GAME THREAD West Virginia basketball at Iowa State
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There is a difference between outright shitcanning Huggins and someone in the administration discussing the last 5 years being under the bar for Huggins first 10 years here and/or the not so bright outlook for the future right now. I think if Huggins retires without a decent post season team in his last year it will be because the admin nudged him in that direction. This is assuming no big health issues lead to his retirement. He's spent his career being stubborn and dogged, so I see no reason it will not end the same way.
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Taz should have NEVER been the guy taking the ball out after the timeout. Who decided that?
As soon as the press starts acting like the press and stop with the softball questions, the wheels will start turning toward retirement. Right now, the only pressure and stress Huggins gets would be from himself. Heaven knows the administration and WV media aren't giving him heat.
The issue stems from what happens if a writer from WV is denied access to covering WVU? That’s why you never see hard hitting media coverage from our local media, with the same issue for most rural programs. Even some NFL teams have this issue.
Which is exactly what Cat did, only to go out in a shameful exit that Pasthisprime did nothing about.
Like you know what should and should not have been. If The players had listened and went up court then come back to him the ball would have been thrown in correctly.
How so? It's hard for any one to admit when they are unable to do the thing they were best at previously to a high level anymore. It is easy to lie to yourself and keep at it until it absolutely falls apart. Sometimes it does take someone else laying it out to see things clearly. If Huggins does not retire on a high note, I'd bet it would be because the risk of a Catlett like last season seems more likely than one last glorious run. He may see that himself or he may need a little push. Of course he could maybe take another scrappy squad to at least one NCAA tournament victory and call it a career. But I fear after another season like this one, not seeing the NCAA ever again before age/health forces retirement becomes the more likely outcome.
There' no point in trying to have a reasoned discussion with Koko. You won't get a measured response to even the most tempered of questions/criticisms of Huggins (players? sure, admonish away). You're stuck only with petulance and sad, retarded attempts at condescension.
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Welcome to the Coaches Database Hot Seat Report, an updating list of college basketball head coaches with low job security. With each update, coaches will be added, removed and shuffled around based on their performance (note: coaches are listed alphabetically). To see the list of coaching changes that have already happened, head over to the Coaching Carousel page (or here for last year’s list).
UPDATED: Friday, February 11, 2022
YOUR CHAIR IS ON FIRE, SIR
Coaches at the end of the line at their current school. You should be seeing them here soon enough.
- Jeff Capel III (Pittsburgh)
- Capel’s deal runs through the 2026-27 season, as he was given a two-year extension in 2020 despite not having a winning season at Pitt. It was a rebuilding job when he took it so the first couple years are excused, but now in year four it is time to show that he can actually win games with this program. Pitt opened the season by getting smoked at home by The Citadel and now sit at the bottom of the ACC at 4-10.
- Tom Crean (Georgia)
- The red flags have been piling up in Athens, namely the mass exodus last offseason that included the six leading scorers among eight Bulldogs leaving UGA. Crean finished 13th in the SEC with #1 pick Anthony Edwards and then 10th last year at 14-12 (7-11). Recruiting, which has always been a calling card for Crean, has also fallen off: last year’s class was good but two freshmen left and this year’s class ranked 11th in the SEC (59th nationally). The Bulldogs are again in the league basement (currently 1-10, 6-18 overall). He’s got two years left on his deal, but UGA would only be on the hook for $1.6M if they were to fire him this year.
- Bobby Hurley (Arizona State)
- A splashy hire in 2015, Hurley was lured away from the East Coast after two successful seasons at Buffalo. The talent level has been strong (Remy Martin, Lu Dort, Josh Christopher, Marcus Bagley, etc) but the Sun Devils have consistently underachieved under Hurley. Last year’s squad went 11-14 despite having the 8th best recruiting class in the country and this year is a disaster, headlined by a 29 (!!!!!!) point offensive performance at home. Hurley’s deal runs through 2023-24 and he is making too much money to consistently miss or early exit from the NCAAs. It is unlikely that anything (even beating #3 UCLA in 3OT) will save his job at this point.
- Chris Mooney (Richmond)
- It seemed like Mooney finally had some job security after 2019-20, when the Spiders won 24 games and would have been NCAA-bound. But with high expectations last year and a fast start that included an impressive win at Kentucky, the team fell flat and finished 8th in the A-10. Expectations were high again this year with so much coming back, but the Spiders are middle of the pack at 7-5. Mooney will likely miss the NCAA Tournament again (the second-to-last year of his deal), so we think he is done.
