[quote="richard A Steinfeld" post=329234][quote="rawdognyc" post=329227]I know I'm in the minority here, however I feel if we win 1or 2 in the BET and go dancing and win at least 1, that it was a successful season especially considering our lack of talent at the 5. Granted, we all know that falls on staff, but it still is what it is. So just because we finished 8-10 in conference in no way means we still can't consider this a successful season with a few more wins. At least that's my opinion.[/quote] If we win 1 NCAA tourney, non play in game, I would say that’s progress.[/quote]

I don't think he is getting fired nor do I think he is resigning but this progress/improvement canard is a farce, First off I find it hard to give anyone credit for "improving" off of their own POOR record. Seriously. Why should they benefit from their own bad record? By definition that means a Kansas never improves because they are NEVER bad, so what? Norm Roberts won 18 games and made the NIT his last year, most wins and best overall record in his 6 years therefore he made "progress" from first year to last, no? Who cares?

Also league record of 1-17, 7-11, 4-14 and 8-10 is hardly a march towards "progress" by any standard...

The question is not simply win improvement especially when you factor in non-conference (because as we know that can me manipulated with bad non-conference teams). The key questions are: Is the program markedly better off under the current staff then the previous one?, Is SJU closer to being a top BE program ie closer to Villanova after 4 years? and, Are they positioned in terms of recruiting and overall play to compete with Nova in the future?

Those are the key questions.
 
[quote="rawdognyc" post=329198][quote="sirvoo" post=329194]This collapse should seal Mullin’s fate. The guy has failed to deliver in every way imagineable and it’s time for a new direction with a young hard working coach who won’t stop till this program is on top![/quote]

What young coach and what guarantee that we're not a stepping stone for a better gig?[/quote]

https://thecomeback.com/ncaa/who-are-the-hottest-mid-major-coaches-in-need-of-a-job-upgrade.html

Nate Oats, Buffalo

Record: 81-41 (fourth season)

Age: 44

NCAA appearances: Two (2016, 2018)

Most thought that Buffalo would return to mediocrity after Bobby Hurley left for Arizona State in spring of 2015. Hurley did an incredible job of getting a program with no tradition to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance. Usually a school like Buffalo would regress to its previous form. Nate Oats has not only proved there’s life after Hurley, he’s been an improvement.

Last season, the Bulls crushed No.4-seed Arizona 89-68 for their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory and the greatest sports moment in the history of the school. This year, the Bulls are enjoying their best start in program history, including winning their first 11 games. They’ve beaten West Virginia and Syracuse and are in position for an NCAA tournament at-large bid. They’re ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press poll, but were upset Tuesday night at Northern Illinois.

Oats was Hurley assistant for two seasons. Prior to that, he was a high school coach in Detroit and a Division III assistant. But his success is too great for bigger schools to ignore. He’ll be one of the most sought-after candidates in the next coaching hiring cycle.

Matt McMahon, Murray State

Record: 74-39 (fourth season)

Age: 40

NCAA appearances: One (2018)

Murray State has long been the place where major-conference teams go shopping for head coaches. Four of the past five Murray State coaches have landed good jobs: Mark Gottfried (Alabama), Mick Cronin (Cincinnati), Billy Kennedy (Texas A&M), and Steve Prohm (Iowa State). Murray State is the Ohio Valley Conference’s flagship school, so anyone who’s been through that program knows the intense pressure to win. Matt McMahon took over for the extremely popular Prohm, who guided the Racers to its most successful run. He was 104–29 during his four-year stint, including 31-2 in his rookie season.

McMahon struggled in his first two years and took considerable heat for a 16-17 second-year mark – the first losing record for the program since 1986-87. But since then, the Racers have returned to their elite level. They went were 29-6 last year, reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011-12 season. This year, they’re 15-2, powered by likely NBA lottery pick Ja Morant. He might be the best player in college basketball who’s not on Duke’s roster.

