(01-25-2019 04:11 PM)Dukester Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 03:46 PM)JacksonHall Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 02:56 PM)Dukes84 Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 10:36 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  Miller is making $301k per year as base salary, but I can't find any information about a buyout. He's really turned that program around after finishing in the bottom half of the league four of his first five years. They were first in conference standings the last two years and are first now. But if he is interested in Wake Forest, he may not have to wait long. Danny Manning is in his fifth year and the team is in 15th (read: last) place. If Wes wants the job, I'm sure WF will listen.

Yes, let's not forget that Wes struggled over his first few years, although I seem to recall he was good in the first partial year. He was not an instant success in any event over the first 5-year period. Other good mid-major coaches on the radar are the coaches at Wofford and ETSU. Also, the Furman coach broke into the top 25 earlier this season. I'm sure there are many good candidates, working in various capacities throughout America. We need a coach that first and foremost understands X's and O's at a very high level, is honest and can recruit at a high level and relate to players, other coaches and the community at large.

A lot of fuss was made over Shaka Smart a few years ago, but it seems like his underling Will Wade has surpassed him at this point. His LSU team sure looks pretty exciting in the nightly highlights while Smart is on the hot seat already, while his predecessor has the no. 1 team in the country.

JMU in hiring Dillard and Rowe looked too strongly at the JMU connection. High Level competence as demonstrated by prior success has to be the no. 1 criterion.

Rowe is Dillard 2.0
They both make Matt Brady look like Dean Smith.

He might be Dillard 2.0, but Dillard's resume was far superior to Rowe's. Not that Dillard had a long resume, but did show some head coaching success. The biggest issue with the Dillard hire was that it was replacing Lefty. Also Lefty had just restocked the program with young talent. Also the biggest issue with the Dillard era and it was too long, as was Brady's.

Your definition of "success" is much different than mine. Dillard's "successful" record at Indiana State was 7-19, 10-16 and 12-16. He was totally unqualified for the job at JMU and it showed.