Watch the Aggies hire Gregg Marshall.

Greg Heiar is an interesting candidate. He was on Gregg Marshall's staff at Wichita State during the same time Chris Jans was there. He also played for Chris Jans at Kirkwood CC (1996-97) and coached under him at Chipola CC (2003-04). He then took over the HC job at Chipola CC where he guided his 35-2 team to a 3rd place finish in the NJCAA Tournament (2009). Heiar won 164 games in five seasons at Chipola. That is almost 33 wins a season.

Presently, Heiar's Northwest Florida team just won the NJCAA National Championship and has five legit high D1 players on that roster with four of them still uncommitted. The one player NMSU coveted, freshman Brennen Rigsby committed to Oregon but who knows? If NMSU hires Heiar it might sway Rigsby to reconsider his commitment.

Nevertheless, it appears NMSU might have some capable coaching options to replace Jans.

(03-23-2022 02:46 PM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  

That's quite a bump in pay. No way the Aggies or anyone in the WAC can compete with that.

Well will see if Chris Jans can make Mississippi State relevant in the SEC. I believe he will do so. But the track record of prior Aggie coaches hasn't been good. Reggie Theus left NMSU for the Sacramento Kings and got fired after one season. Menzies only lasted three seasons at UNLV before he was fired. And, Paul Weir lasted only four years of a six year contract at UNM before he was shown the door.

Ex coaches are generally dead to me. I don’t really care what they do when they’re gone. Of course, I do get a little satisfaction out of seeing them flounder.

(03-23-2022 08:06 PM)Todor Wrote:  Ex coaches are generally dead to me. I don’t really care what they do when they’re gone. Of course, I do get a little satisfaction out of seeing them flounder.

I love watching what Golding is doing at UTEP. He is a quality guy and was at the WAC Tourney cheering us on, as well as doing interviews with us. He will always be an ACU fan no matter where he is coaching. He did great things and received a great offer that opened up a spot for Tanner to make his mark on the team.

(03-23-2022 08:06 PM)Todor Wrote:  Ex coaches are generally dead to me. I don’t really care what they do when they’re gone. Of course, I do get a little satisfaction out of seeing them flounder.

Sounds kind of sore loser-ish. Except for Paul Weir, not sure why you would take joy in seeing Menzies, Theus, or Jans flounder. I’m sure if a job came calling to you, offering 4x your pay, you would take it too. Maybe not the very first one, but they would get you eventually.

(03-23-2022 09:02 PM)Outsider Wrote:  

(03-23-2022 08:06 PM)Todor Wrote:  Ex coaches are generally dead to me. I don’t really care what they do when they’re gone. Of course, I do get a little satisfaction out of seeing them flounder.

I love watching what Golding is doing at UTEP. He is a quality guy and was at the WAC Tourney cheering us on, as well as doing interviews with us. He will always be an ACU fan no matter where he is coaching. He did great things and received a great offer that opened up a spot for Tanner to make his mark on the team.

A little different there. Golding played at ACU and coached there for 10 years. Jans is from Iowa? Only coached at NMSU for 5 years and will probably never visit Las Cruces again.

(03-23-2022 09:50 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-23-2022 09:02 PM)Outsider Wrote:  

(03-23-2022 08:06 PM)Todor Wrote:  Ex coaches are generally dead to me. I don’t really care what they do when they’re gone. Of course, I do get a little satisfaction out of seeing them flounder.

I love watching what Golding is doing at UTEP. He is a quality guy and was at the WAC Tourney cheering us on, as well as doing interviews with us. He will always be an ACU fan no matter where he is coaching. He did great things and received a great offer that opened up a spot for Tanner to make his mark on the team.

A little different there. Golding played at ACU and coached there for 10 years. Jans is from Iowa? Only coached at NMSU for 5 years and will probably never visit Las Cruces again.

True, but our current football coach was approached because of a phone call by an ex coach who had no history of going or playing here but still loved the institution and what it stood for. He didn't come back, but when a candidate that he felt was right for the job became available he stepped in. There are good and bad coaches/people everywhere. I have good and bad feelings about various ex coaches and current coaches. I don't have a general ill feeling.

(03-23-2022 09:46 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-23-2022 08:06 PM)Todor Wrote:  Ex coaches are generally dead to me. I don’t really care what they do when they’re gone. Of course, I do get a little satisfaction out of seeing them flounder.

Sounds kind of sore loser-ish. Except for Paul Weir, not sure why you would take joy in seeing Menzies, Theus, or Jans flounder. I’m sure if a job came calling to you, offering 4x your pay, you would take it too. Maybe not the very first one, but they would get you eventually.

