Uh oh..

[mjrod]

Huggins not mentioning KSU.

[michigancat]

Huggins not mentioning KSU.

...yet.  If he's interested in USF, he'd definitely be  interested in K-State.

[opcat]

 There is still a coach in place at KSU so coaching honor rules say don't say anything.  Don't know about USF. Mu coach is gone so...

He might be bidding his price up.

[michigancat]

Someone with more balls than me should call Huggins' agent.

http://www.nflpa.org/Members/agentProfile.asp?ID=11730

[michigancat]

Dick Vitale on the USF job:

ESPN's Dick Vitale, who said he believes Huggins should be coaching somewhere next season, was livid about the USF boosters' involvement.

"It's very unfair and unethical for people to talk about replacing someone who is doing the toughest job in America," Vitale said Monday. "For programs that are struggling, until decisions are made, it will be rumors, rumors, rumors [about Huggins].

"USF is the toughest job in America for a coach in a major, major conference. To try and catch the people at UConn, Villanova, Syracuse, right down the line, that is an absolute battle. Football has a chance, but basketball will take a lot of work and a lot of commitment.

"They have a magical league to sell, but it's tough if you finish 13th, 14th, 15th or 16th on a regular basis and don't make the [Big East] tournament. I feel for Robert. I know how hard a worker, how dedicated he is. People don't understand what a tough job that is."

http://sports.tbo.com/sports/MGBG703P7KE.html

[chum1]

Huggins isn't even mentioning USF, let alone KSU.  USF's boosters are talking about him.  USF's coach is indeed still there and, as opcat says, Huggins is not going to be talking about a job that is not open. 

The USF job really is one of the toughest program-building type jobs out there and they will lose a lot of games before they can get better.  Huggins is accoustomed to winning twenty games a year.  Good fit?

[michigancat]

Huggins isn't even mentioning USF, let alone KSU. USF's boosters are talking about him. USF's coach is indeed still there and, as opcat says, Huggins is not going to be talking about a job that is not open.

The USF job really is one of the toughest program-building type jobs out there and they will lose a lot of games before they can get better. Huggins is accoustomed to winning twenty games a year. Good fit?

He could reasonably come into KSU and win 20 games immediately.  USF is definitely an uphill battle - not only do they suck, they lose their two leading scorers after this year.

[michigancat]

http://www.usforacle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/28/44044bccaa175

Boosters: Report on McCullum false

by Mike Camunas
February 28, 2006

The Web site for Sports Illustrated magazine, SI.com, published an article Monday stating that a member of an anonymous USF athletic booster club said the club is interested in buying out the remaining three years of men’s basketball coach Robert McCullum’s contract and replacing the third-year coach, who is 27-57 in his tenure at USF, with former Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins.

However, anonymous sources close to USF athletic boosters have disparaged the SI article, as well as a story in the Tampa Tribune stating that “a group of prominent boosters” is interested in doing the same.

SI’s Seth Davis cited an unnamed booster in his article who said “supporters of the program” have been in contact with Huggins’ Cincinnati attorney Richard Katz. According to the SI article, Katz said Huggins “would be interested in the Bulls coaching job if it opened up.”

However, one group, the Iron Bulls, which is a booster club that donates more than $10,000 to athletics each year, has sided with McCullum, not the reports produced just days before the men’s basketball team — only two losses away from going winless in the Big East — hosts No. 2 Connecticut.

“Robert McCullum is a man of character,” said Buddy Johnson, chairman of the Iron Bulls. “He’s a proven winner (at places such as) Florida and Western Michigan. Any coach that takes a team that’s pretty much been decimated with injuries and nearly knocks off three of four Top-20 teams has done a good job. If he is given an additional year to get some more players, I’m confident he’ll continue to do the great job that he is already doing.

“There has not been any discussion (of a contract buyout) among my friends at the Iron Bulls,” Johnson said. “I’m a strong supporter (of McCullum). I think he’s done a great job.”

Buying out McCullum’s contract would cost more than $850,000, and both McCullum and Athletic Director Doug Woolard have declined to comment on such reports, as Woolard continues to stick by his policy of not commenting on coaches who are in the midst of a season, winning or losing. end of article

[ksu_FAN]

Buddy is a McCullum-ite.