OT - Andy Enfield and "Dunk City" move to USC
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/91236…
Kind of upsetting, I liked FGCU..and you'd think this guy is wealthy enough to not need a pay raise. Surprising. I feel for the FGCU fans (and bandwagoners alike).
Sellout... That is all
That's a bit harsh. The guy was successful and wanted to move up the ladder. You can't fault him for that. That's like criticizing Beilein (spelling) for going to UMICH.
Good point! I take it back... I feel for the kids... That's better
I get ya. The kids played awesome and hopefully become a consistent tourney team like Butler and VCU.
Leaving any school ever?
How dare he take some school in existence for a few years at D-1 take them to the sweet 16 (as far as this school will ever go for years) and then leave for a power conference school. Damn capitalist.
Maybe you should pass up your next promotion at work.
You can't compare passing up a promotion at work to leaving a school for another. My point is how do you walk out on your kids after you build them up and make a splash on the national scene. Chris Peterson didn't just bounce the fuck out after turning BSU into a power house
Oh right going from a shitty school to a better school.
This happens many times a year. It's nothing new.
True, Chris Petersen didn't.
Now let's look at a list of people who did take bigger jobs:
Uh...basically everyone. So I guess Petersen is the only decent human being in the coaching ranks, and everyone else is a sellout.
What about Shaka Smart and Brad Stephens? Give me time I could find a ton more. The move to USC is not a good move and he doesnt need the money. Plus, USC SUCKS
Mark Few, Brad Stevens, Shaka Smart. This seems to be more of a thing in college basketball than football.
I think it's easier to stay at a small school in basketball because you can build a good team around 1 or 2 really good players. A good coach will always be able to get those couple of guys on a basketball team. In football, it's much harder to get enough high quality recruits at a small school to build a team to compete with the big boys.
Right. And there are many more examples of people moving up in the coaching world than people who stay put at small schools despite bigger job offers. Three of the four coaches in the Final Four have done it: Rick Pitino was once at Providence, John Beilein has moved up in the coaching ranks every step of the way, and Gregg Marshall was once at Winthrop. The lone exception is Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, which is his alma mater.
for stupidest post of the year. Congrats. You're reward is knowing you're an idiot.
that brady hoke guy is a real asshole for leaving sdsu to go be the head coach at michigan.
And leaving one job for another at a different company? Would you do that and leave everyone on your work team behind? Even if the new job was more money, and the chance to achieve a lot more in your career?
Never understand why people hold others to standards they won't hold themselves.
Chris Peterson didn't just bounce the fuck out after turning BSU into a power house
Not a good comparison. Petersen is not the one who built up BSU. Houston Nutt, Dirk Koetter and Dan Hawkins were there before him. BSU has been very good for about 20 years now. They have an established niche in the CFB world. Moreover, Koetter and Hawkins were busts when they left BSU; in hindsight they probably shouldn't have left.
FGCU, meanwhile, is a school that's literally been in existence about 20 years and went 15-17 one year ago. There is no guarantee anyone, Enfield included, can sustain success there. Why not strike while the iron is hot?
can you believe that fucking sellout Schembechler walked out on his alma mater to go to Michigan?
thanks for playing
Any school in America will fire their coach without thinking twice if they have a couple of bad seasons. Why should coaches be more committed to the school than the school is to them? Yeah, I know, the kids, but the players know that's how it is, and heck, even the best players take the opportunity to leave early when they can.
i remember bitching about jim thome going to the white sox a little, and my dad put it to me like this: "if _________ (rival school) offered you $xx,xxx to coach/teach there, would you?"
when he put it like that, i understood.
just saying, 'dude already has a couple million in the bank why would he leave?' doesn't mean as much when you're talking about someone else's money.
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
...has a better basketball coach than UCLA and UCLA has a better football coach than USC. One thing is for certain...no D1 school has hotter football and basketball coaches wives than USC right now.
just a tad too much into two NCAA tournament games. Historically, hiring coaches based on one Sweet 16 run has not been a successful strategy.
...are self made business millionaires, have super model wives (that they picked up in taxi cabs), and coached teams deep into the tourney at schools that did not even have a D1 basketball program 6 years ago?...historically speaking. Sorry I have seen Alford coach and I will put my money on Enfield.
While impressive, only one of those things is all that useful in basketball.
For a wonderful example of the limited success of hiring based on one year's tourney run, see Tommy Amaker.
But didn't UCLA just hire a guy who just has one Sweet Sixteen run in his career....and that was way back in 1999?
So his point might be right, they still might have a better coach.
You beat me to it... so people who would ya rather have? Mrs. Kiffin or Mrs. Enfield?
Enfield, by a mile.
No question.
Speaks for itself. Who would you rather have?
I think the key word is that USC "potentially" has a better coach than UCLA. I'm not a fan of the Alford hire, but he has built solid recruiting ties in SoCal and won a tough conference, both of which are things that Alford has not done. That said, FGCU plays an entertaining brand of basketball and the visibility is going to help Enfield in SoCal, along with this being the "sexy" hire, in the long run hiring Enfield has much more long term potential than hiring Alford. Just goes to show what having a competent athletic director can do for a school.
Alford's had 4 coaching stops in his career before taking the UCLA job and with the possible exception of Iowa, he's done a solid job at the other 3.
The first stop was Manchester, Division 3. They went 4-16 his first year. By the time he left after his 4th year they had made 3 straight trips to the d3 ncaa tourney and were 31-1 and ncaa runner-up in his 4th year.
Southwest Missouri St: stayed there 4 years. In his 4th year they made the sweet 16. He left for Iowa after that. They haven't been to the ncaa tourney since.
New Mexico: in 6 years there he won 4 conference titles and made 3 ncaa tourney appearances.
I don't know if he's going to set the world on fire at UCLA but I doubt he's going to bomb either.
NCAA Tournament wins since 2008
FGCU: 2
USC: 1
Laura Hoke and Kathleen Beilein uber alles. (The fact that their respective husbands chose them speaks volumes)
Well this is weird.
Well this is weird.
Apparently his wife told him that if he took the USC job (for more $$$$ of course) she'd be waiting for him each night he got home, dressed like a USC Song Girl...
Your getting a lttle nutty weirdo
I don't blame him for moving on and taking more money. He's got to get the capital to start up his tennis academy somehow.
he's making way more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
This is definitely not about the money. He doesn't need it. Some guys just want to be on the big stage.
The rumors about him being rich from owning a company or whatever were false.
This is also inaccurate. He has money, though not as much as expected (millions rather than tens of millions)
Wait, so he's just a millionaire?
Gross...
do you guys believe it's all about the lucrative or the move was just because USC is more of the big stage.
Why do so many people think that just because someone has money they are no longer making their decisions based on money?
that's what i thought
Can't fault him. Best player Sherwood Brown is a senior. Was a great story and I wish the best for those FGCU kids.
I dont understand why Minnesota didn't hire him.
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