Wes Miller, UNC Greensboro

Record: 129-113 (eighth season)

Age: 35

NCAA appearances: One (2018)

Miller was thrown into the fire early. He was promoted into the job on an interim basis at the age of 28 to become the youngest head coach in the nation. He was hired when Mike Dement resigned after a 2-8 start in December 2011. UNC Greensboro began 2-14 but finished with an 11-5 down the stretch to win the Southern Conference North division title. Over the next four seasons, he posted losing records. But over the past three seasons, he’s 68-21.

Last season, he guided the Spartans to just their third-ever NCAA appearance and first since 2001. They played No.4 seed Gonzaga tough before losing 68-64. Miller has built a reputation of being a solid tactician. He drew up a game-winning alley-oop dunk play against The Citadel in his rookie year.

Miller, a former UNC player, was a member of its 2005 national championship team. Being a former Tar Heel and having connections to Roy Williams will open doors for you. His combination of youth and experience is appealing. His steady work will lead some major conference program to give him a job.

Earl Grant, College of Charleston

Record: 91-62 (fifth season)

Age: 42

NCAA appearances: One (2018)

Earl Grant is a Gregg Marshall protégé, having worked under him at Winthrop and Wichita State. He also coached under Brad Brownell at Clemson for four seasons. Grant, working near his hometown of North Charleston, took over under less than ideal circumstances. Former coach Doug Wojcik was fired following allegations of verbal abuse.

Grant was 9-24 in his first year but has made the College of Charleston relevant again. The Cougars have slowly improved, and last year they won the Colonial Athletic Association title and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999. Charleston had a chance to upset No. 4 seed Auburn, but was hurt late in the game by a botched call and lost 62-58.

Grant was rumored for numerous jobs last season. This year, Charleston got off to a 13-2 start before losing four of five. Still, Grant should be an attractive candidate.
 
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[quote="fordham96" post=329244][quote="richard A Steinfeld" post=329234][quote="rawdognyc" post=329227]I know I'm in the minority here, however I feel if we win 1or 2 in the BET and go dancing and win at least 1, that it was a successful season especially considering our lack of talent at the 5. Granted, we all know that falls on staff, but it still is what it is. So just because we finished 8-10 in conference in no way means we still can't consider this a successful season with a few more wins. At least that's my opinion.[/quote] If we win 1 NCAA tourney, non play in game, I would say that’s progress.[/quote]

I don't think he is getting fired nor do I think he is resigning but this progress/improvement canard is a farce, First off I find it hard to give anyone credit for "improving" off of their own POOR record. Seriously. Why should they benefit from their own bad record? By definition that means a Kansas never improves because they are NEVER bad, so what? Norm Roberts won 18 games and made the NIT his last year, most wins and best overall record in his 6 years therefore he made "progress" from first year to last, no? Who cares?

Also league record of 1-17, 7-11, 4-14 and 8-10 is hardly a march towards "progress" by any standard...

The question is not simply win improvement especially when you factor in non-conference (because as we know that can me manipulated with bad non-conference teams). The key questions are: Is the program markedly better off under the current staff then the previous one?, Is SJU closer to being a top BE program ie closer to Villanova after 4 years? and, Are they positioned in terms of recruiting and overall play to compete with Nova in the future?

Those are the key questions.[/quote]

Agree, but I don't think those are questions anymore. We just got our answer and it punched us in our collective face. Double digit conference losses all 4 years regardless of talent and experience levels and 32 under .500. We are not mediocre...in conference play we have been pretty much in the basement or close to it. If the season continued for another 5 games in conference play, you get the feeling we'd finish dead last. DePaul may have a worse conference record but they look way better than us in games and they have a real plan. They have a real strategy and they play to their strengths. In other words, coaching. It's been about 8 years since I first followed this team closely and I've never seen a real coach at the helm of this program. Every other game I watch I see fundamentals, skill, size, deep benches, playing within specific roles, designed plays, etc. I long for the day I see that with our program.
 
