Sources: Rick Stansbury hired by Western Kentucky

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...ources-say

Best wishes to WKU on the new hire.

Grats to the Tops! I miss our heated hoops rivalry.

Great for the Tops. This hire and Mark Price staying has really helped the conference in the last 24 hours.

Thanks,BlazerGold09 and everybody else! Good to know some on this board think this is a good hire.

Bad enough that you Toppers swept us in Baseball this weekend; now you go and hire a really good Basketball Coach, too? Well, I guess we will all get over it. Seriously, he is an excellent pick for Western and CUSA.

Always a good sign when the prospective coach's family is on campus wearing school colors. Feeling pretty good about it now

https://mobile.twitter.com/zach_greenwel...28/photo/1

(03-27-2016 06:51 PM)doughtyrowdy Wrote:  Always a good sign when the prospective coach's family is on campus wearing school colors. Feeling pretty good about it now

https://mobile.twitter.com/zach_greenwel...28/photo/1

Seeing that photo just reminds me how pretty the WKU campus is.... Truly amazing place during spring and fall.

I don't think this is as good as most think. How often do retread coaches work? We have seen Mike Davis, Matt Dogherty, Mike Jarvis (I think), Ben Braun, Tom Herrion, Larry Eustachy, I'm sure there are others I am missing (I have a 102 degree fever right now).

Also I was gonna say it wasn't a good hire no matter who wku hired. But I honestly think it's a bad hire.

(03-27-2016 07:02 PM)MU42 Wrote:  I don't think this is as good as most think. How often do retread coaches work? We have seen Mike Davis, Matt Dogherty, Mike Jarvis (I think), Ben Braun, Tom Herrion, Larry Eustachy, I'm sure there are others I am missing (I have a 102 degree fever right now).

Also I was gonna say it wasn't a good hire no matter who wku hired. But I honestly think it's a bad hire.

The coaches you mentioned sucked at they're first jobs before they sucked at the second. Rick did good a Miss State

I like the hire, despite the baggage.

(03-27-2016 03:54 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  Great for the Tops. This hire and Mark Price staying has really helped the conference in the last 24 hours.

This.

What will his salary be?

(03-27-2016 09:05 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  What will his salary be?

Guess we will find out tomorrow!

(03-27-2016 07:07 PM)wkuhilltopperfan Wrote:  

(03-27-2016 07:02 PM)MU42 Wrote:  I don't think this is as good as most think. How often do retread coaches work? We have seen Mike Davis, Matt Dogherty, Mike Jarvis (I think), Ben Braun, Tom Herrion, Larry Eustachy, I'm sure there are others I am missing (I have a 102 degree fever right now).

Also I was gonna say it wasn't a good hire no matter who wku hired. But I honestly think it's a bad hire.

The coaches you mentioned sucked at they're first jobs before they sucked at the second. Rick did good a Miss State

Actually most of them made NCAA tournaments and have similar winning percentages to your guy.

(03-27-2016 09:26 PM)SigNuTopper Wrote:  

(03-27-2016 09:05 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  What will his salary be?

Guess we will find out tomorrow!

I hearing possibly 1mil plus

(03-27-2016 10:08 PM)MU42 Wrote:  

(03-27-2016 07:07 PM)wkuhilltopperfan Wrote:  

(03-27-2016 07:02 PM)MU42 Wrote:  I don't think this is as good as most think. How often do retread coaches work? We have seen Mike Davis, Matt Dogherty, Mike Jarvis (I think), Ben Braun, Tom Herrion, Larry Eustachy, I'm sure there are others I am missing (I have a 102 degree fever right now).

Also I was gonna say it wasn't a good hire no matter who wku hired. But I honestly think it's a bad hire.

The coaches you mentioned sucked at they're first jobs before they sucked at the second. Rick did good a Miss State

Actually most of them made NCAA tournaments and have similar winning percentages to your guy.

Most of them took over great programs and tanked them.

Braun wasn't great at Cal, but he did make 5 tournaments during his time at Cal.. He also made multiple NITs... His PAC-12 record was over .500. He just sucked at Rice.

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sport.../82335644/

(03-27-2016 10:11 PM)wkuhilltopperfan Wrote:  

(03-27-2016 09:26 PM)SigNuTopper Wrote:  

(03-27-2016 09:05 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  What will his salary be?

Guess we will find out tomorrow!

I hearing possibly 1mil plus

Will not be that much. Especially with $9 million in budget cuts coming for WKU from the state.

I've heard about the same as what Ray was making. 500k base plus bonuses. With success in next couple years he could get 1mil. 500k would more then double what A&M was paying him.