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What Does TU Need?
Published: 3/22/2012 5:19 PM
Last Modified: 3/22/2012 5:19 PM

The possibilities are as follows:

1. A hot young coach at a nowhere school.

2. An assistant at a great school.

3. An older guy with a great track record.

4. A rehab-type project.

5. Somebody handy.

An older guy would seem to be the worst bet. Note Nolan with the women. Recruiting is everything. What older guy needs the trouble.

Somebody young from a joke school would be headed up the ladder. Note Buzz What's-his-name, where ever he is.

Matter of fact, anybody TU hires is going to be be a big gamble.

Even though TU is made of money, its endowment is like Ft. Knox, it is fond of playing lowball with sports.

If the next coach isn't Scott Sutton, he has to be clearly better than Scott Sutton. What has Scott Sutton done? He has played in a lousy conference and hasn't won many big ones. He runs a clean program.

A hot young coach at a rinky-dink school seems as good a gamble as any.





Reader Comments 8 Total
soonergeezer (11 months ago)
Kinda like our news paper
Matt in BA (11 months ago)
if it is Scott Sutton, he'll be leaving a lousy conference to join another lousy one, hmmm, lateral move but maybe more money.
                    
Golden Hurricane (11 months ago)
This is just an uninformed comment. With the Conference USA-Mountain West merger, that is going to be a strong basketball conference.

You will have UNLV, New Mexico, Colorado State, San Diego State, and Southern Miss (all of whom were in the NCAA tournament this year) along with Nevada, Fresno State and Tulsa you potentially have 8 teams that will by vying for NCAA tournament bids.

Now what was it you were saying?
                    
PostThis (11 months ago)
Yes those teams made the tournament, but traditionally speaking, other than UNLV there isn't much basketball tradition/history with Southern Miss, New Mexico, CSU, etc.

Just because TU, Fresno and others are "vying" for a bid doesn't make them a strong league. Every team is vying for a bid, does that make the Sunbelt a strong league?

TU hasn't really been relevent in NCAA conversations in almost a decade...
                    
Golden Hurricane (11 months ago)
Ok...I won't go any further because it's obvious that you don't get it. I'll just say this, a move from ORU to TU is a MAJOR step up in conference. Scott knows that...that's why he's chomping at the bit for the TU job. I'm done here.
                    
PostThis (11 months ago)
Other than UNLV, where is the strong history of basketball? Yes those teams did make the tournament this year, I understand that. But CSU, Southern Miss, etc aren't strong basketball schools. They pop up for a couple of years then fade back.

I guess you don't like it when people don't jump right on your bandwagon and have a different take than you.

So please continue being passive agressive and not trying to debate anything. Like you, I'm done because I'm not quite sure you really get it...
senor notas (11 months ago)
Scott Sutton is not the answer. TU is a lateral move. How about Shea Seals?
LaffALot (11 months ago)
Yep, any coach TU chooses
will be compared to the “what IF” SS Sutton

Scotty has won @ Utah,
beat SW Mizzu St (Something Wojo couldn’t do)
Stanford, Mizzu, & New Mex
& of course they are the last
OOC team to win @ Kansas

250 wins w/ mostly 2nd tier D-1 players,
SS Sutton has proven he can win against
similar or equally talented opponents

Tubby to TU?
How many of His son’s become assistants?
Will TU get back in $$$$ what’ll cost to get him?

Do Cason, Cross, Jankovich
sound anymore exciting than
Oh No Wojo & his coaching woes?
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