[quote="Mike Zaun" post=329273][quote="fordham96" post=329244][quote="richard A Steinfeld" post=329234][quote="rawdognyc" post=329227]I know I'm in the minority here, however I feel if we win 1or 2 in the BET and go dancing and win at least 1, that it was a successful season especially considering our lack of talent at the 5. Granted, we all know that falls on staff, but it still is what it is. So just because we finished 8-10 in conference in no way means we still can't consider this a successful season with a few more wins. At least that's my opinion.[/quote] If we win 1 NCAA tourney, non play in game, I would say that’s progress.[/quote]

I don't think he is getting fired nor do I think he is resigning but this progress/improvement canard is a farce, First off I find it hard to give anyone credit for "improving" off of their own POOR record. Seriously. Why should they benefit from their own bad record? By definition that means a Kansas never improves because they are NEVER bad, so what? Norm Roberts won 18 games and made the NIT his last year, most wins and best overall record in his 6 years therefore he made "progress" from first year to last, no? Who cares?

Also league record of 1-17, 7-11, 4-14 and 8-10 is hardly a march towards "progress" by any standard...

The question is not simply win improvement especially when you factor in non-conference (because as we know that can me manipulated with bad non-conference teams). The key questions are: Is the program markedly better off under the current staff then the previous one?, Is SJU closer to being a top BE program ie closer to Villanova after 4 years? and, Are they positioned in terms of recruiting and overall play to compete with Nova in the future?

Those are the key questions.[/quote]

Agree, but I don't think those are questions anymore. We just got our answer and it punched us in our collective face. Double digit conference losses all 4 years regardless of talent and experience levels and 32 under .500. We are not mediocre...in conference play we have been pretty much in the basement or close to it. If the season continued for another 5 games in conference play, you get the feeling we'd finish dead last. DePaul may have a worse conference record but they look way better than us in games and they have a real plan. They have a real strategy and they play to their strengths. In other words, coaching. It's been about 8 years since I first followed this team closely and I've never seen a real coach at the helm of this program. Every other game I watch I see fundamentals, skill, size, deep benches, playing within specific roles, designed plays, etc. I long for the day I see that with our program.[/quote]

Mike Dunlap
 
Mullin was my Idol, there is no single basketball player who tops him on my all-time favorites list. With that being said this team played a super soft out of conference and then played terribly in the BE except for the Marquette games and the Villanova game. The terrible losses offset the wins in my opinion. I think if Mullin returns he needs to make a big change to the staff. St Jean has great energy but he should not be running the huddles like he does. Mullin needs to take control of the huddle, but we know he's not that kind of coach. So I think its time to make a change and it is hard to say because of how we all feel about him.

If I were looking I would do everything we could to get Bobby Hurley. Having the new AD with Duke connections do you think it would be hard to bring him here?
 
[quote="djramps" post=329284]Mullin was my Idol, there is no single basketball player who tops him on my all-time favorites list. With that being said this team played a super soft out of conference and then played terribly in the BE except for the Marquette games and the Villanova game. The terrible losses offset the wins in my opinion. I think if Mullin returns he needs to make a big change to the staff. St Jean has great energy but he should not be running the huddles like he does. Mullin needs to take control of the huddle, but we know he's not that kind of coach. So I think its time to make a change and it is hard to say because of how we all feel about him.

If I were looking I would do everything we could to get Bobby Hurley. Having the new AD with Duke connections do you think it would be hard to bring him here?[/quote]

To answer your question, strictly from afar: I'd say yes.

I'm sure Arizona State is taking care of him very, very well. If they're not, I'm sure they will, once they learn that he is talking to us (if that ever were to occur). Being a state school, I'm sure they are operating on a budget that we can't match.

So, I view him as unattainable. Maybe I'm wrong about that (I have no inside info), but that's how I see it.
 
