Stallings to Pitt
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Seems like some programs hire coaches without doing their due diligence..what's more of a head scratcher is Jamie Dixon taking the TCU job
No dog in the fight.........but bb fans should know that private schools ,unlike state schools, are not required to make salaries public..
true enough
wasn't fighting, just posting what i found
@Aike found one that had Stallings higher on the list
I don't know what YOUR point is.
Stallings should be out at Vandy. Now he's being recruited to a better job?
Vandy makes out like bandits. No question
Stallings is an above average coach. He is not some great coach as some in the thread try to make him out to be.
And yes, Vandy is lucky he found another job so they do not have to waste money paying his buyout.
And yes, Vandy is lucky he found another job so they do not have to waste money paying his buyout.
Stallings has been an average coach. Vandy will be looking for some youth, that is likely a coach under 50. Some wouldn't call that youth but it is in the coaching world. They will do fine. The best thing they have going for them is the city of Nashville being absolutely on fire in terms of growth. It is a draw in terms of raising a family. One of the best in the country.
Nah, I'm totally serious. Lots of people agree. He's one of the best offensive coaches in the entire game...losing him makes our conference less attractive.
Why? ANY facility is nicer than Vandy. Hell, FLORIDA's Clorox Cavern is nicer. Oh, sure it's a pre-World War Two marvel. So they need to turn it into a museum.
So they shouldn't expect to make the NCAA tournament more than twice a decade? Rob Evans and Rod Barnes had more success than that.
Barnes started out pretty solid (for Ole Miss standards) and then just sucked royally his last 4-5 years there for whatever reason.
Kennedy is not a good coach. He is another blah SEC type coach. They won 20 games this year and got no NIT bid. That seemed/seems unusual to me, but regardless the NIT is not a big deal regardless.
Not sure but this announcement is blowing up at Pitt. I just received a petition to sign to stop Pitt from hiring the guy. I can't sign it because I am not a Pitt booster but my booster friends are lining up.
This is going to blow up!
Stallings has done a lot with a little and has also had years where he did a little with a lot. Average coach. Jones should have touched the ball every other time down all season.
In 2012, he had two future NBA players - a junior and a senior - and they lost 11 games and got bounced in the 2nd round of the tournament. Average coach. Was time for a change.
In 2012, he had two future NBA players - a junior and a senior - and they lost 11 games and got bounced in the 2nd round of the tournament. Average coach. Was time for a change.
Probably none unless you count Alford as a player but that's all the more reason....UK has no business losing to those people.
lol.....I still cant tell if your really being serious or not, but if you are being serious, I must say that I disagree wholeheartedly.
I don't think Stallings and Vandy were ever a great fit for each other, as weird as that sounds since the man coached at Vandy for a long time. I do think Stallings is an upgrade to Jamie Dixon for Pitt. He's not a home run hire, but when you're Pitt, i'm not sure you will get that type of hire anyhow so might as well go with a guy that can win you some games. I'm just wondering if Stallings can't recruit or if it was just being at Vandy. I guess we will find out which is the case in a few years. I never see them winning the Acc or making any final fours with this dude as coach, but if they are okay with just making the tourney every few years, good for them.
Pitt boosters up here in Pittsburgh are going nuts tonight. I have a close friend who is a major booster and he has been forwarding messages to me that he is getting from fellow boosters.
I doubt that anything can be done now to change this hire but if Stallings struggles, Pitt will be looking for a new coach and a new AD in a few years. But, even before that, I expect some powerful boosters to attempt to put a stop to this due to some under the table crap that is going on. The AD has no friends right now.
I saw that. He needs to contact John Thompson III's agent.
Here's my take on this move.
The Winners:
1) Kevin Stallings - he had done all he could at Vandy. It wasn't going to get much better. The SEC is poised to take a step up with some of the new coaches that came into the league. If that happens, the heat is going to be on the tenured guys to stay on top. Now he has a new start. He won't have high expectations for a couple years, so he has some breathing room.
2) The Vandy Athletics Department - they don't have to deal with firing stallings. The contract issues are taken care of. They get a fresh start and the fans will have some patience with the new coach for a couple of years.
3) The Pitt Athletics Department - they get a new coach from a nationally recognized program. So, the fans will be open to the hire. And, Stallings has the potential to do some good things if he can recruit at a high level.
The wait and see group:
The Vandy Fans - Stallings was a decent coach. They could do better. But, the problem with a decent coach is you could also do a lot worse.
The Pitt Fans - Stallings has potential. He has done some nice things in the past with the players he had. The question for Pitt fans will be, did he have those players because of the academic restrictions at Vandy or was that just the best he could do.
The Winners:
1) Kevin Stallings - he had done all he could at Vandy. It wasn't going to get much better. The SEC is poised to take a step up with some of the new coaches that came into the league. If that happens, the heat is going to be on the tenured guys to stay on top. Now he has a new start. He won't have high expectations for a couple years, so he has some breathing room.
2) The Vandy Athletics Department - they don't have to deal with firing stallings. The contract issues are taken care of. They get a fresh start and the fans will have some patience with the new coach for a couple of years.
3) The Pitt Athletics Department - they get a new coach from a nationally recognized program. So, the fans will be open to the hire. And, Stallings has the potential to do some good things if he can recruit at a high level.
The wait and see group:
The Vandy Fans - Stallings was a decent coach. They could do better. But, the problem with a decent coach is you could also do a lot worse.
The Pitt Fans - Stallings has potential. He has done some nice things in the past with the players he had. The question for Pitt fans will be, did he have those players because of the academic restrictions at Vandy or was that just the best he could do.
No, No, No. The boosters and fans up here are NOT happy about the Stallings' hire. You should see the stuff that I have seen today from some major boosters who are ready to hang the AD. So far, I have heard NOTHING positive about this hire....absolutely nothing.
For those posters who keep posting how the Pitt fans are "okay" with the hire, read this:
http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/03/27/stallings-process-unpopular-amongst-pitt-faithful/
Hiring Stallings might have been the worse move this new athletic director could have made.
http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/03/27/stallings-process-unpopular-amongst-pitt-faithful/
Hiring Stallings might have been the worse move this new athletic director could have made.
I listened this morning to a Pittsburgh sports radio station in order to determine how they felt about the Stallings hire.
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Jeter should have been blocked fwiw. Very shady deal there with tampering...
That said, it is definitely strange that Stallings ends up with Jeter again.
Just a weird hire. I think Vandy is the winner in this, it was time for Stallings and them to separate. Now what Pitt was thinking I have no idea, how you come out of this with Stallings is crazy. If I was a Pitt fan, I'd be upset by this hire. You're basically trading a mediocre coach, for another mediocre coach.
I think Amaker would be a very good hire for Vandy. Understands playing/recruiting with academic restrictions.
If we strike out on our first 10 candidates, I would consider Ford, but he struggled at OSU and that place is pretty easy to win at (they cheat and they have a ton of money to throw at players).