He's too good for us but would take in a rough ridin' heartbeat. I guess he's a little more attainable than the Buzz, Shaka, or Chris Mack names retards have been floating around.
He's only making $1.6, right? I wouldn't put him anywhere near the unattainableness of Buzz/Shaka.
I would. At Memphis he is king. Fed Ex boosters and such wouldn't let him get away easily.
Before you laugh, they had offered Calipari some kind of deal valued at way more than what Kentucky offered him.
It included a cushy Fed Ex VP job when he retired. Estimates of that deal were above $45 million.
Pastner is the anti-Calipari. He always promotes the program and players before himself. He deflects credit for wins to the players and assistants, and accepts full blame for losses.
We at Memphis feel very fortunate to have him, and hope to have him for a long,long time.
If you are willing to pay that kind of money, why not find somebody better than Pastner?
yeah, Jesus Christ, Memphis isn't Indiana. let's not go overboard here.
We don't have the history of an Indiana, or Kansas, or Kentucky.
I would say though that we have the resources to make Coach Pastner very comfortable where he is right now. After next season, we will be in a power basketball conference....so we'll have even more resources to keep him here as long as he wants to stay.
He has a fertile recruiting base where he is right now. Its pretty darn difficult to get someone Memphis wants out of that city.
The only reason we lost Jarnell Stokes, is that he transferred to another high school in Memphis, and he was not going to be eligible to play at that school. So he graduated early. At Memphis, we didn't have a scholarship for him to play this year, and he wanted to play right away...so he chose Tennessee.
I've followed Kansas State since they had hired Bob Huggins. He used to coach at Cincy when they were in CUSA. He was good friends of Memphis legend Larry Finch...a one time Memphis coach.