- Bruce Weber (Kansas State)
- Winning a share of the Big 12 title in year one was an anomaly for Weber until 2019, when the Wildcats finally ended rival Kansas‘ title streak and won the thing outright. That party was short-lived, however, as Weber’s crew regressed to 11-21 and 9-20 in the last two seasons. Now in his tenth year at K-State, Weber is under contract through 2022-23 and his buyout is down to $1M.
THIS SEAT IS RATHER WARM
These coaches need to start winning right now, but that may not even be enough…
- Mike Brennan (American)
- Brennan has been at American since 2013, with his first season being his lone postseason appearance (they won the Patriot League Tournament to get to the NCAAs for the third-time in program history). However, the Eagles have finished above .500 just twice since then, most recently a 16-14 record in 2019-20. We had Brennan on our list back in 2019 but removed him after the Eagles strong together a couple of stronger seasons. But things have regressed and AU again sits at the bottom of the league at 2-10 (6-18) overall. This is a contract year for Brennan, who was given a two-year extension in 2019.
- Joe Dooley (East Carolina)
- Dooley returned to ECU for a second stint as head coach in 2018 after five successful years at Florida Gulf Coast. However, things have gone worse than they did the first time he was with the Pirates, when he was fired after four seasons with no postseason appearances. This is now year four again (eight overall) and Dooley is just 29-52 (10-36) this time around, with two years left on a deal that pays him close to $1M/yr despite three-straight 11th place AAC finishes.
- LaVall Jordan (Butler)
- In four full seasons on Jordan, Butler has been to one NCAA Tournament (in year one with Chris Holtmann‘s roster) and twice finished below .500. The Bulldogs are currently 11-13 (4-9) and finished 7th in the Maui Invitational last November. Butler hired Jordan in 2017 with just one year of head coaching experience – he went 11-24 at Milwaukee – but as a former Bulldog player and assistant he checked a lot of boxes. Now in year five, it’s time to start wondering if the hire was the right call.
- Kevin Keatts (NC State)
- This hire was widely praised back in 2017 but the Kevin Keatts Era at NC State has not gone well, thus far. The Pack won 20+ games in each of his first three seasons but never really contended in the ACC and had just one NCAA Tournament appearance during that span. After getting to the NIT last year, State will not be playing in the postseason at all this season as they currently in last place in the league at just 3-11 (10-15 overall). Keatts is under contract through 2025-26 and his buyout is reportedly $1.1M per remaining season, which is probably a cost that NC State boosters will gladly cover to turn over a new leaf.
- Matt McCall (UMass)
- An up-and-coming mid-major coach, McCall burst onto the scene by building off of Will Wade‘s success at Chattanooga, winning the SoCon and reaching the NCAA Tournament in his first year. The success waned a bit the following season, but that was enough to land the bigger UMass job. Now in his fifth season with the Minutemen, McCall has just one winning season (8-7 last year) and is consistently at the bottom of the A-10. He’s in the second-to-last year of his deal, a five-year contract that was extended to six in 2018, with what is likely a minimal buyout.
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Here are those guys that are having a rough year (or two… or three…) but aren’t in total danger. Yet.
- Mike Brey (Notre Dame)
- Brey has been in charge since 2000 and his overall accomplishments are undeniable, but his back-to-back Elite Eights seem like a lifetime ago – last year’s team was 11-15 and recent recruiting classes have ranked among the worst in the ACC. Basketball pales in comparison to football in South Bend but this is still a really great job that coaches across the country will line up for when it does become available. The Irish are currently at the top of the ACC standings, which will likely get the heat off Brey’s back for a bit despite this being a down year for the league at large.
- Mark Fox (California)
- This was kind of an odd hire for Cal, as Fox had been just been fired after nine average but not great seasons at Georgia. He has some experience out West (mostly at Nevada), but his name was not floating around much during the hiring process. After going 14-18 in his first year and dropping to 8-19 last year, Fox lost his best player (Matt Bradley) to a transfer and the Bears are currently 10-15 (a double-digit home loss to UC San Diego was particularly rough). Fox’s buyout is small (~$1.3M) but with the athletic department still pulling out of a budget hole it would make sense to give him one more year to figure it out – the buyout drops to $900k next year.
