His whole family is sick.Vacation cancelled? This is how you know we're not getting good news.
His whole family is sick.Vacation cancelled? This is how you know we're not getting good news.
They are jumping for joy over these rumors. They can’t wait for TJ to leave Las Vegas. Not hard to find their fans on social media.Hope you're right. I could definitely see UNLV fans wanting to get rid of TJ, that's for sure.
I think Otz is the bagman from what I've heard.We are going to need a bagman if I remember correctly how Auburn got the most important piece to that title.
If true, it is a weak hire. If you want to build momentum in a slumping program, you don't quickly hire a .500 coach from a mid major program. For crying out loud, are we Iowa State or Indiana State? It looks cheap and third tier.....I remember the late 70's ISU Basketball. Johnny Orr built something out of that. He was from MICHIGAN! Why are settling for TJ? He doesn't deserve to coach at a Major D1 program...yet. This says winning doesn't matter.
I would love to hear you expand on the talent he had at UNLV this year. I certainly see the talent due in next year, but his team was not talented this year.
We are going to need a bagman if I remember correctly how Auburn got the most important piece to that title.
Not sure about this. i think he and Turgeon were fighting about the ISU job.Juwan Howard apparently turned Jamie down, but he was higher on the list than Otz.
They’re all dippin dollars at the Spearmint Rhino this time of nightWhat was it like on here when we found out Fred was leaving? I ask because it seems odd to me that the UNLV board is basically silent. A few posts all surrounding the Vegas Journal story...but no one can confirm anything or is hearing anything solid. Seems like if a coach was leaving there would be more action on a site.
I hear you. But I think Jamie has been plotting this since February 1st.I’ll support whom ever is hired, but to make a hire after 2ish days seems completely opposite to what JP said this morning.
What was it like on here when we found out Fred was leaving? I ask because it seems odd to me that the UNLV board is basically silent. A few posts all surrounding the Vegas Journal story...but no one can confirm anything or is hearing anything solid. Seems like if a coach was leaving there would be more action on a site.
They’re all dippin dollars at the Spearmint Rhino this time of night
You would not believe how they have the plexi glass set up in that place. Some very interesting angles cut.
Of course not, he wasn’t horrible like Prohm. Why do you ask?Did Larry go winless in his last year? He had Vroman, Homan, Sullivan plus Blaylock and Stinson incoming.
Guess we differ in that I don’t think our opening is as poor as you do. As a few have mentioned, The Athletic had an article today about the opening and had a lot of good things to say about the ISU BB job. Doesn’t mean that TJ was the wrong choice, just that we should have had some good candidates. It would appear TJ was the only candidate. Hope it works.He’s a fit right now.
- The program just went winless in conference, it can’t be much worse
- Covid blew a hole in the athletic dept budget
- Other high-profile openings in the Midwest (Indiana, MN)
- He comes relatively cheap until he proves himself
- He has deep ties to ISU and wants to be in Ames
- He proven success recruiting to Ames
They are jumping
For a MWC school, this years UNLV team had solid talent:
Add Caleb Grill and a couple other nice role players and this could have been a top 3-4 MWC team this year. The problem wasn't talent- it's that the talent didn't mesh. And they had some bad luck in their starting PG getting hurt. Plus they had a Covid shutdown.
- Jenkins followed TJ to UNLV and was a Summit League 1st teamer. He ended up being 3rd team all MWC this season
- Hamilton was a carryover player and potential MWC
- Diong their center was All-Defense 1st Team
CMC had a lot of interest from at least Mizzou and I'd imagine others. He was a big get for Iowa State, iirc he and PJ Fleck were the two big candidates from that offseason?Not saying it's going to be the same but wasn't CMC's hiring process similar?
Got hired the week after the last game in 2015.
TJ is the bagman.We are going to need a bagman if I remember correctly how Auburn got the most important piece to that title.