What are the advantages of not getting into bidding wars?

[michigancat]

If you have a candidate that is far and away the best candidate, why wouldn't you go after him with everything you have, destroying all competitors in your path?

Are there advantages to this strategy that I'm somehow missing?

Everytime I hear about how Weiser won't make an offer unless he's 100% it will be accepted, I cringe.

[GoldbrickGangBoss]

Because that candidate could fail meaning you blew an extreme amount of time and money in obtaining a failure.

[WILDCAT NATION]

If you have a candidate that is far and away the best candidate, why wouldn't you go after him with everything you have, destroying all competitors in your path?

Are there advantages to this strategy that I'm somehow missing?

Everytime I hear about how Weiser won't make an offer unless he's 100% it will be accepted, I cringe.

It's very, very possible that KSU is putting everything they have into getting Huggins...and who knows...maybe Huggins doesn't mind the hiring process not being public.

Just food for thought...and yes, for those keeping score, that could be construed as me giving major props to TW.

[Dan Rydell]

Are there advantages to this strategy that I'm somehow missing?

The right candidate is going to offer to pay KSU to coach here.

[BarryMcCockner]

A few of the things that Timmy is looking for in a coach:

- A copy of the candidates high school "Career Preference Exam" that came back with "Kansas State Basketball Coach" in the top 3.

- A full wardrobe of purple apparel.

- Willing to change legal name to "Willie"

- A good hunting lease

- A signed affidavit from family members that on each birthday the cadidate remarked, "I wished that one day Tim Weiser would hire me to coach basketball at Kansas State!!!" immediately after blowing out the candles.

[Dan Rydell]

- A signed affidavit from family members that on each birthday the cadidate remarked, "I wished that one day Tim Weiser would hire me to coach basketball at Kansas State!!!" immediately after blowing out the candles.

 

[AzCat]

KSU won't be able to win a bidding war against most other major conference programs so announcing that we won't engage in one both meaningless and harmless.

[sys]

certainly ksu could engage in a bidding war with anyone in the country, if they wanted to.  the upper end of of college bball coaching salaries currently is some 2 million and change.  obviously a lot of money, but really a fairly small component of the overall dept budget.  sure texas or ohio state or some other such have overall dept budgets that are 2x or 3x that of ksu.  but the only really relevant part of that discussion is that both ksu and ut or whoever else could cough up 2.5 million for a bball coach if they wanted to.

ksu might not be able to get into an arena building bidding war with the biggest of the big boys, but they can bid on coaching salaries to their heart's content.

[michigancat]

KSU won't be able to win a bidding war against most other major conference programs so announcing that we won't engage in one both meaningless and harmless.

What about Temple?

[ksu_FAN]

I don't think Huggins will come down to a bidding war.  It will come down to whether or not both sides think they can work together to and build a successful program.  I think Huggins end at Cinci will lower the stakes in a bidding war, but his reputation as a coach will still force the school to have to sell itself to him as well.

[michigancat]

I guess before KSU could engage in a "bidding war" for Huggins, the following questions would have to be answered:

1)  Is there mutual interest between KSU and Huggins?
2)  If so, does Huggins want to wait for interest from other schools, or are other schools interested?
3)  If so, is KSU willing to wait on Huggins?
4)  If so, is KSU willing to fight for Huggins services, or will foolish pride rule him out?

Then the bidding war could begin.