I wanted Menzies and want Jans to succeed. As for Theus and Weir, not so much. UNM/ABQ played a part in ending their tenure at NMSU. As we know, Weir jumped ship to our archrival. A big no-no for Aggie fan. With regards to Reggie Theus, the Maloof brothers (Coors Distributing) out of ABQ owned the Sacramento Kings and offered Theus the King's HC job when he was starting to get the Aggie program rolling. I feel the Maloofs hiring of Theus was for two fold... They wanted a new coach for their franchise and they also wanted to derail the progress of the Aggie program; as the Maloofs were (are) more closely attached to UNM.

(03-23-2022 10:03 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  

(03-23-2022 09:46 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-23-2022 08:06 PM)Todor Wrote:  Ex coaches are generally dead to me. I don’t really care what they do when they’re gone. Of course, I do get a little satisfaction out of seeing them flounder.

Sounds kind of sore loser-ish. Except for Paul Weir, not sure why you would take joy in seeing Menzies, Theus, or Jans flounder. I’m sure if a job came calling to you, offering 4x your pay, you would take it too. Maybe not the very first one, but they would get you eventually.

I wanted Menzies and want Jans to succeed. As for Theus and Weir, not so much. UNM/ABQ played a part in ending their tenure at NMSU. As we know, Weir jumped ship to our archrival. A big no-no for Aggie fan. With regards to Reggie Theus, the Maloof brothers (Coors Distributing) out of ABQ owned the Sacramento Kings and offered Theus the King's HC job when he was starting to get the Aggie program rolling. I feel the Maloofs hiring of Theus was for two fold... They wanted a new coach for their franchise and they also wanted to derail the progress of the Aggie program; as the Maloofs were (are) more closely attached to UNM.

Interesting. Didn’t know that. However, how did that work out for the Kings? Seemed to work out pretty well for NMSU. Should be water under the bridge now.

We got stuck with Menzies for 9 looongg boring years after they took Theus.

(03-24-2022 02:17 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  We got stuck with Menzies for 9 looongg boring years after they took Theus.

Only 5 NCAA and a NIT appearance. How awful!

(03-24-2022 02:31 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 02:17 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  We got stuck with Menzies for 9 looongg boring years after they took Theus.

Only 5 NCAA and a NIT appearance. How awful!

Lol life was miserable my friend.

(03-24-2022 04:15 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 02:31 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 02:17 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  We got stuck with Menzies for 9 looongg boring years after they took Theus.

Only 5 NCAA and a NIT appearance. How awful!

Lol life was miserable my friend.

Wait till CUSA. You’ll wish you could have that success.

Most of Menzies success was against the old FBS playing WAC. That WAC was stronger than the CUSA NMSU will be joining. Depending on who we get as a new coach, that will dictate if NMSU will remain dominant or slide back into the pack.

(03-24-2022 04:19 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 04:15 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 02:31 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 02:17 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  We got stuck with Menzies for 9 looongg boring years after they took Theus.

Only 5 NCAA and a NIT appearance. How awful!

Lol life was miserable my friend.

Wait till CUSA. You’ll wish you could have that success.

There is no one that sticks out in CUSA. I’m sure we will still have similar success to what Menzies had (5 in 10 years). As long as we get the right coach, we’re good.

(03-26-2022 01:08 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 04:19 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 04:15 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 02:31 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 02:17 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  We got stuck with Menzies for 9 looongg boring years after they took Theus.

Only 5 NCAA and a NIT appearance. How awful!

Lol life was miserable my friend.

Wait till CUSA. You’ll wish you could have that success.

There is no one that sticks out in CUSA. I’m sure we will still have similar success to what Menzies had (5 in 10 years). As long as we get the right coach, we’re good.

I predict NMSU will actually dominate CUSA like they did in the WAC. If the Aggies had stayed in the WAC, I do not think this would be the case. Basically, after a few years the WAC will likely be a more powerful basketball conference than CUSA. The Aggies will continue to be a big fish in a small pond.

(03-26-2022 11:08 PM)DZ1 Wrote:  

(03-26-2022 01:08 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 04:19 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 04:15 PM)Trod0 Wrote:  

(03-24-2022 02:31 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  Only 5 NCAA and a NIT appearance. How awful!

Lol life was miserable my friend.

Wait till CUSA. You’ll wish you could have that success.

There is no one that sticks out in CUSA. I’m sure we will still have similar success to what Menzies had (5 in 10 years). As long as we get the right coach, we’re good.

I predict NMSU will actually dominate CUSA like they did in the WAC. If the Aggies had stayed in the WAC, I do not think this would be the case. Basically, after a few years the WAC will likely be a more powerful basketball conference than CUSA. The Aggies will continue to be a big fish in a small pond.

Is this a serious post?