I blame Cowboy and Uncle Mark.

Parrish said yesterday that UCLA should throw the bank at Pitino and he might take it. It gets Quick Rick out of Calipari's shadow and in a big glamourous city.

*** not sure the # or quality of Italian restaurants in LA, but I'm sure there are plenty of them with sturdy tables.

btiger is right. Obviously we are about to become the new Depaul in the Big East. Assuming the Big East even still exists in 2013, there is a very good chance it will all fall apart and we will be forced to play in the Great West or SWAC.

Let's all face facts. We are a Women's Soccer school now. Let's all start acting like it.

(03-01-2012 09:50 AM)Band Tiger Wrote:  There are a handful of jobs at the apex of the college coaching totem pole. UCLA is one of them. A likely scenario resulting from UCLA's struggles, outlined in this SI article, is that Ben Howland will soon be shown the door in Westwood.

How much does Josh covet the UCLA job? He told Gary Parrish on air yesterday that he will be in Memphis as long as he can, but what does that really mean? As with Calipari and the KY job, the UCLA job is one of the most revered coaching positions in the game. Josh is an incredible recruiter, and improving as an overall coach. He is in the dawn of what is on track to become an accomplished career. Hearing his name mentioned in connection with a possible coaching vacancy shouldn't surprise anyone here. However, UCLA isn't just your run of the mill coaching vacancy.

BAN THIS GUY!!!

(03-01-2012 10:45 AM)MuchLuck Wrote:  No worries on this one. The UCLA job has Calipari written all over it.

1. Gives him a chance to move to a dream job before getting caught by the NCAA.
2. Gets him back into a more urban/civilized environment.
3. If there's not already skeletons in the closet, gives him a chance to move to a job without leaving dead bodies behind.
4. If there's already skeletons in the closet, see #1.
5. Might be able to recruit athletes that want to go to college.

Moving from KY to UCLA would be a lateral move for Calipari. The logical next step in his career would be to accept a head coaching position in the NBA.

(03-01-2012 11:27 AM)Crini Wrote:  btiger is right. Obviously we are about to become the new Depaul in the Big East. Assuming the Big East even still exists in 2013, there is a very good chance it will all fall apart and we will be forced to play in the Great West or SWAC.

Let's all face facts. We are a Women's Soccer school now. Let's all start acting like it.

(03-01-2012 11:33 AM)Band Tiger Wrote:  

(03-01-2012 10:45 AM)MuchLuck Wrote:  No worries on this one. The UCLA job has Calipari written all over it.

1. Gives him a chance to move to a dream job before getting caught by the NCAA.
2. Gets him back into a more urban/civilized environment.
3. If there's not already skeletons in the closet, gives him a chance to move to a job without leaving dead bodies behind.
4. If there's already skeletons in the closet, see #1.
5. Might be able to recruit athletes that want to go to college.

Moving from KY to UCLA would be a lateral move for Calipari. The logical next step in his career would be to accept a head coaching position in the NBA.

How's that different than Kentucky?

(03-01-2012 11:13 AM)paztiger Wrote:  they just spent a lot to buyout Neuhiesel's contract in football and wouldn't have the money to do the same in basketball in these tough economic times.

That's a crock. If UCLA needs to make a coaching change in basketball, that money will appear this afternoon.

(03-01-2012 11:26 AM)MemphisTiger15 Wrote:  Parrish said yesterday that UCLA should throw the bank at Pitino and he might take it. It gets Quick Rick out of Calipari's shadow and in a big glamourous city.

*** not sure the # or quality of Italian restaurants in LA, but I'm sure there are plenty of them with sturdy tables.

If UCLA comes knocking on Rick Pitino's door he has to answer, the same applies to Pastner.

(03-01-2012 11:18 AM)Bill83 Wrote:  If their smart they hang onto howland until Bruce Pearl can coach again

Bruce will end up back at UT...

(03-01-2012 11:36 AM)99Tiger Wrote:  

(03-01-2012 11:13 AM)paztiger Wrote:  they just spent a lot to buyout Neuhiesel's contract in football and wouldn't have the money to do the same in basketball in these tough economic times.

That's a crock. If UCLA needs to make a coaching change in basketball, that money will appear this afternoon.

Agreed, tough economic times for the general population does not translate into tough economic times for UCLA booster.

This is why my ignore list is sooooo long. I have to keep ignoring the same people over and over.

I long for the day when our head football coaching job can become a stepping stone job like our head BB coaching job.

Nothing would make me happier than to see Fuente get poached by a "better" FB school because he does such a bang up job here.

Et tu TG4?

(03-01-2012 10:22 AM)btiger Wrote:  we will soon find out........ both of the los angeles schools are interested in josh.

When did btiger become a UCLA insider?

Wait...is btiger really WWWes?

(03-01-2012 11:13 AM)paztiger Wrote:  I don't see JP going to UCLA with the turmoil that they are about to face. In fact, I don't see Howland being fired as Andy Katz pointed out, they just spent a lot to buyout Neuhiesel's contract in football and wouldn't have the money to do the same in basketball in these tough economic times.

But, say they did, and JP was offered the job, it wouldn't be as if we couldn't replace him with a BCS proven coach. Times are much different now than they were when the snake bit us and left us to die. Coaches knew under Cal there would be fallout and there was, with the Rose situation. Now all of that is in the past, this is a top 10 job and with the talent we have coming back and in, it wouldn't be hard to find a solid, if not better replacement.

Another thing is that Shaq is signed and the only way he could get out is if the UM let him out. But, he would NOT be able to go play for Josh due to new rules.

If JP did take an open UCLA position, now's not the time for a young coach who is still learning how to coach to take over such a historical program. They would eat him alive and spit him out in Hollywood.

I don't want Josh to leave, yet. But if he does, then good luck to him and we'll be fine in the process. That all being said, he's not going anywhere, at least not to LA or UCLA, and this thread is a waste of all of our time.

Btiger, you can do better than this. Where's the latest info on that new stadium downtown?

UCLA is spending $200M to renovate Pauley Pavilion. I think that they could find a few extra bucks if they needed to get rid of Howland.

The rules don't say that a recruit can't follow a coach to another school. They only say that a clause can't be added to a NLI that would release the recruit if the coach leaves, i.e the Calipari rule.

If Josh were to go to UCLA he would have about 50 BTigers to deal with

I think UCLA keeps Howland, no clue about USC

(03-01-2012 09:57 AM)Willie Becton Wrote:  need a poll thread.
which of the recently banned posters got a new screen name and started this thread?

UCLA troll

(03-01-2012 10:39 AM)Band Tiger Wrote:  

(03-01-2012 10:37 AM)BK#14 Wrote:  

(03-01-2012 10:23 AM)Band Tiger Wrote:  Josh is currently recruiting UCLA type players. Jordan Adams, Tony Parker, Shaw Goodwin, etc. The list goes on and on. Also, Josh is the polar opposite of Ben Howland in terms of personality. Josh picked up the pieces after Calipari left and had a respectable NIT showing, won the C-USA tourney and lost a nail biter against Arizona last year, and this year will take home the C-USA regular season trophy at the very least. A timeline of steady improvement for someone who is learning on the job.

WTF is a UCLA type player???????

A UCLA type player is the type of player recruited by UCLA.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basket...rdan-adams
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basket...aq-goodwin
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basket...ony-parker
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basket...z-muhammad

Aren't these also Memphis type players?