Prove it.
Bobby Knight.
It worked at Cincinnati. It might not work here. Every coach you hire has the same chance to fail as they do to succeed. You cannot guarantee that. Odds favor you, but even those aren't insurmountable.
No, coaches that have won over 70% of their games at the highest level, had 20 twenty-win seasons out of 24, been to a final four, and won at three different schools is much much much more likely to be successful than a young guy with two years of head coaching experience at Southern Illinois.
I don't have to think Cincinnati is or isn't. The administration, and the people of Ohio have to think that way. They didn't consult anyone else when they fired him. He knew what it was supposed to be, and either didn't accept it, or did something to affect the image. Despite your attempt to minimize it, Universities have images they feel they must protect.
As far as Snyder and JucoU, you accept what other people say about KSU, and I say, who cares? It's not the truth. KSU is a great institution of learning and the academic successes of the university speak for itself. Since I didn't go to KSU on an athletic scholarship, it's important to me and many alumni that the institution itself maintain it's focus on it's academic programs that make successful people. If you think I give a rats ass about what anyone else thinks about KSU being a Juco U, you'd find most people have little room to talk. Ask Nebraska.
I DON'T give a rat's ass about what people think about KSU being "Juco U", which is exactly why I don't care about how Huggins could affect our academic reputation.
BTW, what do you think of Texas' academic reputation?
Sorry, that's not how the process works. Wefald does and will have a say.
I know that's how it works...that doesn't make him qualified to hire basketball coaches.
Good for you. But it hasn't helped them much, other than to get more exposure, which hasnt' exactly translated into trophies or championships. At least at Indiana, he had that. He got fired because of image. Image doesn't hurt Texas Tech because those bastards already are known as thugs.
More exposure helps Texas Tech as a University, not just as a basketball team. Even Wefald recognizes that successful athletic programs help universities. Also, Knight will leave the basketball program in MUCH better shape than he found it, even if they don't have "trophies".
Yes, I would agree with you that Huggins should get an interview. There is no doubt that he could become a coach that would be good for KSU. But it's not all about wins, and you seem to skip over the fact that other coaches might be able to do what he does to win AND are already committed to the academic image of the university.
Like who?
I would rather take a chance image-wise on a guy like Huggins than go through the same crap of taking a chance winning-wise with another no-name mediocre mid-major coach that just happens to be a nice guy.
I'd rather keep Wooldridge if we're going to keep hiring "nice" guys and hope they work out.