- Frank Haith (Tulsa)
- Haith received an undisclosed contract extension from Tulsa in March 2021 a year removed from winning a share of the AAC title, but the Golden Hurricane are currently the worst team in the league at just 1-10 (7-15 overall). Haith has been fine at Tulsa but has just two postseason appearances and he is on his way to a fourth 7th-place or worse finish. Plus those two postseasons – one NIT and one NCAA – came off the heels of Danny Manning‘s C-USA title and NCAA Tournament season in 2013-14.
- Matt Lottich (Valparaiso)
- Five years ago, Lottich became the first Valpo head coach from outside the Drew family since 1988 and early results were strong. But after winning the 2017 Horizon title, the program moved to the MVC and have finished above .500 just once since. There are different standards for mid-majors but Valpo has a strong track record that includes nine NCAA Tournament bids since 1996. Lottich’s team features a new nickname (the Beacons!), a lot of new faces and last year’s leading scorer (Ben Krikke), but things are off to a rough start: Valpo dropped both of their exhibition games to D-II opponents at home and now sit at 11-13 (4-8).
- Cuonzo Martin (Missouri)
- The Tigers made the Tournament last year, the second in four years under Cuonzo Martin, but were bounced in their first game on both occasions. The majority of offensive production either graduated or transferred out and this year’s squad now sits at the bottom of the SEC. Mizzou got crushed in both rivalry games and also lost to both Kansas City and Wichita State in the non-conference before dropping its SEC opener at Kentucky by 27. Martin’s buyout is $3M until May 1st, when it drops to $1M.
- Frank Martin (South Carolina)
- Martin was atop the basketball world in 2017, having led 7-seed South Carolina to its first-ever Final Four. It was an incredible coaching job that capped off a second-straight 25+ win season and all was well in Gamecock Country. But the tides have turned and Martin’s group is coming off an embarrassing 12th place finish in which they won just 4 of 16 SEC games. Seven players transferred out (and one turned pro) and the roster features a whopping 10 new names this year. He did, however, receive a two-year extension last summer (now contracted through 2024-25) that features a ~$3M buyout if he’s fired in 2022.
COACHES THAT ARE SAFE (FOR NOW)
This section is comprised of coaches who were previously in one of the above categories this season or are just starting to feel heat but are not yet in any real danger of being fired.
- Brad Brownell (Clemson)
- We have been up and down with Brownell, which is pretty much how his tenure at Clemson has gone since he was hired in 2010. This year’s team is 12-12 (4-9) and without any resume-building non-conference wins. But the contract extension he signed in October 2021 will make it VERY expensive to fire him without cause over the next couple of years.
- Chris Collins (Northwestern)
- While Collins will be forever remembered in Evanston for leading Northwestern to its first-ever NCAA Tournament in 2017, that success is nothing but a distant memory. The regression has been stark and rapid, with the Wildcats finishing 10th or worse in the Big Ten every year since. There are few major programs with a history as uneventful as Northwestern’s and now that the folksy NCAA streak is over, the Wildcats are just a bad power conference team. Bill Carmody got 13 years without an NCAA bid, but times have changed. Collins proved that Northwestern can go dancing, changing the perception of the job for coaches across the country who might now be more interested.
- Patrick Ewing (Georgetown)
- Ewing reportedly signed a six-year deal in 2017 that runs through next season, and while he remains one of the biggest stars in Georgetown’s illustrious history that has not translated to his coaching career. The Hall of Famer is having his worst season at the helm in 2021-22, still winless in the Big East (0-12) and just 6-17 overall. The Hoyas reached the NIT in 2019 and made a surprise NCAA Tournament appearance last year, but the overall product has been bad. If it was anyone else, we would have him much higher on this list. But we don’t expect Georgetown to fire Patrick Ewing. Maybe he leaves on his own accord and heads back to the NBA? Maybe they just part ways next year after the contract runs out? But a firing seems unlikely.
- Mike Hopkins (Washington)
- Look, Hopkins will have close to $10 million guaranteed if he is fired after this season so we can’t imagine he will be. But things are bad enough at Washington, 20-38 (9-29 Pac-12) over the last two years with 12th and 11th place finishes, that we have to include him down here. The Huskies already have five losses mid-major competition (three at home), cranking up the heat as high as it can be when a buyout of that size looms above.