[quote="SJU61982" post=329298][quote="djramps" post=329284]Mullin was my Idol, there is no single basketball player who tops him on my all-time favorites list. With that being said this team played a super soft out of conference and then played terribly in the BE except for the Marquette games and the Villanova game. The terrible losses offset the wins in my opinion. I think if Mullin returns he needs to make a big change to the staff. St Jean has great energy but he should not be running the huddles like he does. Mullin needs to take control of the huddle, but we know he's not that kind of coach. So I think its time to make a change and it is hard to say because of how we all feel about him.

If I were looking I would do everything we could to get Bobby Hurley. Having the new AD with Duke connections do you think it would be hard to bring him here?[/quote]

To answer your question, strictly from afar: I'd say yes.

I'm sure Arizona State is taking care of him very, very well. If they're not, I'm sure they will, once they learn that he is talking to us (if that ever were to occur). Being a state school, I'm sure they are operating on a budget that we can't match.

So, I view him as unattainable. Maybe I'm wrong about that (I have no inside info), but that's how I see it.[/quote]

Perhaps getting a bit less $ (he's not exactly hurting) but being close to home and family is more appealing than being all the way on the west coast.
 
[quote="SJU61982" post=329298][quote="djramps" post=329284]Mullin was my Idol, there is no single basketball player who tops him on my all-time favorites list. With that being said this team played a super soft out of conference and then played terribly in the BE except for the Marquette games and the Villanova game. The terrible losses offset the wins in my opinion. I think if Mullin returns he needs to make a big change to the staff. St Jean has great energy but he should not be running the huddles like he does. Mullin needs to take control of the huddle, but we know he's not that kind of coach. So I think its time to make a change and it is hard to say because of how we all feel about him.

If I were looking I would do everything we could to get Bobby Hurley. Having the new AD with Duke connections do you think it would be hard to bring him here?[/quote]

To answer your question, strictly from afar: I'd say yes.

I'm sure Arizona State is taking care of him very, very well. If they're not, I'm sure they will, once they learn that he is talking to us (if that ever were to occur). Being a state school, I'm sure they are operating on a budget that we can't match.

So, I view him as unattainable. Maybe I'm wrong about that (I have no inside info), but that's how I see it.[/quote]

[URL]https://www.azcentral.com/stor...l-bobby-hurley-contract-extension/1082866001/[/URL]

Getting paid a little less than Mullin but because of a new extension it would be a 3M buyout to ASU.
 
I don’t like Hurley that much and prefer seeing the season play out before seriously discussing a coaching change, but just wanted to say I think coaching in the big east would be very appealing considering the PAC 12 is looking extremely shaky. I don’t know how Arizona is gonna come out of this scandal but they won’t be the level they once were. UCLA is a mess. Most of the other teams are lackluster.
 
[quote="oldschool Redmen" post=329246][quote="rawdognyc" post=329198][quote="sirvoo" post=329194]This collapse should seal Mullin’s fate. The guy has failed to deliver in every way imagineable and it’s time for a new direction with a young hard working coach who won’t stop till this program is on top![/quote]

What young coach and what guarantee that we're not a stepping stone for a better gig?[/quote]

https://thecomeback.com/ncaa/who-are-the-hottest-mid-major-coaches-in-need-of-a-job-upgrade.html

Nate Oats, Buffalo

Record: 81-41 (fourth season)

Age: 44

NCAA appearances: Two (2016, 2018)

Most thought that Buffalo would return to mediocrity after Bobby Hurley left for Arizona State in spring of 2015. Hurley did an incredible job of getting a program with no tradition to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance. Usually a school like Buffalo would regress to its previous form. Nate Oats has not only proved there’s life after Hurley, he’s been an improvement.

Last season, the Bulls crushed No.4-seed Arizona 89-68 for their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory and the greatest sports moment in the history of the school. This year, the Bulls are enjoying their best start in program history, including winning their first 11 games. They’ve beaten West Virginia and Syracuse and are in position for an NCAA tournament at-large bid. They’re ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press poll, but were upset Tuesday night at Northern Illinois.

