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Barnes. He's a big enough name to scrape the egg off of bammer's face for not getting Marshall or Smart no matter how tall they stacked the money. They'd be smart to go after Mike White, but he's not a big enough name to meet the expectations they've raised in the trailer park. They have to hire "the next Saban".

Barnes isn't that, but he made the NCAA 16 of 17 years. Three conference championships, two Elite Eights, one Final Four. They can declare victory, and try to not think about how Marshall told them not to bother making a big offer or how both Marshall and Smart jumped at the idea of UT and passed on bammer.

The best part is that we'll get to watch Barnes underachieve at UA too, until they get sick of him after while. The other good thing is that Barnes was horrible at recruiting in-state blue chip kids. I love that part.

The other side of the coin is how sweet would it be to be Marshall and get Texas and Alabama into a bidding war for your services?

That would be great for Marshall. I'm also assuming that he will ultimately want the Texas job. That is a good job, especially when comparing it to the Alabama job. There is a ton of talent at Texas, and Marshall knows how to win. That's a perfect fit, and it may be a job that he would leave Wichita State for.

(03-29-2015 05:45 AM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Barnes. He's a big enough name to scrape the egg off of bammer's face for not getting Marshall or Smart no matter how tall they stacked the money. They'd be smart to go after Mike White, but he's not a big enough name to meet the expectations they've raised in the trailer park. They have to hire "the next Saban".

Barnes isn't that, but he made the NCAA 16 of 17 years. Three conference championships, two Elite Eights, one Final Four. They can declare victory, and try to not think about how Marshall told them not to bother making a big offer or how both Marshall and Smart jumped at the idea of UT and passed on bammer.

The best part is that we'll get to watch Barnes underachieve at UA too, until they get sick of him after while. The other good thing is that Barnes was horrible at recruiting in-state blue chip kids. I love that part.

Shoulda heard Jay Barker trying to argue that Tuscaloosa and Texas were comparable programs and it'd be six of one/half a dozen of the other for Marshall.

Friggin' shameless.

They'll both pay him more than he can spend. The Big 12 is a much better basketball conference.

Then you get around to this. Austin or Tuscaloosa?

Alabama will have to try and find a coach worthy of making a lot more than $1 million a year.

Could you imagine the embarrassment if they hire a no name for a crap load of money?

How is this Blazer related?

(03-29-2015 09:01 AM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  They'll both pay him more than he can spend. The Big 12 is a much better basketball conference.

Then you get around to this. Austin or Tuscaloosa?

Ooooh. One is a destination for for music, food & academia , and the other is in Tuscaloosa county.

(03-29-2015 09:38 AM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Alabama will have to try and find a coach worthy of making a lot more than $1 million a year.

Could you imagine the embarrassment if they hire a no name for a crap load of money?

That's why I think they go after Barnes. His record is credible enough to sell him, and he's been the HC at a major university for years. He's enough of a name that they can shrug off the fact that he just got canned for underachieving. It beats UA going into free fall as they get turned down repeatedly.

Looks like a good fit for both parties.

They seem anxious to mention his 1 year association with Wimp as an assistant like it is overly important.

(03-29-2015 10:51 AM)rook360 Wrote:  How is this Blazer related?

If Bama's difficulties in hiring their top choice of coaches is only its status as a "football only school", probably very little (like trying to recruit nationally ranked players, who line up to go to UKY, to go to Bama). If its difficulties lie in the state in which it exists and the financial problems therein, it may have wider implications.

Other school's coaches may see Anthony Grant's problems as being more than his own shortcomings as a coach, and so may not be eager to try to build their own careers at the Capstone. The "coach to coach grapevine" may not be well publicized, but it undoubtedly exists within that profession.

I think it ties in to us in regards to the Alabama search because our coach just got a $1 million salary & our sister school will be forced to out do us by finding a coach to fit their program with a much higher salary.

I think they were going to go after Marshall for maybe $2.5 million but they may have to settle for a lot less.

It will not look pretty compared to UAB.

So their plan somewhat backfired on them.

(03-29-2015 12:59 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  I think it ties in to us in regards to the Alabama search because our coach just got a $1 million salary & our sister school will be forced to out do us by finding a coach to fit their program with a much higher salary.

I think they were going to go after Marshall for maybe $2.5 million but they may have to settle for a lot less.

It will not look pretty compared to UAB.

So their plan somewhat backfired on them.

As we both point out, the salary offer may be more a reflection of their desperation than the coach's reputation. The question I posed asks WHY?

I believe UKY probably could have hired Calpari for less, but wanted the positive feedback from a "splash hire", BOTH in WHO and in HOW MUCH. I would say BOTH worked out well for them.

Well, Alabama is very very desperate to show that their program is more important that UAB's ( & Auburn's)

The coach's salary is 1 visible way to try and show that.

As of yesterday, Scarbinsky mentioned that Alabama wasn't giving up on Marshall.

(03-29-2015 01:12 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Well, Alabama is very very desperate to show that their program is more important that UAB's ( & Auburn's)

The coach's salary is 1 visible way to try and show that.

As of yesterday, Scarbinsky mentioned that Alabama wasn't giving up on Marshall.

Rawhl Tawhd!!!

It will be interesting to see how the coaches hiring fall.

I would guess that all of the firings have happened, so that leaves mostly Texas, Tennessee, & Alabama fighting to get the best coach.

In normal times, Tennessee would be the better job than Alabama.

(03-29-2015 12:59 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  I think it ties in to us in regards to the Alabama search because our coach just got a $1 million salary & our sister school will be forced to out do us by finding a coach to fit their program with a much higher salary.

I think they were going to go after Marshall for maybe $2.5 million but they may have to settle for a lot less.

It will not look pretty compared to UAB.

So their plan somewhat backfired on them.

A million dollars is chicken feed in the SEC. Not sure, but I believe every coach in the SC make well over a million. How much we pay Haase has no bearing, except in conspiracy bent minds.

What they can pay is not the issue, the quality of the coach they can get is.

Tennessee closing in on hiring Barnes. He's jumping from one UT to the other.

Barnes to tenn
Shaka to Texas
Marshall to UAT
Haase to Wichita state.......