- Dan Hurley (Connecticut)
- The Huskies got bounced in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last year, their first in three years under Hurley and their first season back in the Big East. They will likely be back in the Dance this year, but the mediocrity has fans completely turning on their head coach. UConn hired Hurley in 2018 after he took Rhode Island to back-to-back NCAAs, but he just can’t turn a corner. He signed a two-year extension (through 2026-27) last year and the athletic program just had to shell out $11M+ to Kevin Ollie and $5M+ to Bob Diaco, so not sure how much buyout money is truly available right now.
- Tim Jankovich (SMU)
- After going 39-5 in his first season and a half at the helm, things were looking great for Jankovich at SMU. But as Larry Brown’s players filtered out, the tide quickly turned to mediocrity. The Mustangs have improved a bit in the last two years (19-11 and 11-6, respectively) but Moody Coliseum is (at best) half-full every game and fans have completely lost interest in SMU basketball. This year’s team is green, with massive turnover and the second-best recruiting class in the AAC (33rd nationally), so we may see some steps back before the program makes any more strides. Will Jankovich be around to see that happen?
- Mike White (Florida)
- The Gators should be serious SEC title contenders every year and that has not been the case under most of Mike White’s time in Gainesville. White is getting to the Tournament but hasn’t moved past the first weekend since 2017. Florida also hasn’t finished better than a tie for fourth in the SEC over the last three years and fans are getting restless. Then there was the blowout loss at home to Texas Southern that was by far the worst loss for any high-major program this season. AD Scott Stricklin gave White a two-year extension (through 2027) last summer so UF will owe White $1.75M per year remaining if they fire him without cause ($8.75M in 2022). That’s why we still have him as safe.
Ohhhhh......that "up and back" fake out! Works in pee-wee leagues on Saturday. Dumb players!
Which is why they lost. You don't try to hand off the ball 2 inches away with 3 guys guarding him.
Go back. Look at the game film. Sherman passed it in to Bridges. Wasn't a "hand off". And wasn't 3 guys around him either.
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Hot Seat Report - 21 College Basketball Coaches on the Hot Seat
The Coaches Database College Basketball Hot Seat Report lists men's D-I head coaches in danger of losing their jobs and is updated regularly.
Hot Seat Report
Welcome to the Coaches Database Hot Seat Report, an updating list of college basketball head coaches with low job security. With each update, coaches will be added, removed and shuffled around based on their performance (note: coaches are listed alphabetically). To see the list of coaching changes that have already happened, head over to the Coaching Carousel page (or here for last year’s list).
UPDATED: Friday, February 11, 2022
YOUR CHAIR IS ON FIRE, SIR
Coaches at the end of the line at their current school. You should be seeing them here soon enough.
- Jeff Capel III (Pittsburgh)
- Capel’s deal runs through the 2026-27 season, as he was given a two-year extension in 2020 despite not having a winning season at Pitt. It was a rebuilding job when he took it so the first couple years are excused, but now in year four it is time to show that he can actually win games with this program. Pitt opened the season by getting smoked at home by The Citadel and now sit at the bottom of the ACC at 4-10.
- Tom Crean (Georgia)
- The red flags have been piling up in Athens, namely the mass exodus last offseason that included the six leading scorers among eight Bulldogs leaving UGA. Crean finished 13th in the SEC with #1 pick Anthony Edwards and then 10th last year at 14-12 (7-11). Recruiting, which has always been a calling card for Crean, has also fallen off: last year’s class was good but two freshmen left and this year’s class ranked 11th in the SEC (59th nationally). The Bulldogs are again in the league basement (currently 1-10, 6-18 overall). He’s got two years left on his deal, but UGA would only be on the hook for $1.6M if they were to fire him this year.
- Bobby Hurley (Arizona State)
- A splashy hire in 2015, Hurley was lured away from the East Coast after two successful seasons at Buffalo. The talent level has been strong (Remy Martin, Lu Dort, Josh Christopher, Marcus Bagley, etc) but the Sun Devils have consistently underachieved under Hurley. Last year’s squad went 11-14 despite having the 8th best recruiting class in the country and this year is a disaster, headlined by a 29 (!!!!!!) point offensive performance at home. Hurley’s deal runs through 2023-24 and he is making too much money to consistently miss or early exit from the NCAAs. It is unlikely that anything (even beating #3 UCLA in 3OT) will save his job at this point.