Oats was Hurley assistant for two seasons. Prior to that, he was a high school coach in Detroit and a Division III assistant. But his success is too great for bigger schools to ignore. He’ll be one of the most sought-after candidates in the next coaching hiring cycle.

Matt McMahon, Murray State

Record: 74-39 (fourth season)

Age: 40

NCAA appearances: One (2018)

Murray State has long been the place where major-conference teams go shopping for head coaches. Four of the past five Murray State coaches have landed good jobs: Mark Gottfried (Alabama), Mick Cronin (Cincinnati), Billy Kennedy (Texas A&M), and Steve Prohm (Iowa State). Murray State is the Ohio Valley Conference’s flagship school, so anyone who’s been through that program knows the intense pressure to win. Matt McMahon took over for the extremely popular Prohm, who guided the Racers to its most successful run. He was 104–29 during his four-year stint, including 31-2 in his rookie season.

McMahon struggled in his first two years and took considerable heat for a 16-17 second-year mark – the first losing record for the program since 1986-87. But since then, the Racers have returned to their elite level. They went were 29-6 last year, reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011-12 season. This year, they’re 15-2, powered by likely NBA lottery pick Ja Morant. He might be the best player in college basketball who’s not on Duke’s roster.

Wes Miller, UNC Greensboro

Record: 129-113 (eighth season)

Age: 35

NCAA appearances: One (2018)

Miller was thrown into the fire early. He was promoted into the job on an interim basis at the age of 28 to become the youngest head coach in the nation. He was hired when Mike Dement resigned after a 2-8 start in December 2011. UNC Greensboro began 2-14 but finished with an 11-5 down the stretch to win the Southern Conference North division title. Over the next four seasons, he posted losing records. But over the past three seasons, he’s 68-21.

Last season, he guided the Spartans to just their third-ever NCAA appearance and first since 2001. They played No.4 seed Gonzaga tough before losing 68-64. Miller has built a reputation of being a solid tactician. He drew up a game-winning alley-oop dunk play against The Citadel in his rookie year.

Miller, a former UNC player, was a member of its 2005 national championship team. Being a former Tar Heel and having connections to Roy Williams will open doors for you. His combination of youth and experience is appealing. His steady work will lead some major conference program to give him a job.

Earl Grant, College of Charleston

Record: 91-62 (fifth season)

Age: 42

NCAA appearances: One (2018)

Earl Grant is a Gregg Marshall protégé, having worked under him at Winthrop and Wichita State. He also coached under Brad Brownell at Clemson for four seasons. Grant, working near his hometown of North Charleston, took over under less than ideal circumstances. Former coach Doug Wojcik was fired following allegations of verbal abuse.

Grant was 9-24 in his first year but has made the College of Charleston relevant again. The Cougars have slowly improved, and last year they won the Colonial Athletic Association title and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999. Charleston had a chance to upset No. 4 seed Auburn, but was hurt late in the game by a botched call and lost 62-58.

Grant was rumored for numerous jobs last season. This year, Charleston got off to a 13-2 start before losing four of five. Still, Grant should be an attractive candidate.[/quote]

I'm honestly surprised TJ Otzelberger of South Dakota St. isn't on this list. He'd be near the top of my successful mid-major coaches to call list. But definitely Oats as well. Musselman would naturally be a great fit, but it might be hard to pry him away from Nevada, which is one of those jobs where you can be competitive nationally every year, while dominating your conference with ease, leading to less pressure than a major program gig. I don't know enough about Musselman to know if he's content with that (a la Mark Few) or if he really wants to challenge himself at the next level up (i.e. a major conference).
 
Does he really want the job? When he took the job, did he really see himself as a coach who would be around for the long term or was he looking to get experience so he could switch to the NBA? Also,I don't care how much money you make, living 3000 miles away from your wife and kids has to wear on you. I love the guy but I can't see how he stays. His heart doesn't seem into it.

Cragg seems to know what he's doing. I have all the confidence in world that he'll sort this out shortly.
 
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