New coach search...
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There is better than a 5% chance that we get Marshall.
A lot of rumors but it looks very, very promising since Battle has been in Wichita most of the day talking with Marshall. I've heard $4.1/year for 6 years is the offer, possibly some facility upgrades but nothing specific.
Earle, if in fact css did make these comments, maybe he should be the coach we pursue. Seems to show a lot of respect for Bama.
It's too late for Alabama to move away from Marshall, also, we have every reason to believe he holds the Alabama program in the same esteem. However, Smart has been the #2 option in my opinion, (followed by the much maligned Barnes, heh), but with the interest Texas appears to be showing it could be too little too late anyway. Alabama looks to have their guy and if so, I'm very pleased.
Thank you for the update.There is better than a 5% chance that we get Marshall.
Rick Barnes is expected to get the job at Tennessee according to Al.com and I'm real intriqued by that.
If Alabama lands Marshall, that means three SEC programs just added coaches that have been to the final four. A list was posted, of something like 31 coaches in the past couple decades that have been to the final four. The SEC adding 3 in a relatively short period of time is pretty impressive.
One of 13 Division one coaches with over 600 wins.
Over 400 wins at Texas against a hundred and something losses.
A final four appearance and several Sweet Sixteens.
The guy can flat out recruit.
I'm not completely sold on his X's and O's but he can recruit like crazy...or maybe those Texas Boosters can
@JonRothstein BREAKING: VCU's Shaka Smart is in discussions with Texas about its head coaching vacancy, sources told @CBSSports. Story coming.
If Shaka goes to Texas, that means Bama better make sure it has Marshall.
If Shaka goes to Texas, that means Bama better make sure it has Marshall.
Why, 'cause he'll write his memoirs someday about moving from one former "football school" to another? Barnes may even compare himself to Houston Nutt in career trajectory - speaking of whom, if we may digress from the Marshall Plan, what's happened to Houston's brother Dicky at Southeastern Mo. State and was it bloodless or did he get a better job? (But not the Alabama job, alas...)
The options are dwindling, but I guess that goes both ways. Marshall and Alabama really could be the last two standing, but if Smart really does like Alabama a lot, he could just stall and in the very least get more money if Alabama and Texas are left fighting over him. Doesn't seem like he needs to rush things (unless that Pat Forde article is right, but... at this point it doesn't seem like Marshall is drooling over the Texas job).
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Boy you got that right. My big concern initially was that Marshall would turn us down and Bama fans would be gravely disappointed if we hired Smart, or Howland, or Barnes, or whoever, which I thought would have been unfair to the new coach.
Now, it's like if we don't get Marshall we're starting from scratch and three pretty darn darn prospects are gone.
I'll say this though. I had the privilege to meet Bill Battle back in the 80's when he was in business for himself or in a partnership, whatever. I was working for a company building a hospital and I think his company provided the windows. Hard to remember.
At any rate he's a very engaging and dynamic personality.
If he and Marshall are still talking at this hour, there's about a 90% chance that we're going to hire him, in my humble opinion.
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