- Chris Mooney (Richmond)
- It seemed like Mooney finally had some job security after 2019-20, when the Spiders won 24 games and would have been NCAA-bound. But with high expectations last year and a fast start that included an impressive win at Kentucky, the team fell flat and finished 8th in the A-10. Expectations were high again this year with so much coming back, but the Spiders are middle of the pack at 7-5. Mooney will likely miss the NCAA Tournament again (the second-to-last year of his deal), so we think he is done.
- Bruce Weber (Kansas State)
- Winning a share of the Big 12 title in year one was an anomaly for Weber until 2019, when the Wildcats finally ended rival Kansas‘ title streak and won the thing outright. That party was short-lived, however, as Weber’s crew regressed to 11-21 and 9-20 in the last two seasons. Now in his tenth year at K-State, Weber is under contract through 2022-23 and his buyout is down to $1M.
THIS SEAT IS RATHER WARM
These coaches need to start winning right now, but that may not even be enough…
- Mike Brennan (American)
- Brennan has been at American since 2013, with his first season being his lone postseason appearance (they won the Patriot League Tournament to get to the NCAAs for the third-time in program history). However, the Eagles have finished above .500 just twice since then, most recently a 16-14 record in 2019-20. We had Brennan on our list back in 2019 but removed him after the Eagles strong together a couple of stronger seasons. But things have regressed and AU again sits at the bottom of the league at 2-10 (6-18) overall. This is a contract year for Brennan, who was given a two-year extension in 2019.
- Joe Dooley (East Carolina)
- Dooley returned to ECU for a second stint as head coach in 2018 after five successful years at Florida Gulf Coast. However, things have gone worse than they did the first time he was with the Pirates, when he was fired after four seasons with no postseason appearances. This is now year four again (eight overall) and Dooley is just 29-52 (10-36) this time around, with two years left on a deal that pays him close to $1M/yr despite three-straight 11th place AAC finishes.
- LaVall Jordan (Butler)
- In four full seasons on Jordan, Butler has been to one NCAA Tournament (in year one with Chris Holtmann‘s roster) and twice finished below .500. The Bulldogs are currently 11-13 (4-9) and finished 7th in the Maui Invitational last November. Butler hired Jordan in 2017 with just one year of head coaching experience – he went 11-24 at Milwaukee – but as a former Bulldog player and assistant he checked a lot of boxes. Now in year five, it’s time to start wondering if the hire was the right call.
- Kevin Keatts (NC State)
- This hire was widely praised back in 2017 but the Kevin Keatts Era at NC State has not gone well, thus far. The Pack won 20+ games in each of his first three seasons but never really contended in the ACC and had just one NCAA Tournament appearance during that span. After getting to the NIT last year, State will not be playing in the postseason at all this season as they currently in last place in the league at just 3-11 (10-15 overall). Keatts is under contract through 2025-26 and his buyout is reportedly $1.1M per remaining season, which is probably a cost that NC State boosters will gladly cover to turn over a new leaf.
- Matt McCall (UMass)
- An up-and-coming mid-major coach, McCall burst onto the scene by building off of Will Wade‘s success at Chattanooga, winning the SoCon and reaching the NCAA Tournament in his first year. The success waned a bit the following season, but that was enough to land the bigger UMass job. Now in his fifth season with the Minutemen, McCall has just one winning season (8-7 last year) and is consistently at the bottom of the A-10. He’s in the second-to-last year of his deal, a five-year contract that was extended to six in 2018, with what is likely a minimal buyout.
WE’VE GOT OUR EYE ON YOU, COACH
Here are those guys that are having a rough year (or two… or three…) but aren’t in total danger. Yet.
- Mike Brey (Notre Dame)
- Brey has been in charge since 2000 and his overall accomplishments are undeniable, but his back-to-back Elite Eights seem like a lifetime ago – last year’s team was 11-15 and recent recruiting classes have ranked among the worst in the ACC. Basketball pales in comparison to football in South Bend but this is still a really great job that coaches across the country will line up for when it does become available. The Irish are currently at the top of the ACC standings, which will likely get the heat off Brey’s back for a bit despite this being a down year for the league at large.
