http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...er-sources

OK everybody. Tell me about this move...

remember how a month ago we were talking about how much trouble the BE was with coaches bolting for inferior jobs........

well, i got some news for you team SEC.....

(04-17-2014 08:50 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...er-sources

OK everybody. Tell me about this move...

He jumped on the first train out of town because his chances of lasting longer than one more season at Mizzou were slim.

(04-17-2014 08:50 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...er-sources

OK everybody. Tell me about this move...

Don't like it as a Missouri State fan because you might actually hire somebody decent. Haith was taking Mizzou down hard and fast.

Haith is doing nothing more than a paycheck grab.

Maybe Missouri can use some of that new SEC money to hire someone decent.

(04-17-2014 08:59 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(04-17-2014 08:50 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...er-sources

OK everybody. Tell me about this move...

He jumped on the first train out of town because his chances of lasting longer than one more season at Mizzou were slim.

That was the word on talk radio here today. Said that their sources in the other Columbia indicated they wouldn't be all that upset to see him go between the mediocrity and the taint he brought from Miami.

Haith taking the escape hatch....

Ohio's former coach Jim Christian did the same thing hopping from TCU to Ohio before the bottom fell out in the B12. Two years later he jumped to the AAC.

(04-17-2014 10:34 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  Haith taking the escape hatch....

Ohio's former coach Jim Christian did the same thing hopping from TCU to Ohio before the bottom fell out in the B12. Two years later he jumped to the AAC.

Do you think Missouri will fall apart as badly as TCU? The Frogs are 2-36 vs other Big <12 teams the last two seasons.

UAB's football coach did the same thing although he took an assistant position.

Give the guy credit for being aware enough to hit the eject lever while he could.

Well like they say.

Never let a job fire you.

(04-18-2014 12:10 AM)TrojanCampaign Wrote:  Well like they say.

Never let a job fire you.

Certain fans that can't be mentioned need to learn that.

When you are about to be fired, you take whatever job you can.

Did anyone think that perhaps Danny Manning left a lot of talent in Tulsa and with Tulsa moving to the AAC they will be in a conference that will be getting an abundance of bids next year given UConn's title and SMU's NIU title game appearance.

(04-17-2014 10:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(04-17-2014 10:34 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  Haith taking the escape hatch....

Ohio's former coach Jim Christian did the same thing hopping from TCU to Ohio before the bottom fell out in the B12. Two years later he jumped to the AAC.

Do you think Missouri will fall apart as badly as TCU? The Frogs are 2-36 vs other Big <12 teams the last two seasons.

different situation in that TCU transferred to a tougher conference (MWC to Big12) right after Christian left, and unlike Mizzou, TCU's bball program is eternally bad.

I LOL'ed when I heard the news on Tulsa TV this evening.

Unless you are about to be fired, why step down in competition? Maybe he has family that lives in the Tulsa area.

(04-18-2014 12:29 AM)jml2010 Wrote:  I LOL'ed when I heard the news on Tulsa TV this evening.

Unless you are about to be fired, why step down in competition? Maybe he has family that lives in the Tulsa area.

uf/uk vs uconn, memphis, smu, & cincy

i wouldnt call that a step down

Congrats to coach on stepping up in competition in the AAC.

(04-18-2014 12:32 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(04-18-2014 12:29 AM)jml2010 Wrote:  I LOL'ed when I heard the news on Tulsa TV this evening.

Unless you are about to be fired, why step down in competition? Maybe he has family that lives in the Tulsa area.

uf/uk vs uconn, memphis, smu, & cincy

i wouldnt call that a step down

That was my first reaction, too. And my second one.

(04-17-2014 10:19 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  That was the word on talk radio here today. Said that their sources in the other Columbia indicated they wouldn't be all that upset to see him go between the mediocrity and the taint he brought from Miami.

I believe the terms are "sour grapes" and "saving face". Interesting that another SEC (in Knoxville, TN) also had a basketball coach defect. Haith probably learned from whatever mistakes he made at Miami and Mizzou, to Tulsa's future benefit. I predict that he will do as well at TU as to be expected in the very tough AAC. The Hurricanes made a good hire, in my opinion.

Knows he is on the way out so he stays one step ahead of the unemployment line after being fired. Why else would he move from a flagship SEC school to a small school like Tulsa in Oklahoma behind the likes of Oklahoma and Oklahoma ST that is about to enter the AAC. Someone with a career spiraling upward instead downward would be moving the opposite way.