- Mark Fox (California)
- This was kind of an odd hire for Cal, as Fox had been just been fired after nine average but not great seasons at Georgia. He has some experience out West (mostly at Nevada), but his name was not floating around much during the hiring process. After going 14-18 in his first year and dropping to 8-19 last year, Fox lost his best player (Matt Bradley) to a transfer and the Bears are currently 10-15 (a double-digit home loss to UC San Diego was particularly rough). Fox’s buyout is small (~$1.3M) but with the athletic department still pulling out of a budget hole it would make sense to give him one more year to figure it out – the buyout drops to $900k next year.
- Frank Haith (Tulsa)
- Haith received an undisclosed contract extension from Tulsa in March 2021 a year removed from winning a share of the AAC title, but the Golden Hurricane are currently the worst team in the league at just 1-10 (7-15 overall). Haith has been fine at Tulsa but has just two postseason appearances and he is on his way to a fourth 7th-place or worse finish. Plus those two postseasons – one NIT and one NCAA – came off the heels of Danny Manning‘s C-USA title and NCAA Tournament season in 2013-14.
- Matt Lottich (Valparaiso)
- Five years ago, Lottich became the first Valpo head coach from outside the Drew family since 1988 and early results were strong. But after winning the 2017 Horizon title, the program moved to the MVC and have finished above .500 just once since. There are different standards for mid-majors but Valpo has a strong track record that includes nine NCAA Tournament bids since 1996. Lottich’s team features a new nickname (the Beacons!), a lot of new faces and last year’s leading scorer (Ben Krikke), but things are off to a rough start: Valpo dropped both of their exhibition games to D-II opponents at home and now sit at 11-13 (4-8).
- Cuonzo Martin (Missouri)
- The Tigers made the Tournament last year, the second in four years under Cuonzo Martin, but were bounced in their first game on both occasions. The majority of offensive production either graduated or transferred out and this year’s squad now sits at the bottom of the SEC. Mizzou got crushed in both rivalry games and also lost to both Kansas City and Wichita State in the non-conference before dropping its SEC opener at Kentucky by 27. Martin’s buyout is $3M until May 1st, when it drops to $1M.
- Frank Martin (South Carolina)
- Martin was atop the basketball world in 2017, having led 7-seed South Carolina to its first-ever Final Four. It was an incredible coaching job that capped off a second-straight 25+ win season and all was well in Gamecock Country. But the tides have turned and Martin’s group is coming off an embarrassing 12th place finish in which they won just 4 of 16 SEC games. Seven players transferred out (and one turned pro) and the roster features a whopping 10 new names this year. He did, however, receive a two-year extension last summer (now contracted through 2024-25) that features a ~$3M buyout if he’s fired in 2022.
COACHES THAT ARE SAFE (FOR NOW)
This section is comprised of coaches who were previously in one of the above categories this season or are just starting to feel heat but are not yet in any real danger of being fired.
- Brad Brownell (Clemson)
- We have been up and down with Brownell, which is pretty much how his tenure at Clemson has gone since he was hired in 2010. This year’s team is 12-12 (4-9) and without any resume-building non-conference wins. But the contract extension he signed in October 2021 will make it VERY expensive to fire him without cause over the next couple of years.
- Chris Collins (Northwestern)
- While Collins will be forever remembered in Evanston for leading Northwestern to its first-ever NCAA Tournament in 2017, that success is nothing but a distant memory. The regression has been stark and rapid, with the Wildcats finishing 10th or worse in the Big Ten every year since. There are few major programs with a history as uneventful as Northwestern’s and now that the folksy NCAA streak is over, the Wildcats are just a bad power conference team. Bill Carmody got 13 years without an NCAA bid, but times have changed. Collins proved that Northwestern can go dancing, changing the perception of the job for coaches across the country who might now be more interested.
- Patrick Ewing (Georgetown)
- Ewing reportedly signed a six-year deal in 2017 that runs through next season, and while he remains one of the biggest stars in Georgetown’s illustrious history that has not translated to his coaching career. The Hall of Famer is having his worst season at the helm in 2021-22, still winless in the Big East (0-12) and just 6-17 overall. The Hoyas reached the NIT in 2019 and made a surprise NCAA Tournament appearance last year, but the overall product has been bad. If it was anyone else, we would have him much higher on this list. But we don’t expect Georgetown to fire Patrick Ewing. Maybe he leaves on his own accord and heads back to the NBA? Maybe they just part ways next year after the contract runs out? But a firing seems unlikely.
- Mike Hopkins (Washington)
- Look, Hopkins will have close to $10 million guaranteed if he is fired after this season so we can’t imagine he will be. But things are bad enough at Washington, 20-38 (9-29 Pac-12) over the last two years with 12th and 11th place finishes, that we have to include him down here. The Huskies already have five losses mid-major competition (three at home), cranking up the heat as high as it can be when a buyout of that size looms above.
- Dan Hurley (Connecticut)
- The Huskies got bounced in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last year, their first in three years under Hurley and their first season back in the Big East. They will likely be back in the Dance this year, but the mediocrity has fans completely turning on their head coach. UConn hired Hurley in 2018 after he took Rhode Island to back-to-back NCAAs, but he just can’t turn a corner. He signed a two-year extension (through 2026-27) last year and the athletic program just had to shell out $11M+ to Kevin Ollie and $5M+ to Bob Diaco, so not sure how much buyout money is truly available right now.
- Tim Jankovich (SMU)
- After going 39-5 in his first season and a half at the helm, things were looking great for Jankovich at SMU. But as Larry Brown’s players filtered out, the tide quickly turned to mediocrity. The Mustangs have improved a bit in the last two years (19-11 and 11-6, respectively) but Moody Coliseum is (at best) half-full every game and fans have completely lost interest in SMU basketball. This year’s team is green, with massive turnover and the second-best recruiting class in the AAC (33rd nationally), so we may see some steps back before the program makes any more strides. Will Jankovich be around to see that happen?
- Mike White (Florida)
- The Gators should be serious SEC title contenders every year and that has not been the case under most of Mike White’s time in Gainesville. White is getting to the Tournament but hasn’t moved past the first weekend since 2017. Florida also hasn’t finished better than a tie for fourth in the SEC over the last three years and fans are getting restless. Then there was the blowout loss at home to Texas Southern that was by far the worst loss for any high-major program this season. AD Scott Stricklin gave White a two-year extension (through 2027) last summer so UF will owe White $1.75M per year remaining if they fire him without cause ($8.75M in 2022). That’s why we still have him as safe.
And I can find articles that say Taylor Swift is a generational talent or that Joe Biden is as sharp as any non elderly politician. Just like CFE, some "sports journalist" giving their opinion doesn't make it gospel truth.
I honestly want your opinion on a few questions. If WVU has another losing or just at .500 season next year in basketball, should Huggins and/or the admin consider whether or not it is time to hang it up? Note this what you think should happen not what you think will happen.
Do you think Huggins should be given latitude to quit whenever he wants if WVU misses the NCAA tournament 3 years in a row? Does the latitude extend all the way to allowing another 8-20 season to happen even if you can see it coming?
What are your expectations for WVU basketball and what would a be the minimum a coach would need to deliver to perpetually keep off the hot seat?
You're wasting your time in asking him to do this. He's one of those "fans," who never thinks for himself, and always posts what the current administration would want his to post. As soon as a player or coach leaves WVU, he won't hesitate to throw him under the bus, but don't ever expect to receive an honest answer from him about the current players and coaches. What he posts is called, "propaganda" in the Political Arena.
Can say the same about your paragraph and a half comments. Just giving an opinion that doesn't mean gospel truth.
Huggins nothing has him on the hot seat. Any other coach would have been fired during the 15-21 season. You want Huggins gone the AD needs to be gone first and hire someone with a pair of balls. We are talking about an AD that extended the FB coaches contract year 2.
I see you have 3 new pals in KC, Rootie and Bohdi. I guess you won the biggest penis contest over them. Congrats you are their king. They will now worship you because you are trying to make apoint against me. They tend to stalk me 24/7 praying I post.
Allen we see your penis fixation is back. You are such a fool.lol
I agree that I'm just giving my opinion and the reasoning I used to come to that opinion. I do not expect it to be taken as gospel truth at my word, but hopefully convey that there is at least a some what coherent path that I used to come to that conclusion even you disagree with it. The article you cited was making a point by omission in that there was nothing in the article at all about Huggins. If there was a section on him explaining why he was safe or why there should be no concern, then it would carry more weight assuming it wasn't just conjecture or citing past accomplishments in a vacuum.
Huggins nothing has him on the hot seat. Any other coach would have been fired during the 15-21 season. You want Huggins gone the AD needs to be gone first and hire someone with a pair of balls. We are talking about an AD that extended the FB coaches contract year 2.
I'm not saying I want Huggins gone. I am not criticizing him out of any animosity toward him. I'm just saying this is the second time in 4 years the team has completely turned to crap. Unlike last time, the roster looks pretty barren moving forward. Objectively Huggins results over the last 5 seasons, including the current one, is worse than the first 10. Given a downward trend along with being 69 years old and having a total of 40 seasons under his belt, it is warranted to be concerned that if WVU has back to back lousy seasons that Huggins could be facing an ignominious end to his career. Secondarily the concern would be that such an end could leave WVU in a worse position than when he was hired.
I see you have 3 new pals in KC, Rootie and Bohdi. I guess you won the biggest penis contest over them. Congrats you are their king. They will now worship you because you are trying to make apoint against me. They tend to stalk me 24/7 praying I post.
I have KC aka King Coal on ignore, so I have little concern for his/her opinion. Same for Rootmaster of late given his bipolar demagogue outlook where even the slightest perceived disagreement is met with juvenile insults. Bhodi has struck me a bit more like a less annoying Vault Hunter in that I only ever see him post when it's negative.
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He's lying. Before the season started, I disagreed with his bad take that McNeil's decision to return was more important than Culver's was to leave, then reminded him of the same a few weeks ago, and he responded to my post. He probably doesn't have you on ignore, either, given his obsession with your privates. Ha ha
When one looks at the upper echelon of coaches (Jimmy Boeheim, Coach K, Roy Williams, Calhoun, etc.) one thing pops out - they NEVER finish in the cellar of their conference. They have down years, of course, but never to the point that Huggins has - the bottom - now twice in less than 5 years.
This should be concerning to all.
Those guys don't lose their teams, in morale, in transfers, in repetitive losses, like Huggins does.
This should be concerning to all.
They don't recruit the kid, praise him all off-season, and proceed to throw him under the bus when things don't go well like Huggins does. They don't refuse to change, whether its in philosophy, scheme, or personnel on and off the court, like Huggins does.
This should be concerning for all.
That there isn't more concern? That should be MOST concerning of all.
Fired? No.
Planned for - yes.
Incentivized to make some major improvements all the way around and do it quickly? ABSOLUTELY!
This should be concerning to all.
Those guys don't lose their teams, in morale, in transfers, in repetitive losses, like Huggins does.
This should be concerning to all.
They don't recruit the kid, praise him all off-season, and proceed to throw him under the bus when things don't go well like Huggins does. They don't refuse to change, whether its in philosophy, scheme, or personnel on and off the court, like Huggins does.
This should be concerning for all.
That there isn't more concern? That should be MOST concerning of all.
Fired? No.
Planned for - yes.
Incentivized to make some major improvements all the way around and do it quickly? ABSOLUTELY!
Posters who question the state of the football program are righteous dissenters showing genuine concern for WVU.
Posters who question the basketball program looking at 2 of the last 4 years finishing dead last in the conference, missing the NCAA and NIT, and seeing a recruiting class that has zero signees to warrant optimism are trolls.
Posters who question the basketball program looking at 2 of the last 4 years finishing dead last in the conference, missing the NCAA and NIT, and seeing a recruiting class that has zero signees to warrant optimism are trolls.
Stalking other posters' likes is your new obsession it seems, and FraudForever and Pestsider welcome you to their weird obsession club. Don't be "jelly." Skyhawk's post about Huggins was "spot on," unlike your over-the-top propaganda posts that even you aren't stupid enough to believe.
First point: Take Jim Calhoun off that list of never finishing last in conference. But twice in 4 years is concerning.
Can’t really compare this new era of the free wheeling transfer portal to the above.
College athletics as a whole should be concerned.
So how much are you or anyone else that posts here know exactly what and how Huggins treats his players.
Should he be fired: NO.
But given everything he has done for the school (there would not be a practice facility at WVU without Huggins) he should be sat down with and an exit strategy discussion happen. What is his goal, how long to achieve, etc.
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